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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:15 PM Original message |
OK, tell me how I can explain "lipstick on a pig" to my foreign ESL student? |
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hemphammock (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tell him it's like planting Edelweiss in a cow pie. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Very funny. I got this problem and you're a comedian! |
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hemphammock (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Oui! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Excellent comparison! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. No, that is not what it means in current context. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. rouge à lèvres sur un cochon |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Making an obvious attempt to present something as better than it is and failing. |
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MrBadExample (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Generalize it. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think it's simple |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. it's sorta like the princess kissing the frog....only in this case |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Warts on her mount? Oh my. n/t |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. thank you for allowing me to laugh at myself... |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I want to know what happens after you explain to them |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I think I'll get a funny look. I once had to explain "holy shit" to a Chinese woman who was mad as |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. My favorite was in Grad School |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. A picture is worth a thousand words |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Of course, that picture! Great! n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. or this one...which always makes me think of babs bush... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Better, oh yes it is |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Grey Poupon on a Whammy Burger before 11:00 am |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wolf in sheep's clothing |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Such things are difficult |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. The pig, he is ugly, no? The lipstick, it is the pretty-making, but is still pig. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's actually very sexist |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Where the hell did you come up with that? nt |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reading Le monde, the french idiom is |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. A Swiss person would probably understand "panties on a goat" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'll try that. At least Herve will be amused...n/t |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. Shit, by any other name is still shit? |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. Cooking |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. He's probably familiar with "Potemkin Village". |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Not quite the same, but... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. Just TRANSLATE it!1 The meaning is the same!1 n/t |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. a rose is a rose by any other name a rose.... n/t |
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