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Home / Author: iang

Author: iang

Posted on March 7, 2021April 3, 2021 by iang

Put a stake in the sand

Categories: about being direct and confronting the issue, about taking liberties, demonstrating strong leadership, used as a warning
Tags: ground, line, sand, stake
Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 by iang

Bite my nose off to spite my face

Categories: about being exasperated, about being in a bad way, about being on the edge, about being out of control, about being unhelpful, about things going wrong
Tags: bite, face, nose
Posted on November 5, 2019November 9, 2019 by iang

Keep me in the hook

Categories: demonstrating keenness, demonstrating strong leadership, productive
Tags: hook, keep, loop
Posted on September 22, 2018April 8, 2023 by iang

Keep it in my back sleeve

Categories: about being brilliant, about being quiet, about doing something, advisory, demonstrating strong leadership, double-edged, preparing for the worst
Tags: back, pocket, sleeve
Posted on August 26, 2018August 26, 2018 by iang

I can read you like a clock

Categories: about being slack or useless, showing wisdom, used as a warning
Tags: book, clock, read
Posted on July 23, 2018December 9, 2021 by iang

Until I’m blue in the teeth

Category: about being exasperated
Tags: blue, face, teeth, until
Posted on May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by iang

Making a bridge for your own back

Categories: about being exasperated, about feeling like a victim, about things going wrong, demonstrating annoyance, foreboding, steeped in hopelessness, used as a warning
Tags: back, bridge, rod
Posted on March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 by iang

Hanging on to grim life

Categories: about being in danger, about being on the edge, about exaggeration, about things going wrong, preparing for the worst
Tags: death, grim, hang, hanging, life
Posted on February 27, 2018March 4, 2018 by iang

Take a back burner

Category: about being pragmatic
Tags: back, burner
Posted on February 10, 2018February 13, 2018 by iang

I was up at the crack of lark

Categories: being active, demonstrating keenness, descriptive, energetic
Tags: crack, dawn, lark, larks, up
Posted on January 18, 2018June 26, 2022 by iang

Well,.. that took the steam out of your sails

Categories: about things going wrong, destructive, negative, steeped in hopelessness, sympathetic
Tags: sail, sailing, sails, steam, wind
Posted on January 8, 2018 by iang

Didn’t pluck up the balls

Categories: about being exasperated, about being slack or useless
Tags: balls, pluck
Posted on January 7, 2018 by iang

I can’t keep my eyes awake

Category: conversational
Tag: awake
Posted on December 7, 2017June 7, 2023 by iang

Belgian Whistles

Categories: about being brilliant, about being impressed, about food or cooking, comparative
Tags: Belgium, bells, country, waffles
Posted on June 20, 2017September 2, 2021 by iang

You are preaching to the convertible

Categories: exhibiting knowledge, magnanimous, malapropisms, said with certainty, sympathetic
Tags: converted, convertible, Preaching
Posted on June 16, 2017July 14, 2018 by iang

It’s a doggy dog world

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being exasperated, about pushing your luck, encouraging you to be stronger
Tags: dog, doggy, world
Posted on June 7, 2017July 4, 2020 by iang

I rest my piece

Categories: descriptive, double-edged, expressing freedom of speech, final, mix ups of three idioms, said with certainty
Tags: case, peace, piece, rest, RIP
Posted on October 9, 2016 by iang

The Swinging Gardens of Babylon

Categories: conversational, descriptive
Tags: Babylon, swinging
Posted on August 4, 2016September 27, 2016 by iang

The world is your curtains

Categories: about being impressed, creative, descriptive, encouraging, magnanimous, motivational, philosophical, showing wisdom
Tags: curtains, oyster, world
Posted on July 22, 2016June 28, 2020 by iang

It’s neon impossible

Categories: about being impressed, about pushing your luck, advisory, cautious, dismissive, exhibiting knowledge, existential, foreboding, magnanimous, malapropisms, ominous, preparing for the worst, said with certainty, steeped in hopelessness, used as a warning
Tags: impossible, neon, nigh
Posted on June 14, 2016July 14, 2018 by iang

Don’t look a trojan horse in the mouth

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being impressed, about pushing your luck, advising to be humble, advisory, demonstrating strong leadership, magnanimous, used as a warning
Tags: gift, gifthorse, horse, look, mouth, trojan, trojan horse
Posted on April 6, 2014 by iang

Three Sheeps to the Wind

Categories: about being impressed, proud
Tags: sheep, sheeps, sheets
Posted on March 21, 2014July 15, 2016 by iang

Stand out like a country mile

Categories: conversational, derogatory, descriptive, negative
Tags: country, mile, stand
Posted on March 17, 2014January 27, 2022 by iang

Put it back in our ball court

Categories: about being helpful, about doing something, positive, productive, sporty
Tags: back, ball, ballpark, balls, Court
Posted on March 4, 2014June 2, 2014 by iang

That’s when the worms come out of the cupboard

Categories: about being exasperated, cautious, negative, threatening, used as a warning
Tags: closet, cupboard, skeleton, worms
Posted on March 4, 2014January 2, 2022 by iang

Like taking money from a baby

Categories: about being cunning, about being impressed, about doing something, about money, brilliant Malaphors, descriptive, evil, motivational
Tags: baby, candy, like, money, take, taking
Posted on February 12, 2014 by iang

That steals the biscuit

Categories: about being exasperated, about feeling hard done-by, giving an explanation, negative, positive
Tags: biscuit, steals, takes
Posted on February 11, 2014January 26, 2022 by iang

As cool as mustard

Categories: about being impressed, descriptive, positive
Tags: cool, cucumber, keen, mustard
Posted on February 8, 2014February 11, 2014 by iang

Nemesis in the room

Categories: conversational, descriptive, negative, used as a warning
Tags: Elephant, nemesis, room
Posted on August 20, 2013June 26, 2016 by iang

Fell on deaf ground

Categories: about being exasperated, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, descriptive, negative
Tags: deaf, ground

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