Need an idiom... Jeff Zeitlin (27 Oct 2023 00:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] Need an idiom... NotKnown AtThisAddress (27 Oct 2023 09:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] Need an idiom... David Shaw (27 Oct 2023 10:38 UTC)
Re: [TML] Need an idiom... Alan Peery (27 Oct 2023 12:24 UTC)
Re: [TML] Need an idiom... Ingo Siekmann (27 Oct 2023 14:33 UTC)
Re: [TML] Need an idiom... Charles McKnight (27 Oct 2023 14:55 UTC)
Re: [TML] Need an idiom... Charles McKnight (27 Oct 2023 15:08 UTC)
Re: Need an idiom... Jonathan Clark (28 Oct 2023 14:28 UTC)
Re: [TML] Re: Need an idiom... Phil Pugliese (10 Nov 2023 19:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] Re: Need anidiom... Jonathan Clark (11 Nov 2023 14:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] Re: Need anidiom... Phil Pugliese (11 Nov 2023 15:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] Re: Furious Equines (was 'Need and idiom". NotKnown AtThisAddress (13 Nov 2023 12:51 UTC)
Re: [TML] Re: Furious Equines (was 'Need and idiom". Alex Goodwin (13 Nov 2023 13:01 UTC)

Re: [TML] Need an idiom... Ingo Siekmann 27 Oct 2023 14:32 UTC

Hallo,

sticked to him like a wet shirt?

Bye
Ingo

Am 27.10.23 um 14:24 schrieb Alan Peery - alan.peery at tractare.co.uk
(via tml list):
> Stuck to it like glue?
>
> 27 Oct 2023 11:00:15 NotKnown AtThisAddress - jeffrowse at hotmail.com
> (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>:
>
>     Hi other Jeff,
>
>     Isn't there an English proverb about burning something-or-others not
>     keeping (him) away from (his) goal - I know the one with boats is
>     about burning your boats meaning you can't go back so maybe it's
>     burning bridges couldn't keep him away?  Or is that just a variation
>     on boats?
>
>     It might be running into a burning building for (whatever)...
>
>     Dangit, this is going to bug me now...
>
>     Jeff (the other /other /one)
>     AKA Captain Chicken Leg-end in his own lunchbox...
>
>     "Cry'Cheeble', and let slip the Hamsters of Havoc!"
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>     *Subject:* [TML] Need an idiom...
>     The Spanish translates [literally] to "He can't be separated from
>     it, not
>     even with gasoline". I'm not familiar enough with Spanish idioms to
>     be able
>     to discern the equivalent English idiom. Help?
>
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