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Adam Sharp

@AdamCSharp

1. Writer 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (https://t.co/xahvo4CqJT)

Where skies are blue (same @) انضم Mayıs 2009
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Adam Sharp
Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
It’d be foolish of me not to mention here that my next book is called THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD: A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD IN IDIOMS, PROVERBS AND GENERAL NONSENSE. So if you want more idioms like the ones in this thread, please pre-order now (link in my bio)
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There is also go n-ithe a cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal a cat, or “may the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat.” I used to love that one, but it became far too popular for an annoying hipster like me (I only like curses that are still rehearsing in their parents’ garage)
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The second most brutal Irish curse I’ve ever heard, in case you were wondering, is go scríobha do scéala báis le fual na bláthnaide gallda. It means “may your obituary be written in weasel’s piss.”
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Happy St Patrick’s Day! The most brutal Irish curse I’ve ever heard is go ndéana an diabhal dréimire de chnámh do dhroma ag piocadh úll i ngairdín Ifrinn. It means “may the Devil use your backbone as a ladder to pick apples in the garden of Hell.”
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
An old Irish proverb about groupthink is nuair a chacann gé, cacann siad go léir. It means “when one goose shits, they all do.”
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My favourite literary put-down is from Douglas Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Zaphod Beeblebrox, who often reacts erratically, claims to be “pretty dangerous when I'm cornered” and Ford Prefect responds “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.”
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Madelaine Hanson
Madelaine Hanson@MadelaineLucyH·
Writer: "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as you—and full as much heart!" ChatGPT: Wow, that's a powerful passage of your book. I suggest cutting it so it's clearer, and less repetitive. "I am not without a soul because I am not attractive or wealthy, Mr Rochester. I am actually as human as you are."
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Today is Mario Day (Mar10) so let us all take a moment to remember both Mario and his brother Luigi. They deserved better than this...
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
Here’s an exchange from the last Valentine’s Day date I went on… MY DATE: So, do you have a nickname? ME: The love machine MY DATE, GETTING EXCITED: Because of your sexual prowess? ME: No, because I’m terrible at tennis
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Things that are bad luck, worldwide ▪️Friday the 17th (Italy) ▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece) ▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China) ▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania) ▪️Yo-yos (Syria) ▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia) ▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
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There’s a modern Swedish word, skämskudde, which is a pillow that you use to cover your face in an embarrassing situation (for example, a sex scene in the middle of a film you’re watching with family). You could translate it as “shame pillow” or, if you prefer, “cringe cushion.”
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
The Chinese word for oxymoron, 矛盾語, means “spear and shield word.” It refers to a story of a weapons merchant who claimed he had both shields no spear could pierce and spears that could pierce anything.
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
A list of seven oxymorons... 1. Pretty ugly 2. Fairly unjust 3. Kind of mean 4. Charm offensive 5. Microsoft Works 6. Government intelligence 7. Fun run
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A German phrase that can be directed at someone who expects results from doing nothing is erwartest du, dass dir die gebratenen Tauben in den Mund fliegen. It means “do you expect roasted pigeons to just fly in your mouth”
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
My favourite Hungarian phrase for describing karma at work is dexr is visszanyalt a fagyi. It means “the ice cream licked back.”
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
@grannygermalee You are in for a treat then (both books are wall-to-wall lists!)
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
@raggyrag72 Ah no I wouldn't touch Charley D's adjective (I'm in complete agreement with you that Dickensian is perfect as it is)
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
Authors that became adjectives include Kafkaesque, Shakespearean and Byronic (and isn’t it Byronic, don’t you think?). Here are ten more options: 1. Woolfish 2. Dickish 3. Austentacious 4. Hellerious 5. Mannic 6. Dahlicious 7. Audenary 8. Remarqueable 9. Seusspicious 10. Poetic
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Continuing the theme of Alanis Morissette, but more literary… 🎼And isn’t it Byronic Don’t you think It’s like Twain on your wedding day It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎼
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