2006-07-25 05:13:13 · 14 answers · asked by Lyrixsta 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Well I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea on this one, but I can be sure that if you lead a horse to water a pencil has got to be lead.
2006-07-25 05:22:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
If the cap fits wear it! After all language is a funny old game and people can be like chalk and cheese. So I suppose the answer is if you've got it flaunt it....language that is.
2006-07-25 06:00:08 · answer #2 · answered by Valli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's because English people have a lot to say
2006-07-25 05:18:22 · answer #3 · answered by KingCucamonga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just 6 of one and half a dozen of the other.
2006-07-25 06:41:52 · answer #4 · answered by Jayne 2 (LMHJJ) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very "tongue in cheek" but very amusing, I have friends in Denmark who say the same thing, they find us highly amusing, and steal a lot of our sayings, so really its a compliment?
2006-07-25 05:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by Croeso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean to write 'Why is it that there are so many idiomatic expressions in spoken English?'
Try these web sites (if I have deciphered you message correctly):
http://epiac1216.livejournal.com/97909.html
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm
2006-07-25 05:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by Double O 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not just english people who do it, it's every language.
2006-07-25 05:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its six of one, half a dozen of the other as to whether we're worse than anyone else
2006-07-25 05:23:40 · answer #8 · answered by esteban 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different horses for different courses.
2006-07-25 05:16:21 · answer #9 · answered by kenfitameen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well as they say, "there's more than 1 way of killing a pig than choking it with butter!!"
2006-07-25 05:22:58 · answer #10 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋