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Post Tue, Jan 23 2024, 10:21 pm
dankbar wrote:
Off the hook


When they would catch fish sometimes the fish would wiggle off the hook

It means to wiggle out of a responsibility.
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Post Tue, Jan 23 2024, 10:23 pm
doodlesmom wrote:
To strike the iron while it’s hot…


I think it's from a time when you heated irons(made out of real iron, hence the name)on a fire and would use them for a little bit until they cooled down.

It means to do it right now don't procrastinate.


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Post Tue, Jan 23 2024, 10:25 pm
Thanks to Facebook, instargram, and a bunch of other places this phrase is out dated.

Don't hang your dirty laundry out in public.
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Post Tue, Jan 23 2024, 10:45 pm
doodlesmom wrote:
To strike the iron while it’s hot…


It's "Strike while the iron is hot"
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Post Wed, Jan 24 2024, 4:05 am
GLUE wrote:
When they would catch fish sometimes the fish would wiggle off the hook

It means to wiggle out of a responsibility.

Ha! I was thinking of "that party on motzei Shabbat was off the hook!" (meaning it was very cool, and maybe a bit rowdy).

I assume comes from the idea of a phone ringing so much that the receiver is jostled out of its carriage.
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Post Thu, Jan 25 2024, 12:01 pm
We did not watch the cows together.
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