people that say "put the kettle on"
i dont know any1 that could wear a kettle
2006-11-18 06:49:18 · 13 answers · asked by spudnick 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
when people ask me to put the kettle on i reply "i cant it doesnt fit me"
soon stops them saying it lol
2006-11-20 07:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by ♥gigi♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naw, me neither, but if playing football, I might want the lid for my kit! Balls and hard body parts make for hurting bits on a bad day.
Otherwise, we put the kettle on to boil, no longer hold horses to keep them from running to soon, and certainly do not let them sit on our laps!
But, no need to get out knickers in a twist about it. English sayings are here to stay.
By the way the last time I tried to put the entire kettle on, it got really ar*sed, and accused me of trying to spin it a yarn!
I have to go to the back garden and swing a cat, be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail. A right jiff of a job indeed!
2006-11-18 06:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means put the kettle on the gas
2006-11-18 06:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by SteveT 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
put the kettle on - the stove/hotplate whatever. The term stuck even after more people moved to electric kettles.
2006-11-18 06:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You put the kettle on and i`ll MASH ? the tea
2006-11-18 07:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people like to put the kettle on = meaning they want to talk about something
or saying killing two birds with one stone = meaning doing one job but solving two instead.
u no vhat i mean right maaaaaaaaaaan
2006-11-18 20:15:44 · answer #6 · answered by **tomtom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. maybe they mean a kettle costume. but dats stupid too. ur crazy and dats kool. :)
2006-11-18 07:01:45 · answer #7 · answered by Narcissa K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be with you in two shakes of a lambs tail - yet to shake one!!
not enough room to swing a cat- why would you want to?
2006-11-18 06:52:37 · answer #8 · answered by rachel.cox4@btopenworld.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GET A LIFE
2006-11-19 11:20:52 · answer #9 · answered by BadWolph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you never put a light on?
2006-11-18 06:51:53 · answer #10 · answered by ciaragw 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋