11-16-2021, 01:29 AM
(11-15-2021, 11:20 AM)BIAD Wrote:(11-15-2021, 01:58 AM)Ninurta Wrote: The English "idiot idioms" are all used here almost exactly as they were mentioned. Additionally, we have "not the sharpest knife in the drawer", "a few bricks shy of a full load", "ain't playin' with a full deck of cards", and the ubiquitous Southern "Well bless your heart!" Which really means "you ain't very bright, so here's some pity for you!"
One slightly-hidden insult I've heard recently aligns with your Southern suggestion. The saying is "My sweet Summer-Child" when
indicating naivety! I love it!
That phrase "my sweet summer child"" was not, by chance, a reference to your shed-guest when you heard it, was it?
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’