[Shawnee]

Hey Y'All...


Was in a conversation recently with some folks about idioms in our language and what their origins were. They were tickled to learn some of the ones that came from the shooting and hunting sports, eg... "lock, stock and barrel", "flash in the pan", "going off half-cocked", etc.

So am hoping Y'All can think of, and chime in with, some others that came from the shooting/hunting venues.:)

Anyone ? :confused:

[Nathanael_Greene]

Loaded for bear.

Hoisted by his own petard.

Big shot.

Son of a gun.

Hotter 'n a pistol.

Take a scattergun (or scattershot) approach.

Zero in.

Draw a bead on something.

Rapid-fire speech.

Keep your powder dry.

Bagged another one.

Many more...

[Cowboy2]

Riding shotgun/shotgun seat

Drop the hammer

[Loyalist Dave]

Here ya go..

It only costs a buck

she's oiling her traps

A Hunter's Moon

That dog won't hunt

Bird dog that and make sure it gets done

Straight as an arrow

Bullseye!

That evidence was a smoking gun

They shot down the idea

He shot himself in the foot with that remark

That's a David & Goliath story (remember David dropped Goliath with a hunting sling to win fame!)

LD

[Art Eatman]

There was a restaurant/nightclub in Austintatious called "Lock, Stock & Barrel". A buddy of mine got to talking with the owner. Asked him what sort of guns he liked. The owner looked all bamfoozled; he knew nothing about guns. How come the name? The owner said he'd just run across it somewhere and it looked sorta neat...

Keep your powder dry,

Art

[Smokey Joe]

skunked!

[Shawnee]

"Austintatious "


Now that's Funeeee ! :D:D:D

But I guess Ya got to have been there a few times.


:D

[Loyalist Dave]

THAT

IS

BAD!

:evil:

YOU NAUGHTY BOY! :D (LOL)


LD

[MCgunner]

My favorite town name over near Beaumont...."Cut and Shoot" Texas. LOL

[Art Eatman]

I was born and raised in and around Austin, and after booming around the world for a dozen years I moved home in 1963. The next 20 years saw the inmates take over the asylum, turning it into Moscow on the Colorado, the People's Republic of Austin, Texas. So, I voted with my feet in 1983 and moved to Terlingua. I meddle around on some 60,000 acres of absentee-owner small-tract private land, so add "elbow room" to the lexicon.

[OldCowHand]

"Hanging fire" -- another one from the flintlock rifles.

[Smokey Joe]

I think it was Ethan Allan who said, "Trust in God, but keep your powder dry." and "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." I know he demanded of Fort Ticonderoga, "Surrender in the name of Jehovah and the Continental Congress!"

[koja48]

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