by simplesally 53 Replies latest jw friends
awaiting the resurrection
(...how is it that supposed non-entities could wait, anyway?)
Leave it to Blondie to pull out her Thesaurus of Idioms CD...
Y'know, at the beginning of the thread I was glancing thru the quick lists, and at one post I found myself wondering, "Gee, I've never heard of 'Englishman' used as an idiom for death before...."
bebu
gone belly up - from finding nemo
maybe that only works for fish?
-missy
Licked the dust
passed on
Leave it to Blondie to pull out her Thesaurus of Idioms CD...
Sorry, bebu, I was verifying one and all those popped out on the same Google site.
Y'know, at the beginning of the thread I was glancing thru the quick lists, and at one post I found myself wondering, "Gee, I've never heard of 'Englishman' used as an idiom for death before...."
Bebu, I thought that too.
Blondie (whose spirit has not gone to a better place yet)
Shit The Bed
Bebu I refuse - just refuse to try to explain WT doctrine on that one I certainly recall hearing it but you are right "How would they do that?
He or she has assumed room temperature.
Freeman
Taking a dirt nap.
Sleeping with da fishes.
Bagged a bullet.
Took a long walk off a short pier (or is that for telling someone to go away?)
CG
I can't believe a bunch of ex-JWs haven't saidawaiting the resurrection
Asleep in death.
Lying in sheol.
In Jehovah's memory.
"Bought the farm"
This was an expression used during WWII, especially among aviators. When a GI died his family received his life insurance of $10000 which enabled them to pay off the mortgage on the farm. Hence by his dying he "bought the farm."
