What the heck is this post about? You posted the definition.
Den, sometimes you befuddle me???
Den, sometimes you befuddle me???
5 months ago
Sometimes I baffle myself Crest…LOL
This a saying I grew up with and I honestly never knew what it meant?
“Oh look what the cat dragged in!” Huh! I’m a cat???? Then I learned it meant vermin…Or disheveled…Weird huh?
This a saying I grew up with and I honestly never knew what it meant?
“Oh look what the cat dragged in!” Huh! I’m a cat???? Then I learned it meant vermin…Or disheveled…Weird huh?
5 months ago
Here is another one...my mother used to say this all the time and now so do I..but when folks ask and they do..what in hades does that mean I didn't have a good explanation.
"...like who laid the rail"
The internet is a great and wonderous thing. Here is what I found, not sure if it helps tho....;)
who laid the railadv. phr. in the forms from or to or until or for or since who laid the rail: with all possible speed, force, or action; completely, thoroughly, excessively, endlessly, limitlessly; quickly; forever, always, since time immemorial, until the end of time. Subjects: English, Colloquial
Editorial Note: The origins of this expression are unknown. A phrase used in the same way is “who laid the chunk,” which dates to at least as early as 1906. The phrase “who laid the rail” was also used by the character of the mayor in the stageplay The Music Man, written in 1957 by Meredith Willson and made as a movie in 1962, but as indicated by the cites below, the term predates the play by many decades. One of the most well-known songs in The Music Man, “Ya Got Trouble,” sung by Professor Harold Hill, is about pool halls corrupting the youth of the town. It includes the line, “Right here in River City./Trouble with a capital “T”/And that rhymes with “P”/and that stands for pool!” Interestingly, but probably coincidentally, the 1906 citation from Dallas is from an article discussing a city ordinance that would shutter pool halls in that town.
"...like who laid the rail"
The internet is a great and wonderous thing. Here is what I found, not sure if it helps tho....;)
who laid the railadv. phr. in the forms from or to or until or for or since who laid the rail: with all possible speed, force, or action; completely, thoroughly, excessively, endlessly, limitlessly; quickly; forever, always, since time immemorial, until the end of time. Subjects: English, Colloquial
Editorial Note: The origins of this expression are unknown. A phrase used in the same way is “who laid the chunk,” which dates to at least as early as 1906. The phrase “who laid the rail” was also used by the character of the mayor in the stageplay The Music Man, written in 1957 by Meredith Willson and made as a movie in 1962, but as indicated by the cites below, the term predates the play by many decades. One of the most well-known songs in The Music Man, “Ya Got Trouble,” sung by Professor Harold Hill, is about pool halls corrupting the youth of the town. It includes the line, “Right here in River City./Trouble with a capital “T”/And that rhymes with “P”/and that stands for pool!” Interestingly, but probably coincidentally, the 1906 citation from Dallas is from an article discussing a city ordinance that would shutter pool halls in that town.
5 months ago
it's interesting to note that a lot of our little sayings come from the western days of gambling. I'm always interested in where things come from too.
look what the cat draggedin... my cat would bring me dead moles and mice and once a garter snake still wriggling in his mouth~ could that mean something like.. good grief~ who would expect YOU to show up~ ??
look what the cat draggedin... my cat would bring me dead moles and mice and once a garter snake still wriggling in his mouth~ could that mean something like.. good grief~ who would expect YOU to show up~ ??
5 months ago
found this on urban dictionary website..
Cats are known for bringing dead mice/rats/birds and other vermin they may have found or killed in to their owner's home.
Upon meeting someone who is disliked, by using this phrase you imply that they are the vermin mentioned above.
(Upon meeting an ex-boyfriend at a party)
"Well well! Look what the cat dragged in!"
Cats are known for bringing dead mice/rats/birds and other vermin they may have found or killed in to their owner's home.
Upon meeting someone who is disliked, by using this phrase you imply that they are the vermin mentioned above.
(Upon meeting an ex-boyfriend at a party)
"Well well! Look what the cat dragged in!"
5 months ago
lol.. should have checked the link~ lol
5 months ago
Yup, my cats have drug a lot of those scraggly looking varmints into our home ... with love in their eyes because it was for me! lol Either they really did it for love, or they knew I'd kill them for bringing them in, so they "acted" out those sweet little faces! I think they really did it for me. It's kind of like they are telling you that they want to help out. lol
But my sister also did it with a couple of guys! And yup ... it was "look what a mess that cat drug in!!"
But my sister also did it with a couple of guys! And yup ... it was "look what a mess that cat drug in!!"
5 months ago
If you have an outtdoor cat they wil bring in stuff that they killed while hunting it means bringing home a surprise that is not to expectations,
5 months ago
Once my front porch looked like a Santaria ritual. The brains, the stomach and some other organ were lined up. I guess my cat didn't like the taste of those things.
5 months ago
Ok, so the cat didn’t go over so well… Anybody else know any other terms of endearment???
5 months ago
