Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestinermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month ago“I have to see a man about a horse.” It means you’re going to the bathroom.
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI’ve heard the size of the animal denotes how long they will take and/or how urgently they need to leave.
minus-squareBlumpkinhead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoBrb, I gotta go take a Brontosaurus.
minus-square𝕮𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕲𝕰@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve always heard this used to mean “I’ve gotta leave quickly” rather than going to bathroom; but I’m British so it might not hold the same meaning of you’re not also!
“I have to see a man about a horse.”
It means you’re going to the bathroom.
I’ve heard the size of the animal denotes how long they will take and/or how urgently they need to leave.
Brb, I gotta go take a Brontosaurus.
I’ve always heard this used to mean “I’ve gotta leave quickly” rather than going to bathroom; but I’m British so it might not hold the same meaning of you’re not also!