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  1. HotForWords
    Key Master

    Let's just agree to disagree

    Posted 10 months ago #
  2. Che Rambler
    Member

    Easy as pie

    Posted 10 months ago #
  3. popzzz
    Member

    Don't listen to what I said ..... listen to what I meant to say

    Posted 10 months ago #
  4. Che Rambler
    Member

    As nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs

    Posted 10 months ago #
  5. popzzz
    Member

    If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

    Posted 10 months ago #
  6. Warren
    Member

    Action speaks louder than words.

    Posted 10 months ago #
  7. popzzz
    Member

    One picture is worth a thousand words

    Posted 10 months ago #
  8. Che Rambler
    Member

    To serve up a lollipop

    Posted 10 months ago #
  9. popzzz
    Member

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it

    Posted 10 months ago #
  10. Che Rambler
    Member

    Put your 'big girl panties' on and deal with it

    Posted 10 months ago #
  11. popzzz
    Member

    Put it on the back burner

    Posted 10 months ago #
  12. Warren
    Member

    Add insult to injury.

    Posted 10 months ago #
  13. I'm only going to say this once

    Posted 10 months ago #
  14. popzzz
    Member

    The cat's meow

    Posted 10 months ago #
  15. pedanticKarl
    Member

    I'm in seventh heaven

    Posted 10 months ago #
  16. popzzz
    Member

    Up the creek without a paddle

    Posted 10 months ago #
  17. pedanticKarl
    Member

    I couldn't care less

    Don't forget to watch this HFW video to remind you about:
    Could Care Less

    Posted 10 months ago #
  18. James
    Member

    i need to go to the loo

    Posted 10 months ago #
  19. James
    Member

    sorry.... that was whati was thinking not a cliché

    Posted 10 months ago #
  20. pedanticKarl
    Member

    Hot as hell

    Posted 10 months ago #
  21. Everything from soup to nuts

    Posted 10 months ago #
  22. Capman911
    Member

    A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

    Posted 10 months ago #
  23. popzzz
    Member

    Waiting for your ship to come in

    Posted 10 months ago #
  24. Corvus_moneduloides
    Member

    Kill two birds with one stone

    "As nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs" seems more like a colloquialism to me. I've never heard it conversationally and suspect that it may be a cliche to a certain geographical region. So, colloquialism.

    Posted 10 months ago #
  25. popzzz
    Member

    Walking on egg shells

    Posted 10 months ago #
  26. Corvus_moneduloides
    Member

    Rob Peter to pay Paul

    Posted 10 months ago #
  27. Corvus_moneduloides
    Member

    Cry me a river

    Posted 10 months ago #
  28. pedanticKarl
    Member

    Women, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em

    Posted 10 months ago #
  29. popzzz
    Member

    Were you born in a barn

    Posted 10 months ago #
  30. Greatest Potential
    Member

    It's time to move on

    Posted 10 months ago #

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