Could anyone please tell me what this phrase means: "Tough on the furniture"?  Thanks!?
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Sounds like a label on "unwanted furniture remover"  :)\n\nThe phrase usually goes "easy on hands, tough on grease"
950605
I would say it means that the things he said were so upsetting to me that I literally went to pieces because of it or even more figuratively, I was so upset by what he said that I fell apart at the seams.   Now I should go and ask somebody what that means :-))
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The first part is a bit difficult to translate, as it is not really clear Dutch, but there we go (I think the second sentence is an enumeration):\n\nI don´t know about what I can talk. Well, the series, connections with Webster´s family, what that family does or what kind of projects they have, his episode in CSI: Miami, episode 24.\n\nHe didn´t send much.\n\nI would like to call, you know, but it is quite exciting, isn´t it, and if I call, it would have to be at night, because of the time differences and so on, but then still.\n\nI hope this helps, it´s the best I can do. I'm sure it means something to you :-)
165127
Could mean:\n\nA military punishment now discontinued. It was a flogging-stool.\n\nor\n\nTo sail aboard a ship, brig, or boat, etc.
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Becca may know better, but I figured it like this.\n\nPicture a bunch of male construction workers and an attractive woman walking by.  The workers whistle at the woman, but the woman pays them no mind. Ergo, she AIN'T NO hollaback girl.  Perhaps you can infer the meaning from my scenario?\n\nI am wrong.  Thank you very much.\n\nP.S. so Becca, what are you doing tonight?
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It's part of a song I think Tom T. Hall sang years ago.  It probably means what you think it means. Isn't this the ideal for a man?  For me, I prefer a slow horse, my slightly older man, iced tea and more money too! LOL  (I am a granny, ya know)
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OH YEAH!!!\n\nIt means that you rock because the Kool-Aid Man rocks.  Don't worry about him winning, he always wins.
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Check this out:\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/7/messages/381.html
112033
Don't know who said it recently but it's a quote from Shakespeare\n\n"Cry HAVOC' and let slip the dogs of war!" - William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act III
640388
It's not positive...It means that you are hard to get along with. It's constructive, though. The person who told you this probably wants you to know so that you can work on improving yourself.
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100.html
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It's kind of an analogy.  The openings lines say that the characters in the play are all like a fiddler on the roof- "trying to scratch out a pleasent, simple tune without breaking his neck."  Basically it's saying that life can be difficult and dangerous, like being on a roof, but you have to find a way to keep your balance while you play your tune.
585979
It means no more bourbon and 'ludes before you hit the sack tonight. That's what it means. (lol)
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Interesting question that others have been pondering on as I see.\nHere's a link that takes the expression back to at least 1946 when used as the title of a book about psychiatric problems provoked in troops in wartime (a topical subject)\nhttp://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailssu.asp?b=7070&m=106\nSmokey Stover thought on this forum that it dated back to 1940\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/46/messages/1021.html\nSomeone elso gives the authorship to Robert Owen, the 18th century textile owner and philanthropist which certainly predates the others http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/authors/robert_owen_a001.htm\n\nHow am I doing?
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a tough tookie is a girl who is difficult to get into bed- tookie comes from the word toukus- meaning  derriere- therefore tough tookie is a tough lay
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I was thinking about the same thing the other day. It's funny how we hear phrases so much we know what they mean, but sometimes don't stop to think about it literally. I think it means to take something as if it will always be granted to you, as if you won't have to work hard for it in the future.
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It's a statement of encouragement.  He's saying that if something is in your way, you shouldn't let it get the best of you.  Obstacles exist to overcome them and find ways around them.  Obstacles give a person something to struggle over, and when they come out on the other side or break down those obstacles, that person is stronger for it.  If you surrender to an obstacle, you can't go any further.  To surrender to an obstacle is to give up on where you are going and to pass down an opportunity to struggle through a hard situation and better yourself.  Biblically speaking, God sometimes allows us to go through hardships because He knows it will make us stronger on the other side of the obstacle.  There are plenty examples of this with Job, King David, and all of the apostles to name a few.  Good luck with your essay!