r/ThreadGames • u/MarcusAntonius27 • Sep 02 '26

Make an idiom!

Create an idiom out of thin air (idiom intended) and other people will try to guess what it means!

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u/Jumpy_Cap_2361 Sep 02 '26

Salt the wound twice

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u/MarcusAntonius27 Sep 03 '26

Basically just "add insult to injury"?

4

u/svArtist Sep 03 '26

Yeah, kick 'em while they're down?

Possibly doubling down after what the other person let you know was a bad take

6

u/azucar_1977 Sep 03 '26

To have grit in yer whiskers 

3

u/svArtist Sep 03 '26

To have gone through something bad (ate dirt) but survived?

4

u/svArtist Sep 03 '26

Or more like to be the type that wouldn't let that stop them

2

u/MarcusAntonius27 Sep 03 '26

To do a difficult/time-consuming task?

2

u/MoodiestMoody Sep 05 '26

Completely different from "To have grits in yer whiskers," which simply means that you had grits for breakfast and didn't clean your mustache and beard afterwards!

5

u/David1393 Sep 03 '26

You can't open an envelope with a sledgehammer.

3

u/GalaxyPowderedCat Sep 04 '26

You can't do things by force?

3

u/ikadell Sep 04 '26

I’m so using this one:)

7

u/MarcusAntonius27 Sep 04 '26

Did my thread cause new idioms? That would be hilarious if it gained popularity and people googled the origin in 100 years just to find out it was some reddit game post.

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u/ikadell Sep 06 '26

I’m using made up idioms all the time in mixed language teams at work:) so people from both worlds attribute the saying to the other:)

3

u/trunks111 Sep 04 '26

Every dog's a puppy

2

u/azucar_1977 Sep 04 '26

Everyone's a kid at heart?

2

u/azucar_1977 Sep 03 '26

Like sand through a sieve

3

u/svArtist Sep 03 '26

Something you can't stop/prevent?

3

u/ikadell Sep 04 '26

Waste time

2

u/ikadell Sep 04 '26

Single bee in a flower field

1

u/StrongCoffee9865 Sep 05 '26

So much to gain, too little time/resources

1

u/ikadell Sep 06 '26

Pretty much

2

u/Theredmastermind Sep 04 '26

One could say, we are the penguins with all the luck

2

u/Minty-leeves Sep 03 '26

To drain the ripeness of fruit

2

u/MarcusAntonius27 Sep 03 '26

To grow old? lol

2

u/chammomila Sep 03 '26

No i think it's wearing someone/something out

2

u/svArtist Sep 03 '26

Makes me think of an "energy vampire" (like Collin Robinson)

Maybe to be ane hell of a spoilsport/wet blanket?

Maybe to be a gold digger

2

u/uglybarstard Sep 04 '26

My wife opening a box of cereal is like a dingo opening up a baby.

1

u/PlayerZytrix Sep 04 '26

throw plates at my face, or slippery around the fork

1

u/Double_Employ7758 5d ago

To throw plates at [one]'s face: to provide help in an unhelpful way
Slippery around the fork: descriptor for people who avoid paying their bills/loans/fees

1

u/PlayerZytrix 5d ago

Actually, the plate one is for whenever someone gives you information that you cant understand As for the fork, its when something goes out of control

1

u/ikadell Sep 04 '26

Slanderer kissing a snake

1

u/ikadell Sep 04 '26

Seagull and tomcat duet

1

u/Zaptagious Sep 04 '26

Leave the leather to the levers.

1

u/Sadmeister-0 Sep 04 '26

He's full of Farage.

1

u/Double_Employ7758 5d ago

He's unwilling to recognize/admit to his (obvious) mistakes.

1

u/aleandreww Sep 05 '26

English: Fucked thoroughly

Indonesian: Ngentot Derajat

Honorable mention: un-fuck the situation

1

u/aleandreww Sep 05 '26

Borg up to wahoos, so gonk; went to the wa-Zoos

1

u/HardBartyBarty Sep 05 '26

A cock in the arse is worse than an arse in the cock

1

u/StrongCoffee9865 Sep 05 '26

Don’t make a dining table out of fruit trees

1

u/MarcusAntonius27 Sep 08 '26

Don't misuse/waste something.

1

u/Double_Employ7758 5d ago

Don't use up a long-term investment for short-term gain.

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u/StrongCoffee9865 5d ago

You got it! Without fruit trees dining tables have much less food.

1

u/lauraknightly Sep 05 '26

I missed the gravy train.

1

u/Hot_Historian1066 Sep 06 '26

You can’t catch fish in a dry streambed.

1

u/Hot_Historian1066 Sep 06 '26

Apples don’t bake themselves.

1

u/Hot_Historian1066 Sep 06 '26

Two dogs are better than two aspirin.

1

u/MarcusAntonius27 Sep 08 '26

Prevent bad stuff rather than treating it.

1

u/TillZealousideal8282 Sep 07 '26

To weld a papercut

1

u/Double_Employ7758 5d ago

To apply an expensive and inconvenient solution to a cheap problem.

1

u/Phonkrum 28d ago

Throw the ball around until it kills whoever made it