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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Which idiom would be the most chaotic or bizarre if it was meant literally?

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Which idiom would be the most chaotic or bizarre if it was meant literally?

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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    It’s raining cats and dogs.

    And you thought hail could be challenging…

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    Pick someone’s brain probably ranks quite high on psycho scale

  • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world
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    “Well, fuck me runnin’.” would certainly be…logistically challenging.

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      “Dick me dead and bury me pregnant” would cause some interesting situations

      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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        No! I swear they LITERALLY asked for it!

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
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    He’s really getting under my skin. I think I will go over there and give him a piece of my mind.

  • [object Object]@sh.itjust.works
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    Chaotic: Break a leg.

    Bizarre: When life give you lemons…

    • moondoggie@lemmy.world
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      …have a lemon party!

  • MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The full idiom of “speak of the devil and he doth appear” seems like it would be chaotic and bizarre.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
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      Like, he would have just appeared for you.

      Oh shit, and bow he’s here.

  • _deleted_@aussie.zone
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    Keep your eyes peeled.

  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
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    “Earworm”

    Like, get it out, please.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.

    Also, don’t blow smoke up my ass.

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    This question reminds me of an exercise my elementary school class did once. We were told to pick an idiom and draw it literally.

    I don’t remember what I picked, but my friend drew her mom’s favorite saying, “You drive me up the wall!” I can still vividly see the drawing of a lady with her eyes bugging out, driving vertically up a living room wall.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    You wouldn’t know ____ if it came up an bit you in the ass.

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    “I’m so hungry, I could eat the ass out of a low flying duck.” “Fuck me dead.”

    • Australia

    Might not be idioms, but they do put some weird images in to one’s mind.

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    Sataa kuin Esterin perseestä. (Finnish)

    Rains as if it comes out from Eshter’s arse.

    As it means really heavy rain, it would render things pretty chaotic.

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    Relevant xkcd (kind of)

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    If you couldn’t understand anything unless you were literally standing underneath it.

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