(Idiom) You are working too slow.
The base is rather obviously World War Two, and the source is southern Britain, flooded by fleeing French with a Ze accent. The term was used by British towards French to make them work faster so there was a hope of liberation.
The base is rather obviously World War Two, and the source is southern Britain, flooded by fleeing French with a Ze accent. The term was used by British towards French to make them work faster so there was a hope of liberation.
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As mentioned above, comes from the Biblical injunction not to "cast your pearls before swine." Pearls, of course, are considered to be things of great value, and swine (pigs) are often considered to be lowly animals.
Thus, the phrase translates as "Don't waste something valuable by giving it to someone who doesn't/can't appreciate it." This can apply to words/thoughts/wisdom as well as physical objects, and the expression is frequently used in a condescending fashion.
As for the comic, the title might ironically mean that Pig actually possesses the higher moral qualities that Rat is incapable of appreciating -- or even more ironically, that the things the artist is trying to communicate in the strip will be lost on the general public reading it.
As mentioned above, comes from the Biblical injunction not to "cast your pearls before swine." Pearls, of course, are considered to be things of great value, and swine (pigs) are often considered to be lowly animals.
Thus, the phrase translates as "Don't waste something valuable by giving it to someone who doesn't/can't appreciate it." This can apply to words/thoughts/wisdom as well as physical objects, and the expression is frequently used in a condescending fashion.
As for the comic, the title might ironically mean that Pig actually possesses the higher moral qualities that Rat is incapable of appreciating -- or even more ironically, that the things the artist is trying to communicate in the strip will be lost on the general public reading it.
e.g.
"I read that beautiful Shakespearean sonnet to her, but it was pearls before swine to such an illiterate person."
"I read that beautiful Shakespearean sonnet to her, but it was pearls before swine to such an illiterate person."
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A South African and particularly Cape Town word for really good! Can also be used to describe someone crazy.
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Get the lick it before you stick it mug.When someone says this it's a reference to an individual so stupid, annoying, etc that it should not be existing and is better off being killed before it reproduces (before it lays eggs = before it makes more of itself/ has youngsters as annoying/stupid as itself)
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"Beer before bong, that's just wrong"
Usually followed by "Bong before beer, you're in the clear"
This pair of phrases is given as a word of caution to people attempting to cross fade. It is based on the phenomenon in which people who consume alcohol before smoking weed tend to get sicker and puke, whereas those who smoke weed before drinking don't.
Usually followed by "Bong before beer, you're in the clear"
This pair of phrases is given as a word of caution to people attempting to cross fade. It is based on the phenomenon in which people who consume alcohol before smoking weed tend to get sicker and puke, whereas those who smoke weed before drinking don't.
"Whoa there, are you sure you want to smoke all that weed? You're already hammered."
"Yeah dude, i cross fade all the time"
"Beer before bong..."
"Huh?"
"Yeah dude, i cross fade all the time"
"Beer before bong..."
"Huh?"
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