Who found out the expression... "tighter then a ducks ****".
Any others, readers?
2006-07-03 00:48:47 · 28 answers · asked by Les-Paul 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
'First things first' and 'believe you me' are firm classics and although it's not strictly a saying, it really ticks me off on that pregnancy advert when the woman rabbits on about "there is such a thing as being a little bit pregnant". Oh there is, is there? Hmmm, silly bint!
Oh, sorry about that, rant over, as you were....
2006-07-03 02:26:17 · answer #1 · answered by yodellingdolphinofkirkwall 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
it means to be really mean, usually with money, eg "He won't buy you a drink, he's tighter than a ducks ****"
You're as much use as a one-legged man at an **** kicking party.
Here today gone tomorrow sort of person
It goes like **** off a stick
2006-07-03 08:00:29 · answer #2 · answered by rami #1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Get some sleep, everything will be fine in the morning." Yeah, right; that's going to fix it. Your duck thing I can't help with, but it could have something to do with water tightness, as apposed to intimacy with the duck. Gosh that's a unpleasant thought, but it does rhyme I guess. Thank you for this amusing question.
2006-07-03 07:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"tighter than a duck's ar$e" refers to the fact that ducks have waterproof feathers & is therefore water-tight! I really don't know where it originated from though, sorry.
Here's a couple more for you:
If something's really cool, it the "bees knees".
If you think something isn't worth the effort you can say "s0d that for a game of soldiers!"
If something's really clean, it is said to be "spick & span"
"waste not, want not" means that if you no longer want something, don't throw it away, give it to someone who does want it i.e. don't waste it.
I know loads of these, but can never seem to come up with them unless the situation calls for it!
2006-07-03 07:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by manorris3265 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since a duck spends an awful lot of time in the water, its butt hole must be water tight. Otherwise, the duck will fill up with water and sink...
2006-07-03 08:20:03 · answer #5 · answered by slagathor238 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your like a bull in a china shop!... I'd like to know what the bull was doing in a china shop to start with, do they really sit down for a cup of tea :P!
Oh I just read alpha's response about understand... it reminded me of a school play of Jack and the bean stalk, the children were asked to 'hand over the cow', so they put their hands over the cows head.
2006-07-03 07:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by Crackpot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know who came up with that one, but I like (and use) these silly phrases:
'Better than a slap in the face with a wet fish'
'Bugger that for a game of soldiers'
'I'm chuffed to little mint balls'
'Cods wallop' (meaning rubbish - a bit like saying bullsh*t)
2006-07-03 07:57:05 · answer #7 · answered by peggy*moo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, this one is very literal, by the way, as anyone who has plucked a duch may testify.
I get sometimes fascinated by the constitution of complex _words_, let alone phrases (like the word "understand" - "under" + "stand" = something very, very different!)
2006-07-03 07:51:30 · answer #8 · answered by AlphaOne_ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's the way the cuckoo bounces!
it's a silly mixed idiom for "that's life"
another one is -
"you can take a horse to water - saves nine"
this is nonsense but fun to say if you want to sound profound but just actually confuse people
2006-07-03 09:38:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't say "is the Pope Catholic" in a situation where the answer is obvious. We say "does the Pope wear a silly hat?"
2006-07-03 07:53:23 · answer #10 · answered by Amanda C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋