strange "as" sayings that make no sense.

Four-Percent · 17-08-2009 11:12PM

Anyone else wondering how many of these similes were just made up on the spot?

hullaballoo · 17-08-2009 11:34PM

Just looked up a few I didn't know. Some of them are good. The 'daft as a brush' one is probably a hangover from the Victorian chimney-sweep, probably called a 'brush'.

I really laugh when people mess these up. Most common is 'mad as a brush' but I heard one lad telling his mate, 'a stone in the hand kills two in the bush...or something'.

--Kaiser-- · 18-08-2009 01:00PM

'daft as a brush'

Short for 'as daft as a brush with no bristles' which is fairly daft

'Mad as a bag of spiders'

If you think about, it a bag full of spiders would be pretty mad, both in the 'carzy' and 'angry' meanings of the word.

Sheesh, some of ye guys have no imagination

fryup · 03-11-2009 11:25PM

you know when a building is blown up or destroyed, people say its..."raised to the ground"

but that doesn't make sense does it

i mean when you raise something you bring it upwards

stovelid · 03-11-2009 11:32PM

fryup wrote: »

you know when a building is blown up or destroyed, people say its..."raised to the ground"

but that doesn't make sense does it

i mean when you raise something you bring it upwards

That's razed

aine-maire · 03-11-2009 11:57PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

The Irish Government.

Are you lost?
Did you even read the thread title?

Anyway............a lot of these make sense! I think that all similes have their basis in truth, it's just that over time this becomes lost. There's a story behind each one. Larry was a really happy fella one time, and maybe some pirate's parrot used to get seasick a lot :cool:

Yep,they all make sense in some context or other :pac:

Acacia · 04-11-2009 12:07AM

I know it's not an 'as', but I heard someone saying this recently and it made me laugh- when somebody's doing something arseways- "He's like a pig with a pencil!"

...:D

aine-maire · 04-11-2009 12:10AM

Acacia wrote: »

I know it's not an 'as', but I heard someone saying this recently and it made me laugh- when somebody's doing something arseways- "He's like a pig with a pencil!"...:D

It makes sense though...a pig can't use a pencil

I like that one actually! :pac:

Acacia · 04-11-2009 12:13AM

Yeah, it does make sense, I just thought it was funny. The thought of pigs using pencils makes me laugh...I'm easily amused.

:pac:

RandolphEsq · 04-11-2009 01:53AM

"As bold as brass"

brass isn't bold; it's metallic, rough, conservative, cold

bonkers · 04-11-2009 02:18AM

as gay as a horse

komodosp · 04-11-2009 04:48PM

"As bold as brass"

brass isn't bold; it's metallic, rough, conservative, cold

Can't answer your question, but I've also heard bold people being called "Brazen" - and Brazing is the process of joining metals with Brass or something like that...
Wierd huh?

Some of the others are fairly obvious though, mad as a bag of cats? Imagine putting a load of cats into a bag, do you think they'd sit around quietly?

komodosp · 04-11-2009 04:56PM

"sweating like a knacker trying to read...insert 'as' somewhere" - presume a dig at travellers' high illiteracy rate

"as usefull as tits on a bull" they're tits: great! But they're on a bull... Not very useful is it

"as busy as a one armed bricklayer in bagdhad" That one should be fairly straightforward - a lot of building to do in Baghdad

"Sweating like Joe Fritzl on Cribs." I like it!

"As sh/t 'as' this thread." Since the thread is about similes that don't make sense you must be saying it's a good thread!

"As rare as a fish" dunno, something to do with cooking? Never heard this one

"as ugly as the arse end of an elephant" also heard "as ugly as the south end of a north bound mule", presumably neither are pleasant to look at.

"As sound as a bell" Bells make sounds!

El Weirdo · 04-11-2009 05:02PM

Sweating like a paedophile blowing up a bouncy castle.

dr.bollocko · 04-11-2009 05:06PM

Camp as a row of pink tents.

Keogg · 04-11-2009 05:12PM

as mad as a bag of spiders:D:D

this thread made me laugh so much

tech77 · 04-11-2009 05:25PM

aine-maire wrote: »

Are you lost?
Did you even read the thread title?

His point was the phrase "The Irish government" is oxymoronic or nonsensical.
It is, in a way, a "strange saying that makes no sense".

It's not an "as" saying admittedly.
Not really a saying either, mind you

Still, it's an interesting observation.

AnonoBoy · 04-11-2009 05:28PM

Riddle101 wrote: »

'as happy as larry'

Makes no sense. I was mates with a Larry once. Battled depression his whole life poor bastard.

WeWillBeReborn · 04-11-2009 06:22PM

Sound as a pound

Dumb as a doorknob

hongler · 04-11-2009 06:29PM

He's as awkward as a sow in reverse. (Supposedly a Monaghan saying):rolleyes:

Sweating like a dyslexic on Countdown.:D (Heard that one on Tony Fentons show on TodayFM)