Idioms read literally . . . what have YOU done?

QuiznatoddBidness
QuiznatoddBidness Posts: 602 Member
edited November 12 in Chit-Chat
Works similar to "answer the question above, post a question for below" threads. Only difference is: use an idiom to form your question. The person below should answer whether they've ever done the LITERAL interpretation...NOT the commonly-known interpretation. Repeats are okay!

Examples:
Q: Have you ever cut corners?
A: Yes. Showing my kids how to make paper stop signs. We started with squares and cut the corners off to make nearly perfect octagons.

Q: Have you ever been caught between a rock and a hard place?
A: No. But I've been caught between a rock and a soft place - leaning against a large boulder with someone pressed tightly against me.

Q: Have you ever spanked a monkey?
A. No. I don't think I've ever even touched a monkey. Unless plush toys count...then maybe I've spanked one. I'll plead the fifth on plush toys.

Q: Have you ever choked a chicken?

Replies

  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    No. Have you ever counted chickens before they hatched (in case one died mid-hatch, counting live ones)?
  • QuiznatoddBidness
    QuiznatoddBidness Posts: 602 Member
    Nope, never.

    Have you ever tossed someone's salad?
  • Benjinkan
    Benjinkan Posts: 1,107 Member
    Yes, even made the dressing from scratch.

    Have you ever peed yourself laughing?
  • QuiznatoddBidness
    QuiznatoddBidness Posts: 602 Member
    Don't think so. But I've done the milk through the nose thing.

    Have you ever heard something through a grapevine?
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    edited February 2015
    Yes, those little singing grapes/raisins with sunglasses B) had lots of commercials in the 80's.

    Have you kicked the bucket?
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    I don't think so. Have you ever covered the whole nine yards of a track/course?
  • QuiznatoddBidness
    QuiznatoddBidness Posts: 602 Member
    Absolutely!

    Have you ever let a cat out of a bag?
  • lexlowe
    lexlowe Posts: 908 Member
    Yes, because as a younling, I pretended the kittens were superheroes, the bag was their secret cave headquarters, and they would come charging out to fight crime when the bag was opened. Instead they came out slowly one by one looking all confused like kittens do and doing alot of meowing

    Have you ever stuck a cork in it?
  • MikeCrazy
    MikeCrazy Posts: 2,716 Member
    Yes, I plugged a hole in a measurement device with a sheet of cork.

    Have you ever beat around a bush?
  • Bukeelaka
    Bukeelaka Posts: 70
    LOL! Yes, when I got a little stuck in the rose bushes while pruning them!

    Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach?
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