[Boats]

How many expressions in the English language can we identify that are in common useage today? Since I start, I get some of the easier ones though I'll keep trying:

Bulletproof
Flash in the pan
Straight shooter
Half-cocked
Gunning for
Keep your powder dry

Take it away. . . .

(Edited to add italics--no I'm not machinegunning new terms in here!)

[pax]

I dunno, that's kind of a long shot.

pax

Scintillate, scintillate, globule vivific,
Fain would I fathom thy nature specific,
Loftily poised in ether capacious,
Strongly resembling a gem carbonaceous.

[Weimadog]

Usually used when preparing for some action, buy not necessesarily involving firearms:

Lock and load.

Weimadog

[CB900F]

Mis-fire. If it's a date that went bad, maybe it's miss-fire.

900F

[Boats]

If guns are banned this powder keg will go off.

[Henry Bowman]

I'd take a shot in the dark . . .
but I'd just be stooting off my mouth.

[Boats]

Shooting from the hip, Tamara came up with some pretty wry observations in a debate at The Firing Line concerning whether the 1911 had stifled autopistol innovation. She scored a direct hit on several of the more bombastic posters, targeting both sides of the shoot-out.

This game makes me want to go bust some caps!

[Mike Irwin]

Lock, stock, and barrel

Lucky shot

[P95Carry]

Memory is not what it was so I'll bite the bullet ............ tho I could rifle thru my journals (sorry!).:p

This is a game of Russian Roulette

[Freedspeak]

Well most of this anti stuff would be just a "flash in the pan " if the media wasn't so "milatent (sp),and dancing in blood "! They want to take us out "Lock, stock and barrel , and leave us nothing!

This is a time to keep the powder dry , praise the lord (whichever one you believe in) and pass the ammunition.

[Boats]

I dunno Freedspeak, it looks like you shot your wad early by resorting to several terms already in play.

Aim higher or hold your fire.:neener:;)

[ReadyontheRight]

Snapshot
Half-cocked
Riding Shotgun

[Boats]

ReadyontheRight--

You looked loaded for bear but half-cocked was in the lead post.:D

[blades67]

I'll take a shot at this, but if I miss the target don't blast me.:D

[Freedspeak]

Boats

I don't believe I "shot my wad" with that post,it "it was a ranging shot"!

True I may have gone off "half-cocked ", but put it down to "Kentucky windage" , I had missed the reference and was adjusting the shot! :D [

[lazarus]

How about, "The Whole Nine Yards?"

[Skunkabilly]

I'm looking at my biceps right now. They call me Barrett Skunk because of my big guns :uhoh:

[Boats]

Man, even I am starting to shoot blanks! Don't worry, I'm sure I'll draw a bead and bag a few more.:D

There have been some loose cannons here firing broadsides without checking their aim.:D

[Freedspeak]

Boats

You mean you never put a "shot across the bow " to warn them?

Come on an old Navy man like you should have a few more! ;)

(ex-navy self(short timer))!:D

[Boats]

HEY!!! Quit the sniping and the potshots or I'll fill you full of lead!:D

[Freedspeak]

Now your getting into it, just quit "shooting from the hip " and get a good "picture".

As my father used to say to the scouts" Ready on the left, ready on the right, beware of windage and elevation,,,, commence fire!"

I just hate when folks take " pot shots ".:)

[Boats]

Not too quick on the draw there Freedspeak, shoot from the hip was already used. Now you've gone and shot yourself in the foot not once, but twice.:D

[Abenaki]

I had this girl in my sights, till I found out that she would recoil with fear
at the mention of bugs....never did come to grips with it.

Abenaki

[Boats]

Abenaki--

Too bad about that girl, now you'll have to play with your own ramrod.:evil:

(Mods--if this one is over the line, please delete it rather than lock the thread. Thanks.)

[Freedspeak]

Well, I guess as a smith I just have "too many irons in the fire " to keep track.:) I may have "shot myself in the foot " but at least I'm "on target " with the line of the thread!:D

Now let's focus on "keeping our powder dry " and not "sniping " at each other.

Be back with more terms later in the AM.:D

[Abenaki]

My wifes thinks that I am a tight wad!

Abenaki

Hey Boats........:eek:

[Boats]

Take care Freedspeak. Don't go ballistic while thinking up more terms.:D

[QuickDraw]

I used to be a young gun ,but now I'm just a dud !

QuickDraw

[Penman]

Flash in the pan

[Orthonym]

Well, ain't you a pistol! Hot as a two-dollar pistol. I sometimes want to post a long rant here, a real broadside !

[Boats]

Early on this was a turkey shoot, but it is getting harder. Both "flash in the pan" and "broadside" had been used.:D

[GeorgeAtl]

I'll shoot you an E-Mail, and let you know how I feel about it!!

[Ringer]

If I am On The Mark with this post I will Hit 'em with both barrells and get a Bullseye!

[Mal H]

Everybody needs to be aware of their surroundings or they might find themselves in the cross hairs.

[Stickjockey]

I know there's one out there that hasn't been posted yet, but I just can't seem to draw a bead on it...

[Boats]

That was certainly no trick shot because "draw a bead" was already in play.:D

[Moparmike]

Cocked, locked, and ready to rock.

[sm]

Well I'm not going to recoil from the scope of this thread.


Anyone remember the old Hunter and Beretta TV series?

How about the Sears Spring catalogs?

I'm glad I put the hammer down to get back home to catch this thread.

[andy]

He sold his business lock, stock, and barrel.

He was struck at point blank range.

[Boats]

I'm going to go shotgun a beer and pull the trigger on this thread.

[matis]

You guys seem to have used up all the ammunition here and I am under the gun to contribute.


Matis

[matis]

Well, I'll be a son of a gun -- you guys have hit them all!




Matis

[vertigo7]

"I am completely out of verbal ammunition. That has never happened before." - slightly paraphrased Burt Gummer.

Original thread on this topic on TFL:
Everyday expressions with a shooting reference. (http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=136025)

[BogBabe]

All those anti-self-defense gun-control fascists sure seem to have a hair-trigger temper when discussing gun control with freedom lovers.

They're very quick on the draw to use ad hominem attacks.

When it's time to to get out the big guns in a debate, they always trot out their "for the children" line.

But since none of their arguments will stand up to scrutiny on its own, they generally argue using a shotgun approach.

[QuickDraw]

Often times the Anti-Gunner types figure if they put enough lead in the air,their bound to hit something when it comes to legislation.

QuickDraw

[Stickjockey]

Oops, Boats is right; I've been outgunned!:o :D

[Archie]

"Short round."

From artillery not loaded properly and falling short of the objective.

The term "flinch" now means more than reacting to shot being fired.

[capnrik]

Am I weapons free?

[TexasVet]

Far, far too many loose cannons here!

[Matt G]

This thread grew pretty fast. Boats, et al really put the hammer down.

[mummac]

shoot the moon

[gristle head]

I can't believe everyone overshot this thread without mentioning a cheap shot.

[Master Blaster]

If you think you are right then STICK TO YOUR GUNS.
Dont GUN the engine it wastes gas.
Stay out of the rain and KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.
I have my goal IN MY SIGHTS.
Set Your SIGHTS on that girl.
Thats really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

Wonder if the hotshot mods are riding shotgun here?
Hope none of the members are shooting up...
Aw, shoot, that's all I can think of.

- pdmoderator