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Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 13:03
by Alan
Some easy ones for you geniuses to work out:-

1. E H L T B -  The show’s over, it’s time to go home now
2. T A R C -  Postpone a plan
3. A H B L -  A chaotic situation just got a lot worse
4. B A R A A H P -  Faced with two equally undesirable alternatives
5. S U O S O -  Improve your performance or leave
6. D G U Y D J -  You're not very good at this
7. B O M T Y C C -  Enthusiastically taking on a new assignment might have been a mistake
8. L T C O O T B -  Freedom for Tom
9. T N S T A A F L -  What will they want in return
10. W G F T G I G F T G -  Equality for everyone

Answers:-
1. Elvis has left the building
2. Take A Rain Check
3. All Hell Broke Loose
4. Between a rock and a hard place
5. Shape up or ship out
6. Don't give up your day job
7. Biting Off More Than You Can Chew
8. Let the cat out of the bag
9. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
10. What’s Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 21:04
by Pi Alpha Nu
I was 100% sure number 10 was the Polish builder that drinks down my local.

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 16:56
by Massive Attack
10 out of 10.


Admittedly I just saw the answers but I'll still take it!

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 15:03
by Swiss.
ELA - 😊

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 13:10
by Alan
Answers added.
Well done chaps

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 07:10
by Iron Duke
HYTWYKOTS?

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 00:58
by easthammer
Not being T S T I  T S it took me A M O S to get all the answers🤣

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 21:11
by Mr Anon
Mad Ferret" wrote: 11 Sep 2025, 14:07 Got all of them.
me too, i can now sleep, last one was driving me mental

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 14:07
by Mad Ferret
Got all of them.

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 14:01
by Mr Anon
nah- all barr 10

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 13:55
by Mr Anon
Gank wrote: 11 Sep 2025, 13:45 Can't work out number 8
I'll swap you 8 for 10!

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 13:45
by Gank
Can't work out number 8

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 13:42
by Alan
Good going.
Thanks for not including the answers, which I'll do tomorrow.

Re: Some idioms for you to work out

Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 13:39
by Come On You Irons
At a glance I got them all bar 1 and 8.