There's so many cliches aren't there?! Not that I understand them all or can make head nor tail of what they mean. Take, 'never look a gift horse in the mouth' for example. Firstly, a)What is a gift horse? and b)Why would you be looking at it in the mouth?

What cliches can't you understand? Have you ever used a cliche in the wrong context? What were the consequences?

no use crying over spilled milk

JDINTERACTIVE said:

when you buy a horse, you check out the teeth first
to make sure it's healthy and not too darn old yet.

but suppose you'd get one for free, you shouldn't do
the check-up since it was a gift and you don't have
to pay for it anyway.

in other words the "gift horse" is just a good deed
or a present. something someone does for you or gives
you without wanting anything in return. and the not
looking it in the mouth is just not complaining about
it when it doesn't suit your tastes/ideas/expectation

IstenSzek said:

I'll remember that next time I'm out horse shopping.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

go now. there's no time like the present

IstenSzek said:

Would you like anything from the stables?

Isten, won't you explain Christopher the milk saying?

PANDURITO said:

Oh, Christopher's just being a little weiner as usual.

PANDURITO said:

i thought you would feel like a pea in a pod if you could explain it

JDINTERACTIVE said:

yes, ask Camilla if i can have my fleece blanket back

IstenSzek said:

I managed to save this filly from the knackers yard. Do you want it chopped up for fire wood?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i'm sure there'll be a few stags interested yet.

and if not, we will sell her to the glue factory.

IstenSzek said:

OK

no use crying over spilled milk
the toothless horse will lick it

PANDURITO said:

this thread is so wrong..so very wrong