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  • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

    For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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    @sundogplanets "He has a face like a cow licking piss off a nettle"

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    • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

      @sundogplanets
      paving the cow path
      pull the udder one
      it’s Friesan in ’ere
      a pat on the back
      pasture best
      heard it through the bovine
      tri ungulate

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      ef@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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      @urlyman @sundogplanets il pleut comme vache qui pisse.
      Where are cows born in the UK? Uddersfield.
      Why can't cows stay still? Because they're always moo-ving.
      All the above it true or it could be utter bullocks.

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      • bransonturner@mastodon.socialB bransonturner@mastodon.social

        @sundogplanets there's taking the bull by the horns and on the horns of a dilemma, but not cows, exactly

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        @sundogplanets having grown up in Texas, I'd think I'd have more, but the only others I have are "all hat and no cattle" and "not my barn, not my cattle"

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        • ivor@social.ivor.orgI ivor@social.ivor.org

          @sundogplanets obviously the classic... "Consider a spherical cow..."

          fractalkitty@mathstodon.xyzF This user is from outside of this forum
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          @ivor I came here to say just that

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          • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

            For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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            @sundogplanets German: Get the cow off the ice!

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            • bransonturner@mastodon.socialB bransonturner@mastodon.social

              @sundogplanets having grown up in Texas, I'd think I'd have more, but the only others I have are "all hat and no cattle" and "not my barn, not my cattle"

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              @sundogplanets there's one about "dumb enough to milk a bull"

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              • klara@drupal.communityK klara@drupal.community

                @sundogplanets Als het kalf verdronken is, dempt men de put.

                When the calf has drowned, one fills the well.

                I guess this will apply to Kessler syndrome too.

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                @sundogplanets another dutch one: Er is geen koe zo bont of er zit wel een vlekje aan.
                There isn't a cow so piebald or it has a speck.

                Meaning: no smoke without fire, there must be some thruth to the rumor.

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                • E ef@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                  @urlyman @sundogplanets il pleut comme vache qui pisse.
                  Where are cows born in the UK? Uddersfield.
                  Why can't cows stay still? Because they're always moo-ving.
                  All the above it true or it could be utter bullocks.

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                  @EF I am mostly utter bullocks

                  @sundogplanets

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                  • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                    For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                    @sundogplanets

                    "Everything is better with some cows around .."

                    Ever since I heard Corb Lund sing it, it's been my favorite cow expression.

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                    • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                      For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                      @sundogplanets I was gonna say "closing the barn door after the cows have left", but from what I can tell, the more common form of this idiom is "closing the barn (or stable) door after the horse has bolted".

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                      • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                        For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                        @sundogplanets I can contribute the Finnish saying "oma lehmä ojassa", "his (or her) own cow in the ditch".

                        He has got his own cow in the ditch = He has his own reasons for asking you to do something, eg. helping to pull up the cow from the ditch.

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                        • kallekn@mastodonsweden.seK kallekn@mastodonsweden.se

                          @sundogplanets I can contribute the Finnish saying "oma lehmä ojassa", "his (or her) own cow in the ditch".

                          He has got his own cow in the ditch = He has his own reasons for asking you to do something, eg. helping to pull up the cow from the ditch.

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                          @sundogplanets Oh, and then we have the Swedish one, "ingen ko på isen", "there is no cow on the ice", meaning "no need to hurry, it's not an emergency.

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                          • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                            For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                            This is amazing, I am learning so many sayings!!

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                            • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                              For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                              @sundogplanets 对牛弹琴 (dui niu tan qin): playing music for a cow (or doing something useless). But they didn’t have our current knowledge of how that’s actually a meaningful thing to do

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                              • skinnylatte@hachyderm.ioS skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

                                @sundogplanets 对牛弹琴 (dui niu tan qin): playing music for a cow (or doing something useless). But they didn’t have our current knowledge of how that’s actually a meaningful thing to do

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                                @skinnylatte Having sung many songs for cows, I love this saying and also love singing to cows!

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                                • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                                  For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                                  @sundogplanets Is your glass calf full, or calf empty?

                                  The Jersey Boys moosical

                                  The hoof is in the pudding

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                                  • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                                    For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                                    @sundogplanets “Don’t have a cow, man.”

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                                    • jonoleth@mastodon.socialJ jonoleth@mastodon.social

                                      @sundogplanets "Det är ingen ko på isen så länge rumpan är i land", or "No cow is on the ice so long as their butt is on shore"

                                      Meaning "Don't worry about it" cause the cows aren't going to drown even if the ice breaks

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                                      @jonoleth @sundogplanets In Danish we seem to have dropped the last half of that, so we just have "there's no cow on the ice" = "don't worry". I had no idea there was a longer version that actually made sense 😄
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                                      • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                                        For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                                        @sundogplanets In Dutch we say "Dat is een waarheid als een koe", which literally translates to "That is a truth like a cow", meaning that it is *very* true. I guess b/c you cannot avoid a cow when it is in front of you.

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                                        • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                                          For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

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                                          @sundogplanets
                                          The cheese stans alone.

                                          Stands? No. That can't be right.

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