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Fun Trivia: F : Fractured Words

Special Sub-Topic: Phabulous Phractured Phrases- Idioms


Burr Nor Rid Jeez

    Burn Your Bridges. "I wish you hadn't been rude to that man just now; he is very important in this town and you shouldn't go around burning bridges."

Cats Twin The Too
    Catch-22&catch 22. The eternally debatable question regarding the origins of the chicken and the egg is a Catch-22.

Den Voles Ad In Kit
    Devil's Advocate&devils advocate. To play "the devil's advocate" in a debate is to ensure that some attempt was made to hear a side that might otherwise have gone unrepresented.

Heat Grow
    Eat Crow. To suffer humiliation and/or reluctantly admit defeat.

Faux Swig
    Full Swing. Meaning things are going quite well or beneficial.

Gut Tee To Shoos
    Goodie Two Shoes&goody two shoes &Goodie Two-Shoes&goody two-shoes. A self-righteous person who makes a deal of their virtue.

Hop Sins Show Ice
    Hobson's Choice&hobsons choice. A choice that is no real choice; a situation from which there is no escape; a problem in which any course of action is likely to result in undesirable consequences. Similar to a "no-win situation" and Catch 22.

Eye Fee Leak
    Ivy League. Originally, there were 4 universities and using the Roman numeral for 4, which are IV--often referred them to. Hence, they became known as the Ivy League.

Joyed Duck Love
    Join The Club. A phrase used to express sympathy for a common experience.

Gnaw Con What
    Knock on Wood. By 'knocking on wood', the speaker hopes to prevent their remarkable good health from suddenly ending because they've bragged about it.

Lone Sharp
    Loan Shark. A predatory lender, usually one that charges extremely high interest.

Mutt Her Nay Shore
    Mother Nature. Regarding nature and its benevolence towards human beings.

Neighing Gel He Entrees
    Nailing Jelly On Trees. A futile endeavor; impossible task

Hone Clawed Nein
    On Cloud Nine. The state of feeling quite giddy or happy.

Peas Hand Quite
    Peace And Quiet. Tranquility; freedom from stress or interruptions.

Call I Tea Tine
    Quality Time. "Quality Time" is the time a parent who works spends with their neglected child.

Rain Vend Dew Eel
    Reinvent The Wheel. Duplicate a basic method or concept; create a new solution to a problem for which an adequate one already exists.

Stiltons Inner Claw Sit
    Skeletons In Your Closet&Skeletons In the Closet. Secrets from one's past that one would like to conceal.

Threating Wad Her
    Treading Water. Sustaining the present situation, neither improving or worsening. Usually used to denote a negative situation or achieving the bare minimum above defeat.

Use Once Hit
    Use One's Head & use ones head. To think, to have common sense.

Amp Hire
    Vampire. This word, now idiom, dates back to the 1700's and probably comes from the Hungarian word Vampir. It may have also came from a Turkish word "uber" which means witch.

Weakened War Here
    Weekend Warrior. A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.

Hex Marts Uh Spa
    X Marks The Spot. Used when referring to locating something.

Horse True Lee
    Yours Truly. A self-reference.

See Row Tall Rants
    Zero Tolerance& 0 tolerance. Meaning no crimes or breakings of the law will be overlooked.


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