~Eva~
...the calling of the tide's eternal tune, the phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart, the egg and dart...
Around here if someone said "don't get fresh with me" it would mean, for example, that a guy had come on to a girl and his actions were not welcome. It has more of a sexual connotation.
"Charge Hell with a Bucket of Water"
That guy's got uncommon courage but not too bright...he'd charge Hell with a bucket of water!
MikeA
My co-worker was just explaining that is was impossible to get something to a customer today and she said... "it's like trying to push a dinosaur through a keyhole"... I think I kinda like that!
Oh that is toooo weird, LTLH. At Back to School Night just the other night, one of my son's teachers used the analogy of trying to "push a herd of elephants through a doorway"! (And that was the first time I ever had that mental picture before, never mind dinosaurs through pinholes!)
Dreamer and GL, here in the Northeast, I guess both kids and adults can be fresh in their own ways...I've heard the term used in the way you describe as well.
~Eva~
...the calling of the tide's eternal tune, the phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart, the egg and dart...
After reading the last two posts (and after picking Sarah up after school and witnessing the doors burst open as the bell rang on possibly the last nice friday and weekend of the year) another analogy came to mind.
"It's like herding cats"
meaning not likely or possible as in "Getting the kids to leave the school in an orderly fashioned today was like herding cats"
I've heard that before, and love that mental picture even more...kinda like getting your ducks in a row!
~Eva~
...the calling of the tide's eternal tune, the phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart, the egg and dart...