Gun phrases.

[Missashot]

Bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Being out gunned.

 

[Fire4Effect]

"Quick Shooter"... self explanatory

"High and Right".... getting mad

"Scoped"... as in let me scope out the situation

More uses for "shotgun"
1) shotgunning beer
2) shotgunning that...ummm..."happy herb"

 

[Fire4Effect]

I think "shotgun wedding" has more to do with what your soon-to-be father-inlaw is pointing at you for getting his daughter pregnant...

 

[Working Man]

A lot of good ones, some I had not heard or did not know the gun relation.

Another I thought of "Loaded for Bear"
Def: ready and eager to deal with something that is going to be difficult

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/loaded+for+bear

 

[aerod1]

Describing someone you disagree with as a "loose cannon". This usually occurs in conversation after a business meeting.

Jim

 

[UberPhLuBB]

I've heard the terms "ammunition," "out-gunned" and "taking shots" used by gun-hating liberals so much it's laughable.

 

[nyresq]

he has him in his sights.....

 

[iapetus]

"There's no silver bullet", meaning no easy cure-all.

"Shooting yourself in the foot" (usually used with the same meaning as "hoist by your own petard", i.e. inadvertently harming yourself or your cause, but apparently it originally refered to soldiers deliberately wounding themselves in order to avoid being sent into battle).

Btw, since no-ones mentioned it yet, "petard" itself comes from the French for "breaking wind"

"Ammunition", used to mean facts etc to be used in in an argument or dispute.

"Warning shot" and "A shot across the bows"

"Shot down", or "Shot down in flames", in reference to an opinion or argument.

 

[svtruth]

I'll

take a shot

 

[svtruth]

I'll

take a shot

 

[bentwrench]

"whole nine yards"

i heard someone once say the length of the 50 cal. ammo belts in a b-17 was nine yards . hence ,"he gave him the whole nine yards"
the bentwrench

 

[Iggy]

Now h'yars damp powder and no way to dry it!!

Mountain man lingo for being up the well know tributary with no form of propulsion

 

[>SHOCK<^>WAVE<]

Shoot, Shovel & Shut-Up

Shoot, Shovel & Shut-Up

 

[45Broomhandle]

Some best-layed plans and brilliant programs turn out to be "duds."

 

[hellinpetticoats]

Shotgun start (of golf tournament)

 

[panzermk2]

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

 

[6inch]

She's packn' 44's... And I'm not talkn' revolvers folks!!

 

[scooterthegreat]

Pump someone for information

Son of a Gun




Dressed up to the nines Meaning Dressed flamboyantly. Many theories as to the origin of this phrase. One has it that tailors used nine yards of material to make a suit (or according to some authors a shirt). The more material you had the more status. Nine yards seems generous even for a fop. Nine has been used as a superlative in other contexts.

 

[XLMiguel]

"Short round" - artillery speak for a round with inadequate propellant that falls short

"Tune your iron to rock n'roll" - Viet Nam era slang for switch your M-16 to full auto

'Gun decking" for fudging a solution or an inelegant quick fix. In the old days, midshipmen in training worked out thier navigation problems on teh gun deck, sometimes 'collaboratively' or 'creatively'

"Son of a Gun" - alsoan old navy term from the times when the ships carried hookers stowed away for the crew's 'entertainment'. As one sould expect, some became pregnant and often gave bitth on the gun deck. Since paternity was unknown, the kid became a 'son of a gun'

 

[iapetus]

I've remembered a few more:

"A scattergun approach"
"Flak", meaning criticism
"Sniping at", meaning criticising in a malicious, underhanded manner.

 

[loadedround]

Flash in the pan