You know how we all have a “mind’s eye”?
Well this got me thinking. Remember when people used to talk a lot? You’d be on the phone and you could say something like, “Sally talked my ear off!”
Do we have an “eye’s ear”?
If Sally texts me too much, can I say, “Sally texted my eye’s ear off!”
I am working on idioms. One of them is a replacement for “fly in the ointment” and “wrench in the works.” Those idioms mean something like…one small thing can ruin the entire batch… but these two are a bit dated. The one I came up with is “booger in the ice cream.”
What is worse? A fly in your ointment, a wrench in the works, or a booger in your tub of ice cream? It’s worse if it is a booger from your big ol’ Uncle Hobart. You can try and scoop that booger out, but who is really going to eat the ice cream after a booger lands in it?
What about WoW-related idioms? Are there any WoW idioms out there? I know some would like to replace “fly in the ointment” with “Goblin in the group” or “Rogue in the raid.” How about “sly as a Vulpera”?
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“Non-gnome” is a pretty standard insult nowadays. Everyone knows what you mean.
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If they haven’t got ‘catapulted the tree’ as a variant of ‘jumped the shark’ and ‘nuked the fridge’, then they should.
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Henry Winkler and Harrison Ford
“cost us a raid tier” could be a WoW idiom.
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“You’re as sharp as an elf’s tusk.”
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Cold as a Mechagnome’s knee in Winterspring
Dumber than a level 5 bandit
As cookiecutter as an Alliance inn
Are some of these similes? I was always bad at this stuff.
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A simile is a type of idiom.
Oh okay, so I’m really bad at this stuff. 
I’ll enjoy reading them anyway even if I shan’t participate!
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Mad as Arthas
Don’t be a Godfrey (backstabber)
i love you and i think you’re beautiful
Thinking about it some more I’ve been using something like a WoW idiom on and off but I never really developed a ‘set way to say it’. It goes something like ‘running with derps in a dungeon’, in reference to a chaotic and frustrating situation. Maybe someone else can adapt it a little better.
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“kill the one in the dress”
“nerf DH”
“hunter weapon”
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“Like taking baby from the candy.”
… I can’t think of one that’s WoW related but this is something.
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-Throw more DoTs intensifies-
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Throw out Silda’s bag with the slimy ichor
If I ever have kids I’m totally using 50 DKP MINUS when they do shenanigans.
I’m just playing Sargeras’ advocate.
