Figure of Speech

[plastered]

pi**ed as a fart.
squeeze some cheese
s'trouble at mill.
like s**t off a shovel
knock me down with a feather.

 

[splinter]

As silly as a bag of nails

 

[splinter]

One slip of the tongue and you're in the .................

 

[Michealstephens]

I could eat a horse.

And come back for the rider

 

[Nige F]

Crumpet will draw ye further than powder`ll blow ye F***my old boots. Harder than a whoores heart.....Colder than a welldiggers arse

 

[splinter]

as useless as a ashtray on a motorbike,or a choculate teapot.


Run a marathon ,He couldn't run a bath

 

[splinter]

bald as a badger

bent as a nine-bob note

it's all gone tits up

 

[ninebob]

bent as a nine-bob note

Wondered how long before it cropped up!
I was going to post it myself earlier but got distracted by a phone call and forgot!

 

[pickles]

As much good as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Up and down like a wh*re's drawers..

 

[ninebob]

"Six of one and half a dozen of the other"

"It's as broad as it's long"

"Makes no odds to me"

"Flogging a dead horse"

"p*ssing in the wind"

 

[Pensdown]

I could eat a horse.

Between 2 bread vans

 

[Richardp]

straight as a die

 

[empip]

straight as a die

Any idea which of these dice or dies .. (that is awkward !) is being referenced?

pl. dies A device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material, especially:
An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.
A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.

pl. dies Architecture. The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.

pl. dice
A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.

I am thinking this one .. 'any of various tools or devices for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material or for impressing an object or material' This would generally be a very accurate tool or piece.

 

[splinter]

The dice are loaded against him/her