OK but that doesn’t explain how you go up and down streets which are horizontal??!!
What happens if you live on the wrong side of the tracks in a town without a train??
Here’s an English one I not only don’t get, but it sounds kinda treacherous. “Wearing a cat.”
I haven’t heard that? What does it mean? There’s a saying “Not enough room to swing a cat” meaning a space is really tiny,(And also sounds treacherous!) but I don’t know what wearing a cat means…
Which derived from the space to swing a cat of nine tails.
Bit likes Davy Crockett hat may be ?
Didn’t even know that!
Aye possibly…?
Sorry that one was not English. It was Japanese. I heard during a BBC documentary and thought it was British. My bad. I watch too much BBC.
Wear a cat on one’s head (Japanese, 猫を被る/ neko o kaburu) No, this has nothing to do with someone’s scratchy mess of a wig (that would be too literal). The Japanese use this idiom when a person is pretending to be sweet, or putting on an act of friendliness in order to hide their true nature.
Oooh that’s interesting though, I understand that…
In fact I told someone the other I had some bits and bobs to do. They said What? I laughed and said stuff, I got stuff to do today. You guys are a bad influence.
That’s a lovely capture Danny! All that’s missing is the hot chocolate!
@Danny , there’s another cat saying also, which is of English
origin, which says " f- - - king the cat" which refers to making a
mess of a difficult job ??
Donkeyman!
Here it’s “Screwing the pooch” same sentiment just different animals.
I always to downtown to be less posh, more seedy perhaps with more interesting nightlife, smoky basement bars & stuff.
Funny how we like the same atmosphere.
To me you’ll always find a photographer downtown, if you’re uptown you’re paparazzi.