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20.       christine
443 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:06 pm

A picture is worth a thousand words

A picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description.

21.       christine
443 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:08 pm

A pretty penny

mean the item is very expensive.

22.       lady in red
6947 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:40 pm

Quoting christine:

A pretty penny

mean the item is very expensive.



It cost an arm and a leg - same meaning

23.       eddie
0 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:48 pm

OK PT...How bout...

Barking up the wrong tree....
=
Looking in the wrong place

24.       susan666
14 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:50 pm

The lights are on but no ones home= A person is there in body but not in spirit or mind

25.       christine
443 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:18 pm

Mad as a March hare


Someone who is excitable and unpredictable

26.       christine
443 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:20 pm

Make a mountain out of a molehill


If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, they exaggerate the importance or seriousness of a problem.

27.       peacetrain
1905 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:56 pm

Quoting eddie:

OK PT...How bout...

Barking up the wrong tree....
=
Looking in the wrong place



We have that in UK too here's your homework

on a tree theme:

Can't see the wood for the trees

to shape wooden

on a dog theme:

His bark is worse than his bite

He's in the dog house

It's raining cats and dogs

PT is barking mad (or just "barking") = insane

28.       peacetrain
1905 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:57 pm

Quoting susan666:

The lights are on but no ones home= A person is there in body but not in spirit or mind



space cadet = someone with no brains

29.       Leelu
1746 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 09:27 pm

Quoting peace train:

If one does not get straight to the point it is known ad "going around the houses"


"stop beating around the bush" same meaning as above




30.       christine
443 posts 		 23 Feb 2008 Sat 10:43 pm

Quoting peace train:

Quoting susan666:

The lights are on but no ones home= A person is there in body but not in spirit or mind



space cadet = someone with no brains



A penny short of a shilling

A sweet short of a quarter

all the same meaning

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