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cathyml
cathyml
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quotePosted at 20:38 on 3rd August 2010

How many English Idioms can we come up with?  (With or without a picture, lol)

Here's a couple to start off

As hungry as a hunter

As cool as a cucumber

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James Prescott
James Prescott
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quotePosted at 20:42 on 3rd August 2010

as hard as nails

tight as a drum

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cathyml
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quotePosted at 21:04 on 3rd August 2010

As daft as a brush

As bright as a button

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Ron Brind
Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 21:09 on 3rd August 2010
As sick as a pig!
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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 21:11 on 3rd August 2010
soft as mi cap  - not two faced forty faced  -thick as a clog
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Ron Brind
Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 21:12 on 3rd August 2010
Happy as a pig in s..t
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Ron Brind
Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 21:14 on 3rd August 2010
Like a stocking tied to a chickens lip!
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Ron Brind
Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 21:14 on 3rd August 2010

Like a Church tied to a hedge!

CathyML, you've got me going.....where does this rubbish come from?

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cathyml
cathyml
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quotePosted at 21:15 on 3rd August 2010

Never heard that one Ron!!

As mad as a march hare

As bold as brass

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Ron Brind
Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 21:15 on 3rd August 2010
As tight as a duck's a..e! Lol
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