SunChild Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. busy as a beaver flat as a pancake hard as err, a rock sly as a fox quick as a bunny fits as I would actually say "fits like" a glove or "Fit as" a fiddle happy as a clam poor as a church mouse hungry as a wolf slow as molasses old as dirt dull as dirt (too) drink like a fish work like mad live like there's no tomorrow sing like a bird fight like a junkyard dog swim like a fish cool as Jimmy Page... pleased as punch quite as nice neat as a pin sharp as a knife strong as an ox sober as a judge clean as can be stubborn as a mule good as gold blind as a bat fat as yo' mamma sleep like a log eat like a horse laugh like mad run like the wind shake like a tree watch (someone) like a hawk God what an awful collection of cliches... now there's a nice writing assignment, come up with responses to those that aren't so well known and boring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Okay guys, I've compiled the data, now I'm working on analyzing it. I have 18 sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Good luck.....I could suggest you look up "English Phrasal Verbs and Sentences" too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 The assignment is to analyze the given data and to see if they make sense based on the idioms and collocations I know as an English speaker. She really only wants us to focus on poetic devices or repeated phonemic sounds within the answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Allways willing to help out with research......here ya go People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. busy as a bee flat as a pancake hard as nails sly as a fox quick as mustard fits as a fiddle happy as Larry poor as a church mouse hungry as a wolf slow as mud old as the hills dull as dust drink like a fish work like a mad irishman (northern England expression) live like a king sing like a nightingale fight like cat and dog swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as punch quite as (Quiet?) a mouse neat as a new pin sharp as a knife strong as an ox sober as a judge clean as a whistle stubborn as a mule good as gold blind as a bat fat as a pig sleep like a log eat like a horse laugh like a drain run like hell shake like a leaf watch (someone) like a hawk Dont you need background info like age, education level etc otherwise all you can do is generate percentages. Even with two or three general variables your data analysis would be so much more interesting, sorry this kind of stuff is my job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Allways willing to help out with research......here ya go Dont you need background info like age, education level etc otherwise all you can do is generate percentages. Even with two or three general variables your data analysis would be so much more interesting, sorry this kind of stuff is my job. Finally...........facts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 busy as a bee flat as pancake hard as a rock sly as a fox quick as a whip fits as liok a glove happy as a pig in slop poor as dirt hungry asa bear slow asmolasses old asflint dull as a butter knife drink like a fish work like a mule live likeit is your last day sing like a bird fight like your lif depends upon it swim like a fish cool as a cocumber pleased as a peanut quite as neat as a pin sharp as tack strong as an ox sober as a church mouse clean as as bristle stubborn as a mule good as gold blind as a bat fat as a pig sleep like a baby eat like it is going out of style laugh like a hyena run like deer shake like leaf watch (someone) like a hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotplant Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The answers already given would be the same for me. Ready for the next assignment Mandy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8LadyPlant8 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Yes. S'been said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. busy as a bee flat as a board hard as a rock sly as a fox quick as a wink fits as a glove happy as a lark poor as a church mouse hungry as a bear slow as shit old as dirt dull as dish water drink like a fish work like a horse live like there's no tomorrow sing like a bird fight like cats swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as punch quite as much neat as a pin sharp as a marble (contrary to sharp as a tack) strong as an ox sober as a cleric clean as a whistle stubborn as a mule good as gold blind as a bat fat as a house sleep like a baby eat like a pig laugh like school girl run like the wind shake like a leaf watch (someone) like a hawk hope this helps! good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 LOL I collected my data for my project in the early afternoon yesterday. I'm sure my teacher would love to see the rest though. I turned in my project today, and the assignment suggested that you try to get "at least one" other person beside myself to do it. It also asked that you get different age groups, different sexes of people, and as many different geographical regions across the country as possible. I got at least one person from every US region, a Canadian from the West, one from the East and one from the middle; and a few UK residents as well. I did write in my report that I posted this on www.ledzeppelin.com and I explained the "old as Keith Richards" and "sing like Robert Plant," and "cool as Jimmy Page." She laughed and thought it was funny. When I'm on the other computer, I'll post my report and my data where I broke it down by answers. Mainly, I just listed all of the different answers I received. I am expecting a good grade since I got so much data and I analyzed all of it. I will let you guys know what she thinks about it all. I turned in about 20 sets of data, including mine and one of my friend's, my mom's, aunt's and grandmother's responses. I was worried she's be overwhelmed by it, but she was estatic to see a 30+ page packet plopped into her inbox, ROFL. I didn't think that part through--I'm an undergrad student whose major is English Education, not lingustics. She's got a bachelor's, a master's and a Ph.D. in linguistics. Linguistics is her life, LOL. I'm editing this for the third time because I forgot to say THANK YOU to everyone to helped me out! I really, really appreciate it, and when I have a few minutes, I will add answers I put in when I did the exercise myself. I'll also add all the data I compiled later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncing~ship Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 good luck...Don't forget to spread the wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 I will. I made sure I did BonzoEqualsGoodStuff's project thingy, too. Remember, I'm going to be a teacher, LOL. It's my job to help with homework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncing~ship Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I will. I made sure I did BonzoEqualsGoodStuff's project thingy, too. Remember, I'm going to be a teacher, LOL. It's my job to help with homework. and they say it's so easy to replace a drummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydidgood Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. busy as bee flat as pancake hard as rock sly as fox quick as ? can be fits as like a glove happy as can be poor as mouse hungry as wolf slow as turtle old as the hills dull as ? drink like bottemless well work like donkey live like theres no tomorrow sing like ? a dove fight like bull? swim like fish cool as a cucumber pleased as can be? quite as you must mean quiet as a mouse neat as pin sharp as tack strong as an ox sober as ?hmmmm clean as ? stubborn as a mule good as gold blind as a bat fat as a cow? sleep like a log eat like pig laugh like a hyena run like the wind--or as my friend would see like all they see is the stripe of my nike shake like ? california--the shaky state watch (someone) like a hawk dang again I should have read the other pages and I'd a known you wee done already...I didn't read cause I wanted it to be genuinly what came to my mind..not what I read already. ohhhh welll was fun anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncing~ship Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 hung like a pony mushroom slap munch on rug pop it like a ma'fucker (gangsta slang) shorty had them......("apple bottom jeans") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoEqualsGoodStuff Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I was serious on the ones I knew, but I was an ass on the rest of them. You know me! Hope I help anyway. busy as a bee flat as a pancake hard as a rock sly as a fox quick as a cat fits as (it took me too long to think of anything, so I'll leave this blank ) happy as Tom Cruise? poor as a college student? hungry as a hippo slow as a turtle old as dirt dull as Al Gore? drink like a camel work like a bee live like there's no tomorrow sing like no one's listening fight like a brave swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as (took me too long again haha) quite as (is that quiet? if so a mouse) neat as a pin sharp as a tack strong as a horse sober as a Mormon? clean as a whistle stubborn as a mule good as the Plant bulge blind as a bat fat as a cat sleep like a baby eat like a horse laugh like Tom Cruise? run like Katie Holmes? shake like a rattle watch (someone) like a hawk Edit: And I already knew Mandy was done, but she told me I should fill it out anyway, so I did. I'm so bored at work right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncing~ship Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I was serious on the ones I knew, but I was an ass on the rest of them. You know me! Hope I help anyway. busy as a bee flat as a pancake hard as a rock sly as a fox quick as a cat fits as (it took me too long to think of anything, so I'll leave this blank ) happy as Tom Cruise? poor as a college student? hungry as a hippo slow as a turtle old as dirt dull as Al Gore? drink like a camel work like a bee live like there's no tomorrow sing like no one's listening fight like a brave swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as (took me too long again haha) quite as (is that quiet? if so a mouse) neat as a pin sharp as a tack strong as a horse sober as a Mormon? clean as a whistle stubborn as a mule good as the Plant bulge blind as a bat fat as a cat sleep like a baby eat like a horse laugh like Tom Cruise? run like Katie Holmes? shake like a rattle watch (someone) like a hawk Some form of wichcraft i see. have you ever seen a hawk guide in a storm? pretty intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilith Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. busy as a bee flat as a pancake hard as nails sly as a fox quick as a flash fits as (I'd say "fits like a glove") happy as Larry (or more colloquially, a pig in poo!) poor as a church mouse hungry as ? slow as ? old as the hills (or Methuselah) dull as ditchwater drink like a fish work like a dog live like a king sing like a bird fight like cat and dog swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as Punch quite as (should this be "quiet as"? If so, I'd say as a mouse) neat as a new pin sharp as a knife strong as an ox sober as a judge clean as a whistle stubborn as a mule good as gold blind as a bat fat as a pig sleep like a log (or a top, or a baby) eat like a horse laugh like a drain run like the wind shake like a leaf watch (someone) like a hawk English is my first language, and I am English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahyoubetcha Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. busy as a bee flat as a board hard as a rock sly as a fox quick as wink fits as a glove happy as a clam poor as a church mouse hungry as a bear slow as mollassis (in January) old as dirt dull as dishwater drink like a fish work like a dog live like a king sing like an angel fight like cats and dogs swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as punch quite as a mouse neat as a pin sharp as a marble strong as an ox sober as a judge clean as a whistle stubborn as a mule good as new blind as a bat fat as sleep like a baby eat like a pig laugh like children run like the wind shake like watch (someone) like a hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Wisty Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Awesome that you're studying linguistics, that's what I want to do next year. We've just been doing the exact same thing in my Year 12 English Language class. Funfun! I live in Australia, by the way. busy as a bee flat as a pancake hard as rock sly as (no idea) quick as a flash fits as (?) happy as a pig in shit (or muck, if I'm not allowed to swear) poor as (?) hungry as (?) slow as a snail old as time dull as dishwater drink like a fish work like a dog live like the wind sing like a bird fight like (?) swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as Punch quite as neat as (?) sharp as a tack strong as a bull sober as (?) clean as a whistle stubborn as a bull good as gold blind as a bat fat as fuck (LOL, sorry) sleep like a log eat like a pig laugh like a hyena run like the wind shake like a willow tree (I'm serious, sorry) watch (someone) like a hawk Crrrrrrrrrrrrrap. I didn't read any of the other posts either. Trust me to do that. Sounds like it went well, anyway. "Old as Keith Richards". I'm gonna use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Oh trust us, you can swear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Tower Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 How much will I get paid for helping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazednconfuzed14 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 busy as a bee flat as a board hard as a rock sly as a fox quick as a wink fits as happy as a clam poor as hungry as a wolf slow as a fat lady in a cactus patch old as dirt dull as drink like a drain work like a dog live like a king sing like a dove fight like a tiger swim like a fish cool as a cucumber pleased as a peach quite as a mouse neat as sharp as a blade strong as an ox sober as clean as stubborn as an ass good as gold blind as a bat fat as idk sleep like a log eat like a horse laugh like a drunk run like the wind shake like a polariod picture watch (someone) like a hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Zeppnile Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 People's knowledge of collocations and idoms. Complete the second half of each phrase with the first word(s) that come to mind. Please let me know if English is NOT your first language. Ha - Ha! you should have asked my Grandmother because she was full of idioms and sayings. busy as - a bee flat as- a pancake hard as- rock sly as - fox quick as - a wink fits as - a fiddle or "fits like a glove" happy as - a clam poor as - a church mouse hungry as - as a bear slow as - molasses in January old as- Methusela dull as - a butter knife drink like - a fish work like - the devil live like - as a king sing like - a bird fight like - cats and dogs swim like - a fish cool as - a cucumber pleased as - punch quite as - (if you meant quiet)... as a mouse neat as - a pin sharp as - a tack strong as - an ox sober as - a judge clean as - a whistle stubborn as - a mule good as - gold blind as - a bat fat as - a cow sleep like - a baby eat like - a horse laugh like - a fool run like - the wind shake like - a leaf watch (someone) like - a hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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