I heard these words many a time coming from my Dad's lips during my formative years. They baffled me. They put me in a state of confusion. Maybe that was just where he wanted me, back on my heels. (Is that another idiom?) My retort was often quick and went something along the lines of, "... but I don't even own a horse." Idioms drove me crazy! When I was doing a job, like stacking wood with my brother but not well, he'd remind us that we were 'burning daylight'. What? Huh?! I just remembered that one. I had to look it up. Ah yes, 'wasting time'! We were good at that when we put our minds to it. Learned something this morning, Burning Daylight is a title of a Jack London novel. I bet it's full of idioms. Heck, Burning Daylight is the main character's name!
Horse sense?
I've got some.
But I think I acquired most of it from watching episodes of "The Adventures of Spin and Marty".
You did watch the Mickey Mouse Club didn't you?
Neigh!
Yes,! & the series I loved on MM Club was "Annette" with Annette Funicillo. I also LOVED Fury, the Story of a Horse & the Boy Who Loved Him but don't think i got any horse sense from there or anywhere!
ReplyDeleteLearning idioms in a foreign language has been so interesting because so many of them don't seem to make much sense, so you just have to memorize them...
I've heard that saying before but, my dad called it "common sense". He was always saying "use some common sense". I credit him with my logic abilities
ReplyDeletenice fencery shot!
ReplyDeleteThought you'd like it!
Delete:-) I have a Korean co-worker who quite often is completely baffled by the idioms I come up with.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED Spin & Marty and never missed a day of the MM Club! Such memories you tweak.
ReplyDeleteDon't know anything about Spin and Marty. No MM Club for me either!
ReplyDeleteI do remember Spin and Marty. ;)
ReplyDeleteNay I didn't. That's because I nay and don't neigh. Love your pic though.
ReplyDeletePic is esp. great enlarged. . . Love the sleekness of horses vs. the rough-textured fence and grasses.
ReplyDeleteMickey Mouse as well as Howdy Doody, Sky King, Flash Gordon and the local shows of which I was in the audience once in South Dakota. That's what makes kids special, wasting time.
ReplyDeleteUhhhhh, were we supposed to follow that circuitous train of thought?
ReplyDeleteLovely shot, but I'm baffled by this spin and marty.
ReplyDeleteNice shot. I saw the reruns but it annoyed me so I only saw a few.
ReplyDeleteAhh well you'd have to be pretty.. ummm.. long in the tooth to remember Spin and Marty. Alas, I am and and I do.
ReplyDelete'Using your horse sense' -- that's a new one to me. I'm perplexed.
ReplyDeleteWorking backwards on your blog today; how did I miss so many? Time flies but I've missed your pithy comments so I need to be more vigilant in the future.
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