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Things you CANNOT do

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phoenix Sat 29-Aug-20 21:05:32

Apart from the total abuse of "literally", you cannot:

Cry your eyes out

Scream the house down

Sob your heart out

Laugh your head off

Spew your guts up

I'm sure there are more, but I'm scrambling my brainwink) to think of them !

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maddyone Mon 31-Aug-20 16:11:49

You cannot:

Move heaven and earth (to do something)

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BrandyGran Mon 31-Aug-20 15:51:55

Run like the wind ?

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Camelotclub Mon 31-Aug-20 14:51:45

Rain cats and dogs.

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Flakesdayout Mon 31-Aug-20 14:44:06

Mouth like a sewer.

Put your foot in your mouth

Getting out of hand

Ive got to wrap my head around that

Pull yourself together

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Phoebes Mon 31-Aug-20 14:43:20

This is a good thread!

I screamed until I was blue in the face.

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micky987 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:51:37

I had a light-bulb moment.

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micky987 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:51:05

Eat me out of house and hone.

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aonk Mon 31-Aug-20 13:48:54

Love someone to the moon and back. I hate this expression!

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boodymum67 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:48:53

meet yourself coming back

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4allweknow Mon 31-Aug-20 13:43:32

Jangran99 or Hurry up and come doon.

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micky987 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:42:42

The pot calling the kettle black.

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kittypaws49 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:39:55

Fly off the handle.

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micky987 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:39:19

Cotton wool for brains

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micky987 Mon 31-Aug-20 13:38:51

In one ear and out the other.
He turns into The Green-Eyed Monster.

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4allweknow Mon 31-Aug-20 13:38:31

Keep going round in circles.

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Sheilasue Mon 31-Aug-20 13:19:29

I could eat a scabby horse, a lady I worked with often said that. Yuk

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Linnana Mon 31-Aug-20 13:07:38

One eye on the pot and the other up the chimney.

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Linnana Mon 31-Aug-20 13:06:55

An apple a day keeps the doctor away - if only!
If the wind changes your face will stay like that.

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CherryCezzy Mon 31-Aug-20 12:21:10

Marydoll ?

Have butterflies in your stomach (unless you eat them ?)

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Musicgirl Mon 31-Aug-20 11:59:57

Grow or rise to a crescendo. The crescendo IS the growth or rising.

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Marydoll Mon 31-Aug-20 11:49:56

Cherry, I wasn't offended at all. I know you struggle at times and like me, have to take each day as it comes.
I was on a roll and couldn't wait to post my suggestions. They just kept popping into my head. I love anything to do with language.

I enjoyed your posts! smile

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CherryCezzy Mon 31-Aug-20 11:31:11

I'm enjoying this thread too Marydoll, but I did leave you in the lurch the other night ?

The world is not a stage.

Cojoined twins Bathsheba ?

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Annaram1 Mon 31-Aug-20 11:28:50

Love you to the moon and back.

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Growing0ldDisgracefully Mon 31-Aug-20 11:16:25

Sorry back teeth.

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Growing0ldDisgracefully Mon 31-Aug-20 11:16:01

Poop through the eye of a needle ?

Nor can your beck teeth be floating (because of drinking too much).

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