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    Default Re: Oft repeated nonsense phrases, what do they mean?

    Break a leg.....I have always thought that to be a bit dodgy. Not 'good luck' or 'dazzle them sunshine', no just 'Oi you break a leg'.

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    "break a leg" is something actors came up with. It's a superstition that you should never wish someone well for a performance...I guess the idea being if you set the bar low ie "break a leg" you'll always do better than that even if you bomb......all this was of course before they attempted to make Spiderman the Musical where several cast members were injured.

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    Default Re: Oft repeated nonsense phrases, what do they mean?

    Pushing the boat out.

    Willie Thorne always says this in snooker commentary when the player does something risky, although I don't think it's actually meant to mean that?

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    This is used in horse racing for horses that are up the front. Ain't got a clue why?
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    Default Re: Oft repeated nonsense phrases, what do they mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Pushing the boat out.

    Willie Thorne always says this in snooker commentary when the player does something risky, although I don't think it's actually meant to mean that?

    Up in the van.

    This is used in horse racing for horses that are up the front. Ain't got a clue why?
    I'm guessing but I think 'pushing the boat out' might be to do with the Vikings being pushed out to sea on a burning boat filled with possessions when dead. Hence it has come to mean someone doing something extravagantly/expensively.
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    Default Re: Oft repeated nonsense phrases, what do they mean?

    "taking the piss" is another strange one that we use all the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saddo View Post
    "taking the piss" is another strange one that we use all the time.
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    Explain "cheap at half the price". If it was cheap at half the price then it would be cheaper than what you are offering it for.
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    Default Re: Oft repeated nonsense phrases, what do they mean?

    "Out on her feet".

    That phrase swings both ways.

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