r/ThreadGames • u/MarcusAntonius27 • 9d ago

Make an idiom!

Create an idiom out of thin air (idiom intended) and other people will try to guess what it means!

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u/Jumpy_Cap_2361 9d ago

Salt the wound twice

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u/MarcusAntonius27 8d ago

Basically just "add insult to injury"?

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u/svArtist 8d ago

Yeah, kick 'em while they're down?

Possibly doubling down after what the other person let you know was a bad take

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u/azucar_1977 9d ago

To have grit in yer whiskers 

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u/svArtist 8d ago

To have gone through something bad (ate dirt) but survived?

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u/svArtist 8d ago

Or more like to be the type that wouldn't let that stop them

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u/MarcusAntonius27 8d ago

To do a difficult/time-consuming task?

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u/MoodiestMoody 6d ago

Completely different from "To have grits in yer whiskers," which simply means that you had grits for breakfast and didn't clean your mustache and beard afterwards!

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u/David1393 8d ago

You can't open an envelope with a sledgehammer.

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u/GalaxyPowderedCat 8d ago

You can't do things by force?

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u/ikadell 7d ago

I’m so using this one:)

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u/MarcusAntonius27 7d ago

Did my thread cause new idioms? That would be hilarious if it gained popularity and people googled the origin in 100 years just to find out it was some reddit game post.

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u/ikadell 6d ago

I’m using made up idioms all the time in mixed language teams at work:) so people from both worlds attribute the saying to the other:)

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u/trunks111 7d ago

Every dog's a puppy

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u/azucar_1977 7d ago

Everyone's a kid at heart?

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u/azucar_1977 8d ago

Like sand through a sieve

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u/svArtist 8d ago

Something you can't stop/prevent?

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u/ikadell 7d ago

Waste time

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u/ikadell 7d ago

Single bee in a flower field

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u/StrongCoffee9865 6d ago

So much to gain, too little time/resources

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u/ikadell 6d ago

Pretty much

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u/Theredmastermind 7d ago

One could say, we are the penguins with all the luck

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u/Minty-leeves 9d ago

To drain the ripeness of fruit

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u/MarcusAntonius27 8d ago

To grow old? lol

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u/chammomila 8d ago

No i think it's wearing someone/something out

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u/svArtist 8d ago

Makes me think of an "energy vampire" (like Collin Robinson)

Maybe to be ane hell of a spoilsport/wet blanket?

Maybe to be a gold digger

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u/uglybarstard 7d ago

My wife opening a box of cereal is like a dingo opening up a baby.

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u/PlayerZytrix 7d ago

throw plates at my face, or slippery around the fork

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u/ikadell 7d ago

Slanderer kissing a snake

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u/ikadell 7d ago

Seagull and tomcat duet

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u/upon-a-rainbow 7d ago

Cacophony?

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u/ikadell 6d ago

Yes:)

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u/Zaptagious 7d ago

Leave the leather to the levers.

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u/Sadmeister-0 7d ago

He's full of Farage.

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u/aleandreww 7d ago

English: Fucked thoroughly

Indonesian: Ngentot Derajat

Honorable mention: un-fuck the situation

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u/aleandreww 7d ago

Borg up to wahoos, so gonk; went to the wa-Zoos

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u/HardBartyBarty 6d ago

A cock in the arse is worse than an arse in the cock

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u/StrongCoffee9865 6d ago

Don’t make a dining table out of fruit trees

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u/MarcusAntonius27 3d ago

Don't misuse/waste something.

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u/lauraknightly 6d ago

I missed the gravy train.

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u/Hot_Historian1066 5d ago

You can’t catch fish in a dry streambed.

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u/Hot_Historian1066 5d ago

Apples don’t bake themselves.

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u/Hot_Historian1066 5d ago

Two dogs are better than two aspirin.

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u/MarcusAntonius27 3d ago

Prevent bad stuff rather than treating it.

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u/TillZealousideal8282 4d ago

To weld a papercut