fart in a mitten n. something frenetic or very active; something insignificant. Editorial Note: Usually by way of comparison: “like a fart in a mitten.” (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Ashley from Berea, Kentucky, wonders about her father’s use of nords, apparently to mean “in other words.” This is part of a complete episode.
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A Francophone who’s feeling low might say so with J’ai le moral dans les chaussettes. The idiom avoir le moral dans les chaussettes means “to have morale in your socks.” This is part of a complete episode.
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“Fart in a Deep Bathtub” ~~~
lotsa sound and fury, but nothing of any lasting value. ‘thrilling at the time, but so what ???
My husband has always used a variation on this, for the first meaning (something frenetic): “like a fart in a skillet.”
Thanks, Deborah! Very useful. I’ll make a cite for it.
In Australia it’s ‘fart in a bottle’.
We moved to Cal 50 years ago, when I was just a kid. My mother still comes up with old Irish – New England stuff that cracks us up. When a pitch or a proposal does not prove to be well received, Mom will comment “Well, that went over like a fart in church!”
Re: Fred Carroll’s comment of 1/14/2007:
My sargeant in the U.S. Marine Corps introduced me to one of his favorite phrases; “That’s as obvious as a turd in a punchbowl”.