Fun with Malaphors

dead corpses tell no lies.
*live* corpses, on the other hand, will lie to ye ‘til they’re blue in the face.
‘n’ that, of course, is how you tell a live corpse from a dead one.
(whurdz of whizdumb 1:1)

 

I’ve always wondered how you could tell.

 

I spotted the above malaphor in a post in Preshave/Aftershve.

 

I think they're called vermicelli (pasta).

 

Uh-oh...I thnk that was ME. I'll have to review all the posts. OOOps...no "CAN" do (chuk yuk yuk)

 

Based on this post... new CT for @djavous ... "Frau Blücher." What do you say, @Queen of Blades ?

Or maybe it's Opus von Blücher ?

 

Yes, it was. I figured it was up to you, if you wanted to volunteer that. The thread title was “Creed”.

 

I forgot what I said, but I hope it got people talking.

 

live life like it was your last bowl of roses.
stop and smell the cherries.
‘cuz maybe tomorrow the Good Lord’ll chase you away.
(dream on . . . dream until your schemes come true.)
(whurdz of whizdumb 1:2)

 

"So THAT's what's going on under my nose behind my back!!"

 

Does anybody know where “clean as a whistle” comes from?
(Or am I barking up the wrong pond for answers here?)

 

eeeh . . . yeah, Naaahm — aah, a little-known fact.

 

The Word Detective suggests:

The phrase actually has two meanings: "clean or pure" and "absolutely, completely." "Utterly or completely" is the original 18th century meaning -- a roof blown off in a tornado might be said to have been torn off "clean as a whistle," leaving no remnants. The "pure or unsullied" meaning ("Wash that deck until it's clean as a whistle, sailor") came later ...Christine Ammer, in her book "Have A Nice Day -- No Problem, A Dictionary of Cliches," points to the phrase "clear as a whistle," very common in the 18th century. ..."clear as a whistle" came to mean "unmistakable" or "unambiguous." ...the subsequent drift of "clean" in the phrase to mean "pure" is what has led to folks like you wondering "what's so clean about whistles?"

 

We have two nicknames for Cliff on here-The Clavinator and the Clavmeister.

 

Thanks for posting and answering the question for me, rich; (tho in retrospect, I guess I could have just looked it up myself). But I appreciate the answer.

 

You're welcome! And, I was curious myself. So, you gave me a reason to look it up.

 

My sister - in - law said, "We're up the creek without a ladder"

My wife say "till the dogs come home to roost"

Other sister - in - law - "I have no unearthly idea"