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General => Language Board => Topic started by: ryagami on November 16, 2015, 04:52:58 PM
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As you might already know, many languages have many weird idioms and established phrases for all sorts of things (seems Englishmen felt that rain was as heavy as a moderately large mammal...).
Well, if you like them, why not make your own! So, how does the game work? One person gives some meaning to be conveyed through an idiom, and the next person thinks of an idiom they think could have the given meaning. Then that person gets to set a meaning that the third person's idiom has to fit, and so on...
EDIT: Also, it would be cool to explain how you came up with the idea and/or why you think it fits.
(Example:
1st person: "to be obnoxiously cheerful"
2nd person: "to be obnoxiously cheerful": "to choke with honey"
"to share feelings with somebody who doesn't appreciate it"
3rd person: "to share feelings with somebody who doesn't appreciate it": "to vomit water on somebody"
... and so on, you get the point)
Soo... I guess I'll start then?
"to have a wildly irregular and unhealthy sleep pattern" (I think I could find such an idiom to be of great use u_u)
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As you might already know, many languages have many weird idioms and established phrases for all sorts of things (seems Englishmen felt that rain was as heavy as a moderately large mammal...).
Well, if you like them, why not make your own! So, how does the game work? One person gives some meaning to be conveyed through an idiom, and the next person thinks of an idiom they think could have the given meaning. Then that person gets to set a meaning that the third person's idiom has to fit, and so on...
(Example:
1st person: "to be obnoxiously cheerful"
2nd person: "to be obnoxiously cheerful": "to choke with honey"
"to share feelings with somebody who doesn't appreciate it"
3rd person: "to share feelings with somebody who doesn't appreciate it": "to vomit water on somebody"
... and so on, you get the point)
Soo... I guess I'll start then?
"to have a wildly irregular and unhealthy sleep pattern" (I think I could find such an idiom to be of great use u_u)
Ooh, I can *totally* use that idiom.
"Sleeping in the frying pan."
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Ooh, I can *totally* use that idiom.
"Sleeping in the frying pan."
You should now give a phrase so that the next person can think up an idiom for it. :)
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Ooh, I can *totally* use that idiom.
"Sleeping in the frying pan."
I can see it! That's perfect Sunny :))
Hmmm... What abooouuuut....
to half pay attention to class but also be on a social media site at the same time
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to half pay attention to class but also be on a social media site at the same time
"To have an eye on two things"
And optional addition:
"And the mind on none"
My turn!
To forget why you've walked into a room.
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My turn!
To forget why you've walked into a room.
Doorway amnesia.
How about that thing when you pretend to remember someone who seems to know you to avoid making things awkward by asking?
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Hnnn, maybe "to wait for the wedding vows"? ;)
What about... a person who doesn't want people to think they don't know something they do?
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What about... a person who doesn't want people to think they don't know something they do?
Oh, you mean me? ;)
I'd call that "stealth knowledge"
What would you call hiding how disappointed you are in a present you've been given?
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What would you call hiding how disappointed you are in a present you've been given?
Not letting candle porridge get cold.
How do you call that small feeling of misplaced pride when, as an anxious person, you think "I knew it!" when something bad happens?
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How do you call that small feeling of misplaced pride when, as an anxious person, you think "I knew it!" when something bad happens?
saving the troll-bait
how about that feeling when you know you should say something, but can't think of one good thing to say?
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saving the troll-bait
how about that feeling when you know you should say something, but can't think of one good thing to say?
A Tuuri moment.
To be really excited about something that no one else understands
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A Tuuri moment.
To be really excited about something that no one else understands
The Minnion Curse
(that doesn't sound like an idiom at all, someone do something better)
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The Minnion Curse
(that doesn't sound like an idiom at all, someone do something better)
I like where this is going :D Maybe something like "to be all Minnion about sth"? :))
Hmm, what do you call it when you plan for a big event in the future, but you have a feeling it won't happen, cause it's too large-scale? (Nothing to do with Helsinki 2017 or similar, of course >_>)
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Hmm, what do you call it when you plan for a big event in the future, but you have a feeling it won't happen, cause it's too large-scale? (Nothing to do with Helsinki 2017 or similar, of course >_>)
To be planning an expedition to the Silent World? XD
To be sad about something specific, but then the next moment you don't remember what exactly made you sad and you're just sad about life in general?
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Tears of the drunkard.
When someone you think you know on the street turns out to not be the person you thought at all so you spend a few minutes small-talking.
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When someone you think you know on the street turns out to not be the person you thought at all so you spend a few minutes small-talking.
Making a bagel from an anvil.
When you ask too many questions but the responder isn't annoyed by them for some reason.
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Making a bagel from an anvil.
When you ask too many questions but the responder isn't annoyed by them for some reason.
Feel like water in an angel's bladder
When you irrationally feel old.
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When you irrationally feel old.
To feel like a library book.
Pssst rya. I'm older than you :D
That feeling when you see someone you met online for the first time.
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That feeling when you see someone you met online for the first time.
Jumping out of the computer screen.
Psst Vi I'm older than you too ;P
Forgetting what you were trying to say mid-sentence and just stopping suddenly.
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Jumping out of the computer screen.
Psst Vi I'm older than you too ;P
Forgetting what you were trying to say mid-sentence and just stopping suddenly.
To have your brain backspaced.
That feeling when you have been wanting to visit a friend for ages, but when you finally do, you just can't wait to go back home.
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To have your brain backspaced.
That feeling when you have been wanting to visit a friend for ages, but when you finally do, you just can't wait to go back home.
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/e9f9de2bc692491cdad9dd471999c2c4/tumblr_nom8rq96IP1r6soqlo2_250.png)
to discover there are no palm-trees
when you feel like being annoyed but don't have something to be annoyed at?
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when you feel like being annoyed but don't have something to be annoyed at?
Missing a wasp on your tart.
You know that you have a crazy amount of things to do but you cannot for the life of you make up your mind which task to start with.
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Having an excessively target rich environment.
Drinking something you think is low-alcohol, but as you get drunk you realize it is high-alcohol.
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Drinking something you think is low-alcohol, but as you get drunk you realize it is high-alcohol.
Underthought and overproofed.
The need to get outside in the middle of the day.
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The need to get outside in the middle of the day.
Craving sunshine.
That feeling when you're panicking internally but have to keep a straight face on the outside.
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That feeling when you're panicking internally but have to keep a straight face on the outside.
Keeping a lid on a bowl full of ants.
That feeling when you can't admit to yourself that you're lost.
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That feeling when you can't admit to yourself that you're lost.
Pining for the North.
Finding yourself in a group that needs to get itself organized, but turns out to consist of people with different, downright incompatible frames of reference.
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Finding yourself in a group that needs to get itself organized, but turns out to consist of people with different, downright incompatible frames of reference.
Running Skype on Linux
(dedicated to Tropo and Unwary ;D)
Showing strong interest in procrastination when you should work on your school paper
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Running Skype on Linux
(dedicated to Tropo and Unwary ;D)
... that's a problem now? It never was until the day I decided they're a bit too snoopy for my tastes ...
Showing strong interest in procrastination when you should work on your school paper
Being taught that every window is an exit.
Looking at your to-do list and finding that some of the stuff there is so ancient that "I would need to find out what I was supposed to do in the first place" alone is enough of a deterrent to steer you away from those tasks.
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... that's a problem now? It never was until the day I decided they're a bit too snoopy for my tastes ...
Being taught that every window is an exit.
Looking at your to-do list and finding that some of the stuff there is so ancient that "I would need to find out what I was supposed to do in the first place" alone is enough of a deterrent to steer you away from those tasks.
Losing the map.
The sort of half knowledge that come of not really listening to what someone's saying.
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The sort of half knowledge that come of not really listening to what someone's saying.
To have a hole in one's bucket.
Letting food grow stale.
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Letting food grow stale.
Schwammbert.
(Sorry, local in-joke. The kinda infamous-making stuff that happens when someone called Humbert puts a pot into the office fridge and somehow gets the idea he should treat the mold he discovers in the pot (much) later as sort of a pet. We intervened when the thing started to lift the lid off.)
The feeling when the cow-orkers not only ate the food that you wanted to bring your relatives on a vacation trip starting the next day, but somehow get the idea that praising how tasty it was would somehow count as an apology.
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The feeling when the cow-orkers not only ate the food that you wanted to bring your relatives on a vacation trip starting the next day, but somehow get the idea that praising how tasty it was would somehow count as an apology.
Roasting marshmallows on a burning home.
The feeling when you walk into a room and realize that you know nobody there.
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The feeling when you walk into a room and realize that you know nobody there.
Being among goats.
When you look up and realise that you've been looking at the internet for a long time and it got dark out without you noticing
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When you look up and realise that you've been looking at the internet for a long time and it got dark out without you noticing
Pixel eclipse.
When you go to introduce two people, and realize you have forgotten both their names.
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Pixel eclipse.
When you go to introduce two people, and realize you have forgotten both their names.
Brain burps
To sit at work looking busy when you really have nothing to do.
This does NOT mean me today, why do you ask?
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To sit at work looking busy when you really have nothing to do.
This does NOT mean me today, why do you ask?
Faking communism
Feeling more sorry for the death of a troll than of a human
[very SSSS-ish, yes x'D]
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Faking communism
Feeling more sorry for the death of a troll than of a human
[very SSSS-ish, yes x'D]
To go into Minnionized mourning.
The feeling you have while refreshing sssscomic.com...
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To go into Minnionized mourning.
The feeling you have while refreshing sssscomic.com...
acute effive-itis
The feeling when you've also been refreshing Hivemill.com for about 7 hours now and still don't know if you will be able to spend your money today or not
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acute effive-itis
The feeling when you've also been refreshing Hivemill.com for about 7 hours now and still don't know if you will be able to spend your money today or not
post-apocalyptic(al) insecurity
(since it's about the first book i guess ?)
That feelin when you're hungry and want to eat sweets, but you can't because you'll have dinner in an hour.
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That feelin when you're hungry and want to eat sweets, but you can't because you'll have dinner in an hour.
Meal-shift.
When you have three or more books you are reading, without finishing any of them, and you find a new one.
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When you have three or more books you are reading, without finishing any of them, and you find a new one.
Standing on the backs of a bookshelf.
You have a task to do, alone, during non-office-hours, and technically everyone goes well except that the last step - the one that doesn't count against the official done-by-time anymore - takes 6+ hours instead of the expected 1-2. And could have been left running unattended if only you had suspected beforehand that you might want to walk away from it.
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You have a task to do, alone, during non-office-hours, and technically everyone goes well except that the last step - the one that doesn't count against the official done-by-time anymore - takes 6+ hours instead of the expected 1-2. And could have been left running unattended if only you had suspected beforehand that you might want to walk away from it.
Waiting out the troll, because three ugly fairies showed their goodwill.
Realizing that something you assumed to be (a rather stupid) prejudice is actually a thing.
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Realizing that something you assumed to be (a rather stupid) prejudice is actually a thing.
Finding a dead possum
Getting invested in a show/movie/webcomic/whatever without actually seeing it, just as second-hand fangirling from people you know
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Getting invested in a show/movie/webcomic/whatever without actually seeing it, just as second-hand fangirling from people you know
Getting Tuurized
(as in : getting involved into something by Tuuri's enthusiasm)
Escaping from a family dinner just to find out you left your fav books/games/whatever at home
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Getting Tuurized
(as in : getting involved into something by Tuuri's enthusiasm)
Escaping from a family dinner just to find out you left your fav books/games/whatever at home
A futile protest, made in hope.
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A futile protest, made in hope.
How’s “pulling at the knot” work?
Next up: to feel the presence of many, many people in an empty room.
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How’s “pulling at the knot” work?
Next up: to feel the presence of many, many people in an empty room.
Ooo, poetic.
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Ooo, poetic.
Thanks!
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to feel the presence of many, many people in an empty room.
To be like a mage in the silent world
The feeling when no one understands you
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The feeling when no one understands you
Feeling Lalli-ish
Hovering around at a party, not knowing what to do.
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Hovering around at a party, not knowing what to do.
Assailed by unpromising possibilities.
Next: seeing the face of someone you care about bathed in the warm glow of a fire.
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Next: seeing the face of someone you care about bathed in the warm glow of a fire.
Winter tingles
When someone you don't reckonize looks at you as if they knew you
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I created a short saying for Yastreb, the main character of my Dragonhost novels - Do'kha. As he explains it:
Do’kha is something you would hear often in Tunguska. It doesn’t translate easily. - So be it - is close, but it doesn’t convey the sense of acceptance of fate, good or bad, though rarely is it heard in times of joy.[/size]
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When someone you don't reckonize looks at you as if they knew you[/size]
Ringing dead
Next: noticing someone else's house is unsafe (even though you know yours is)
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Next: noticing someone else's house is unsafe (even though you know yours is)
Scouting too far from home
Next: when after a dull day of being so tired you almost fall asleep sitting down i’s finally evening enough so that you get to go to bed, and then you are not tired at all