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Common Phrases #1342718 03/28/25 11:04 AM 03/28/25 11:04 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,530 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,530 Upstate NY	These are all representations of common words, phrases, places or things. Can you figure them out? Only one solve per person, please. When you clean out a vacuum cleaner, you become a vacuum cleaner.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342720 03/28/25 11:06 AM 03/28/25 11:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 17,090 Upper Arlington, Ohio Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer
Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 17,090 Upper Arlington, Ohio	6. Round trip ticket It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342721 03/28/25 11:08 AM 03/28/25 11:08 AM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 30,893 Unionville manxman Sonic Boomer
manxman Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 30,893 Unionville	8. The price is right Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342722 03/28/25 11:09 AM 03/28/25 11:09 AM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,260 Long Island, N.Y. F fildil BAAG Specialist
fildil BAAG Specialist F Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,260 Long Island, N.Y.	4. Yield the right of way Fil There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342723 03/28/25 11:12 AM 03/28/25 11:12 AM
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curly Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 49,105 Ottawa Ontario CANADA	7. power blackout What do birdies see when they faint?

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342724 03/28/25 11:14 AM 03/28/25 11:14 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 7,414 Orleans, Ontario, CANADA OrleansBelle BAAG Specialist
OrleansBelle BAAG Specialist Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 7,414 Orleans, Ontario, CANADA	9 - scrambled metaphor Before you make fun of your mother trying to navigate an IPhone, remember that she's the one who showed you how to use a spoon.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342732 03/28/25 01:32 PM 03/28/25 01:32 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 50,997 near Yosemite Marian Global Moderator
Marian Global Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 50,997 near Yosemite	1. abridged dictionary?

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342733 03/28/25 02:12 PM 03/28/25 02:12 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,780 Deepest darkest Norfolk, Engla... bermag45 BAAG Specialist
bermag45 BAAG Specialist Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,780 Deepest darkest Norfolk, Engla...	5. Total loss Bernie

Re: Common Phrases [Re: bermag45] #1342736 03/28/25 03:41 PM 03/28/25 03:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10,779 Minnesota, USA Sherlock Adept Boomer
Sherlock Adept Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10,779 Minnesota, USA	3. set one's teeth on edge The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342742 03/28/25 05:19 PM 03/28/25 05:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 16,425 Ohio michele rose Graduate Boomer
michele rose Graduate Boomer Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 16,425 Ohio	2. repeating rifle

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342743 03/28/25 06:00 PM 03/28/25 06:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,530 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,530 Upstate NY	Almost all correct! OB, your answer is technically correct but it's not a common phrase. When you clean out a vacuum cleaner, you become a vacuum cleaner.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342753 03/29/25 06:14 AM 03/29/25 06:14 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 17,031 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Redz Graduate Boomer
Redz Graduate Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 17,031 Bucks County, Pennsylvania	9. mixed metaphor

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1342763 03/29/25 10:25 AM 03/29/25 10:25 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,530 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,530 Upstate NY	Yes! When you clean out a vacuum cleaner, you become a vacuum cleaner.

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