What do they mean when they say that?
2007-01-11 22:14:03 · 10 answers · asked by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means you're very forward and obvious.
2007-01-12 01:14:10 · answer #1 · answered by caroline j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either the person who used this analogy is a fool or all of the people answering your question are. A log floating down a river is actually a rather subtle thing: it makes no noise and is mostly submerged so it is not very visible. I think the confusion arises around the choice of a log, which in most any other circumstance would be associated with clumsiness or stupidity. The speaker really should have said something like "a feather floating down a river" if he wanted to imply subtlety or "a log in the living room" if he wanted to imply no subtlety.
2007-01-12 15:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by Tony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
logs don't float down a river in a subtle way
it means ur not subtle at all in fact the exact opposite
2007-01-12 06:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by hotdog2006 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, a log kind of sticks out on the river, and you have all this water eddying and swirling around it, not subtle in the least
2007-01-12 06:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You aren't 'subtle' at all!!
A log in a river makes its present known by hitting boats, swimmers, whatever gets in the way - not a 'subtle' kind of thing.
2007-01-12 06:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a form of sarcasm.
People would be sarcastically saying that you are in no way
subtle at all.
Another subtlety jibe is: "As subtle as a blood-stained axe."
2007-01-12 06:33:08 · answer #6 · answered by cloud43 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Means you are as fat and round as a log flowing down the water....
2007-01-12 06:21:35 · answer #7 · answered by ainindra2004 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They mean that you aren't subtle at all.
2007-01-12 06:17:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
they mean you are obviously not subtle..like when someone says "you lye like a trooper"...that means you flat out lie.
2007-01-12 06:24:38 · answer #9 · answered by kim 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They mean that you need to be more tactfull (more discreet)..............:)
2007-01-12 06:28:46 · answer #10 · answered by Minx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋