Invented phrases

[robjh]

when someone first offered to give me a heads-up I was a bit worried

 

[Oldbloke]

Some blue sky thinking I reckon

 

[Drago]

Let's place this on the back burner.

 

[swee'pea99]

I remember the first time I heard the expression 'a big ask'. It was during a rugby match, a scrum was in progress, and my first thought, on mishearing the commentator slightly, was 'that's rather a personal comment'.

 

[roadrash]

well, weve had dancing on ice, but,lets not forget phil liggets favourite...dancing on the pedals,............ foxtrot or a waltz maybe,

 

[gbb]

Let's place this on the back burner.

I heard the opposite the other day...when asked what to do with a particular problem...
'Better give that some traction'

. I walked off thinking...you plank

 

[MontyVeda]

It's not rocket surgery...

one my friend oft uses is... "It's not rocking horse science!"

 

[Scoosh]

Some blue sky thinking I reckon

Colour blind a bit ??? Not much blue there ...

 

[shouldbeinbed]

It's not rocket surgery...

I had to read that twice before the penny dropped.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Its easy as falling off a bike.

 

[ColinJ]

I once heard someone in a pub say "I'd be in there like a rat up a drain pipe" which I thought was a pretty disgusting way to talk about someone, but I was quite impressed with the phrase itself.

 

[MossCommuter]

I used to give people a ring or send them an email.

Now I reach out to them.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

"Hit the ground running"

But in which direction?

 

[Oldbloke]

"Well that sounds like it could have wings"

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Bullshit Bingo anyone?

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