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sakabatou

(46,202 posts) Tue Jul 9, 2019, 05:57 PM Jul 2019

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Let's play a game: REPHRASE AN IDIOM

"Not the sharpest knife in the Caesar."

Your turn!

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Let's play a game: REPHRASE AN IDIOM (Original Post) sakabatou Jul 2019 OP

Not the sharpest crayon in the box nt Xipe Totec Jul 2019 #1

Not the most genius in the stable? erronis Jul 2019 #2

Not the most corrupt peeResident since Harding. Or not made the US a 3rd worlder? erronis Jul 2019 #3

Don't stack all your baskets on one egg. machI Jul 2019 #4

Reigning cats and dogs would be better than blotus. AJT Jul 2019 #5

not the brightest crayon on the cake dweller Jul 2019 #6

Well it's not rocket surgery underpants Jul 2019 #7

It's half of one, six dozen of the other jberryhill Jul 2019 #8

Look it's obvious, A. .... B. .... 3. .... underpants Jul 2019 #11

If I only had a train Ptah Jul 2019 #9

I like trains sakabatou Jul 2019 #13

Here's one I heard was true. A Russian was translating from English to russian. Karadeniz Jul 2019 #10

There's another one like that Leith Jul 2019 #15

As my relatives in West Virginia say, that guy's suwave and deboner underpants Jul 2019 #12

He's all hat and no Harker Jul 2019 #14

This thread is dumber than a sack of door buzzards! ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #16

Hey. It takes a village Harker Jul 2019 #17

Do you know about the door buzzard thread? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #18

Looks like an epic. Thanks for the intro, Libs... Harker Jul 2019 #19

Well... I'm half an hour in Harker Jul 2019 #21

You see? Now you know why it's THE thread. ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author backtoblue Jul 2019 #20

"read between the lies" diva77 Jul 2019 #22

Let's make sure we dot our T's and cross our I's underpants Jul 2019 #23

All in favor say "Aye"...opposed say "No"...well there we have it underpants Jul 2019 #24

Too many Chiefs, not enough stew underpants Jul 2019 #25

From Simpson's LakeArenal Jul 2019 #26

"A shack of sit." sakabatou Jul 2019 #28

Your Oreo Lives Once sakabatou Jul 2019 #29

Xipe Totec

(44,563 posts)

1. Not the sharpest crayon in the box nt

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:04 PM

Jul 2019

erronis

(24,068 posts)

2. Not the most genius in the stable?

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:13 PM

Jul 2019

erronis

(24,068 posts)

3. Not the most corrupt peeResident since Harding. Or not made the US a 3rd worlder?

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:15 PM

Jul 2019

machI

(1,285 posts)

4. Don't stack all your baskets on one egg.

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:16 PM

Jul 2019

AJT

(5,240 posts)

5. Reigning cats and dogs would be better than blotus.

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:18 PM

Jul 2019

dweller

(28,499 posts)

6. not the brightest crayon on the cake

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:25 PM

Jul 2019

said about *moron Bush ...

✌🏼️

underpants

(196,814 posts)

7. Well it's not rocket surgery

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:27 PM

Jul 2019

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

8. It's half of one, six dozen of the other

Reply to underpants (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:51 PM

Jul 2019

underpants

(196,814 posts)

11. Look it's obvious, A. .... B. .... 3. ....

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:17 PM

Jul 2019

Ptah

(34,130 posts)

9. If I only had a train

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:59 PM

Jul 2019

sakabatou

(46,202 posts)

13. I like trains

Reply to Ptah (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:28 PM

Jul 2019

Karadeniz

(24,749 posts)

10. Here's one I heard was true. A Russian was translating from English to russian.

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:11 PM

Jul 2019

Here's how he translated the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. "The liquor is good, but the meat is bad." You can test a translation by translating back to the original.

Leith

(7,864 posts)

15. There's another one like that

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:37 PM

Jul 2019

"Out of sight, out of mind."

Translate from English to Russian and back again:

"Blind, therefore insane."

underpants

(196,814 posts)

12. As my relatives in West Virginia say, that guy's suwave and deboner

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:18 PM

Jul 2019

Suave and debonair

Harker

(17,905 posts)

14. He's all hat and no

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:29 PM

Jul 2019

cigar.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

16. This thread is dumber than a sack of door buzzards!

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:38 PM

Jul 2019

Harker

(17,905 posts)

17. Hey. It takes a village

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:44 PM

Jul 2019

to raise a ruckus.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

18. Do you know about the door buzzard thread?

Reply to Harker (Reply #17)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:49 PM

Jul 2019

If not, you should check it out: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7423760

Harker

(17,905 posts)

19. Looks like an epic. Thanks for the intro, Libs...

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 12:00 AM

Jul 2019

you're as cool as the other side of the cucumber.

Harker

(17,905 posts)

21. Well... I'm half an hour in

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 12:32 AM

Jul 2019

and I'm tired, but my face hurts too much to sleep.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

27. You see? Now you know why it's THE thread.

Reply to Harker (Reply #21)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 05:58 PM

Jul 2019

From now on you will probably notice all the allusions to that thread. They pop up here every once in awhile.

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backtoblue This message was self-deleted by its author.

diva77

(7,880 posts)

22. "read between the lies"

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Wed Jul 10, 2019, 03:30 AM

Jul 2019

underpants

(196,814 posts)

23. Let's make sure we dot our T's and cross our I's

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Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:12 AM

Jul 2019

I just got the crossed eyes joke in that.

underpants

(196,814 posts)

24. All in favor say "Aye"...opposed say "No"...well there we have it

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:14 AM

Jul 2019

The eyes are above the nose

I can’t remember what movie I saw that in but I’m pretty sure it was Brian Doyle-Murray leading a town hall or some sort of fraternal organization meeting.

underpants

(196,814 posts)

25. Too many Chiefs, not enough stew

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Wed Jul 10, 2019, 10:00 AM

Jul 2019

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

26. From Simpson's

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Wed Jul 10, 2019, 10:21 AM

Jul 2019

We’ve tried nothing and we are all out of ideas.

sakabatou

(46,202 posts)

28. "A shack of sit."

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Wed Jul 10, 2019, 06:48 PM

Jul 2019

sakabatou

(46,202 posts)

29. Your Oreo Lives Once

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Wed Jul 10, 2019, 07:34 PM

Jul 2019

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