Looking for a similar idiom to...
Looking for a similar idiom to...
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isee

Original Poster:

3,713 posts

212 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't make an omlette without breaking some eggs.
or
you can't make steel without smoke

Google doesn't return many useful hits and I want something along the lines of "you can't make XXX without breaking some XXX" but funnier.

thanks

ScottishSamurai

8,176 posts

205 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't make love without THE MENTAL

DickyC

58,521 posts

227 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't get to Whitechapel without passing go.

TimJMS

2,584 posts

280 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't make an intelligent nation without invoking some of the principles of eugenics?

DickyC

58,521 posts

227 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't smoke the tyres without dropping the clutch.

(these are work-in-progress, you understand, just to keep the thread near the top
until the heavy hitters get going)

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

246 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't p*ss off PH without first slagging some Alfas.

f-fuxake

1,813 posts

278 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't find true love without breaking some back doors in!

M3CHA-MONK3Y

6,095 posts

224 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't get up the OXO tower without going through the back door.

You can't make babies without sliding between the curtains. (Unless you count miraculous conception or IV fertilisation)

isee

Original Poster:

3,713 posts

212 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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Come on PH, you can do better!

my favourites so far:
tyres and clutch
babies and hymen

isee

Original Poster:

3,713 posts

212 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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I really expected some proper gems on here..

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

246 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't reply to a thread without smashing stupid Isee's face in.

isee

Original Poster:

3,713 posts

212 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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10 Pence Short said:
You can't reply to a thread without smashing stupid Isee's face in.
that's nice..

DickyC

58,521 posts

227 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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isee said:
10 Pence Short said:
You can't reply to a thread without smashing stupid Isee's face in.
that's nice..
It's okay.

You can't progress a PH thread without needing an ambiwlans.

Emsman

7,367 posts

219 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't polish a turd.





But you can roll it in glitter

(although im not sure what possible situation this knowledge could be useful in)


snotrag

15,635 posts

240 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You cant make a feature on Ancient History, without interviewing MBH?

wargriff

1,908 posts

231 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You cant agree the Lisbon Treaty without a referendum. (topical)

Edited by wargriff on Tuesday 24th November 10:19

Landlord

12,689 posts

286 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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One I heard last night;

You can't moan about being eaten by a horse when you play Polo dressed as a suger cube.


Obscure and surreal. I like it.

Obviously, it's not quite a "you can't x without y" more of a "put up with y because you want x" but it may work.


Or it may not.

North West Tom

11,714 posts

206 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't make dinner tonight without breaking a chicken's neck.


getmecoat

TimJMS

2,584 posts

280 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't model a climate theory without referring to temperature.

M3CHA-MONK3Y

6,095 posts

224 months

Tuesday 24th November 2009
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You can't create a Standard IAM without first converting your DWG into an IGS file.

HTH