Results: Curiously Odd Expressions
Published on 06/16/2019
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Have you heard any of these strange expressions before? In a blue funk- in a state of extreme panic.
21%
431 votes
To put the kibosh on- to stop; to prevent.
45%
941 votes
To be woolgathering- to be engaged in trivial employment; to indulge in aimless reverie.
20%
416 votes
To cool one's heels- to be kept waiting.
52%
1089 votes
All over but the shouting- success is so certain that applause only is lacking.
25%
529 votes
To feather one's nest- to provide for one's comfort.
37%
778 votes
To ring the changes- to state something over and over again in different ways.
5%
100 votes
Of the first water- person or thing to which it is applied exemplifies the perfection of a flawless diamond.
5%
97 votes
Not Applicable
13%
278 votes
I have heard none of these expressions.
19%
396 votes
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Most of these expressions I have never heard of until now. The one I have I realized was not used in terms of what I listed above. I have heard of "in a funk" which was used when I was in a bad mood. For those that have heard of one (or more) of these expressions, was it (were they) used in relation to the definition(s) I have provided? Yes
43%
898 votes
No
12%
260 votes
Undecided
17%
347 votes
Not Applicable
28%
587 votes
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3.
Would you use any of these expressions in a joke or to confuse the person you were talking to? If so, which ones? Yes, In a blue funk.
8%
163 votes
Yes, To put the kibosh on.
17%
358 votes
Yes, To be woolgathering.
6%
128 votes
Yes, To cool one's heels.
19%
390 votes
Yes, All over but the shouting.
11%
232 votes
Yes, To feather one's nest.
11%
223 votes
Yes, To ring the changes.
3%
67 votes
Yes, Of the first water.
3%
59 votes
No, None of them.
38%
788 votes
Not Applicable
25%
532 votes
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What was this survey about? Odd Animals
0%
9 votes
Odd Plants
1%
29 votes
Odd Habits
2%
48 votes
Odd Expressions
95%
1979 votes
Odd Colors
1%
27 votes
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