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#897566 - 06/28/13 02:57 PM Common Phrases
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please. _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897567 - 06/28/13 02:58 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Coreoverload Addicted Boomer Registered: 08/10/02 Posts: 1208	1. Quadruplets Edited by Coreoverload (06/28/13 02:58 PM) Edit Reason: Number
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#897568 - 06/28/13 02:59 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
looney4labs GB Reviewer Moderator Sonic Boomer Registered: 04/05/04 Posts: 42798 Loc: Alabama	6. Be in the know _________________________ "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras
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#897569 - 06/28/13 03:10 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
BobH Addicted Boomer Registered: 10/14/11 Posts: 2071 Loc: 47.79N, 122.24W	4. Period in History _________________________ Bob I've learned that if you're too busy to help a friend, you're too busy.
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#897573 - 06/28/13 03:30 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: BobH]
Marian Moderator True Blue Boomer Registered: 07/04/00 Posts: 21623 Loc: near Yosemite in California	2. no two ways about it
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#897575 - 06/28/13 03:37 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	Core, L4L, and Marian, good solves! Bob, you've basically got it but I want one more word. _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897576 - 06/28/13 03:37 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Jema Adept Boomer Registered: 09/11/02 Posts: 13659 Loc: Virginia	7. spitting image _________________________ Wouldn't that jar your mustard!
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#897578 - 06/28/13 03:42 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Sondi Addicted Boomer Registered: 08/15/05 Posts: 3674 Loc: California	5. vinegar (V in egar)
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#897582 - 06/28/13 03:50 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
manxman Graduate Boomer Registered: 07/23/02 Posts: 15912 Loc: Unionville	9. sick in bed _________________________ Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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#897585 - 06/28/13 03:51 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Sondi]
Sherlock BAAG Specialist Registered: 02/27/01 Posts: 7563 Loc: Minnesota, USA	3. back up plan _________________________ Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
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#897590 - 06/28/13 04:32 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Sherlock]
Niki Addicted Boomer Registered: 10/30/11 Posts: 4624 Loc: UK	8. to see or not to see to see or not to see that is the question Edited by Niki (06/28/13 04:33 PM) _________________________ What are we? Women - What do we want? We don't know - When do we want it? Now
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#897596 - 06/28/13 05:05 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
BobH Addicted Boomer Registered: 10/14/11 Posts: 2071 Loc: 47.79N, 122.24W	4. Dark period in history? _________________________ Bob I've learned that if you're too busy to help a friend, you're too busy.
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#897639 - 06/28/13 10:19 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	Excellent solves! Niki, you're close. Keep trying. _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897665 - 06/29/13 05:24 AM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Niki Addicted Boomer Registered: 10/30/11 Posts: 4624 Loc: UK	can anyone foresee the answer _________________________ What are we? Women - What do we want? We don't know - When do we want it? Now
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#897670 - 06/29/13 06:02 AM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
BobH Addicted Boomer Registered: 10/14/11 Posts: 2071 Loc: 47.79N, 122.24W	The closest I get is "to see what to see" a lesser known following line to "The bear went over the mountain..." _________________________ Bob I've learned that if you're too busy to help a friend, you're too busy.
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#897709 - 06/29/13 10:36 AM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	Which nobody can deny, Bob. Keep trying! _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897716 - 06/29/13 10:50 AM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
GBC Adept Boomer Registered: 07/06/07 Posts: 14918 Loc: Massachusetts	8. What to see? _________________________ Gail
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#897757 - 06/29/13 12:55 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
soot Puzzled Moderator True Blue Boomer Registered: 04/16/05 Posts: 21669 Loc: Usually up an Alabama Tree	What stands between four seas _________________________ To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games
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#897763 - 06/29/13 01:07 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	Keep trying! Remember, we're looking for common phrases. _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897767 - 06/29/13 01:15 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
soot Puzzled Moderator True Blue Boomer Registered: 04/16/05 Posts: 21669 Loc: Usually up an Alabama Tree	I thought mine was pretty uncommon _________________________ To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games
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#897773 - 06/29/13 01:29 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	You're uncommon, soot, and we're the lucky beneficiaries. _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897815 - 06/29/13 04:09 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Sherlock BAAG Specialist Registered: 02/27/01 Posts: 7563 Loc: Minnesota, USA	sees both sides of a question? _________________________ Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
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#897816 - 06/29/13 04:12 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
GBC Adept Boomer Registered: 07/06/07 Posts: 14918 Loc: Massachusetts	8. Stuck in the middle of the seas. _________________________ Gail
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#897818 - 06/29/13 04:32 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
Pandora Sonic Boomer Registered: 08/06/00 Posts: 46050 Loc: Upstate NY	Sherlock's got it! Nice try, Gail! _________________________ We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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#897846 - 06/29/13 05:23 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
soot Puzzled Moderator True Blue Boomer Registered: 04/16/05 Posts: 21669 Loc: Usually up an Alabama Tree	Whoop Whoop Whoop ... Nicely done Sherlock _________________________ To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games
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#897887 - 06/29/13 07:12 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
CanukDenis Graduate Boomer Registered: 11/26/00 Posts: 15501 Loc: Ottawa Ontario Canada	I knew the answer to that one; however: Obviously that common phrase had to be left until last, and it would have been discourteous not to let Lex have a turn...which he failed miserably _________________________ I got both my feet firmly planted in mid-air !
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#898023 - 06/30/13 12:19 PM Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora]
soot Puzzled Moderator True Blue Boomer Registered: 04/16/05 Posts: 21669 Loc: Usually up an Alabama Tree	_________________________ To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games
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