When the river is deep, it’s easy to get wet. (Economic prosperity)
\nWe’re scraping polish off our boots for soup (= times are tough)
\nHe has stones in his field (= he has a hard row to hoe)
\nGave like a six-teat cow (= sang like a canary)
\nWe\u2019ll cut down that tree when it\u2019s grown (= cross that bridge when we come to it)
\nThe redfinch complaining of the chaffinch (= pot calling the kettle black)
\nHerding finches (= herding cats)
\nNo dancing killed the ant (= all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; from a children’s fable)
\nWe’ve started out with our harness tangled (= got off on the wrong foot)
\nDon’t make a scarecrow and stand in your own field (= don’t keep a dog and bark for yourself)
\nMore holes than a moth’s lunch
\nAs drunk as a dockworker
\nThree-days-fruit (= drunk, possibly as a dockworker)
\nToo swamped to be bothered bailing (= three-days-fruit; an Islands expression)
\nTake to something like gnomes to mushrooms (= a duck to water)
\nThat apple’s already off the tree (= that ship has sailed)
\nYou build the house you’re paid for (= he who pays the piper calls the tune)
\nA carnival of fools (= a (metaphorical) circus, a Mickey Mouse outfit)
\nI’ll push him down one well and fish him up another (= I’ll kick his ass)
\nCatch the fish that’s biting (= strike while the iron’s hot)
\nWorking like a gnome (= working very hard; some, though by no means all, gnomes consider this expression offensive, as if hard work defines them)
\nLike selling gritty melons (= a tough sell)
\nA pipe with two ends (= a double-edged sword)
\nWater in front and fire behind (= the carrot and the stick)
\nOut of the mud and into the quicksand (= out of the frying pan into the fire)
\nKnows where the meat is in the stew (= knows which side his bread’s buttered on; has an eye to the main chance)
\nNew bread on an old plate (= an appropriate innovation which preserves important aspects of tradition)
\nIn someone’s happy basket (= in their good books)
\nHolding in a bit of one’s breath (= anticipating something)<\/p>\n
Conventional expressions:
\nMy pleasure to give (a response to thanks, like “you’re welcome”)<\/p>\n
Gnome sayings:
\nYou’re talking tonnage to the production foreman (= you’re preaching to the choir)
\nWe’re two pumps for three (= we’re extremely busy)
\nI can’t scratch a glyph on it (= can’t put my finger on it)
\nWe’re starting with our tools already forged (= we’re making assumptions)
\nInnocent as a moth (= completely without guile)
\nLike eating mushrooms (= very easy; like falling off a log)
\nTalk about the pit in the floor (= the elephant in the room)
\nHe’d chew bolts and spit out filings (= he’d be very angry)
\nWe’ll need to chase down every tunnel (= pursue every avenue)
\nIn the middle of the cavern surrounded by lights (= under a lot of scrutiny)
\nMore to him than sticks above ground (= he has hidden depths)
\nHe’ll throw a cam-belt (= he’ll be very upset)
\nMay props and stays hold hard and preserve us all (= angels and ministers of grace defend us)
\nWe’ll clear that rubble when it falls off the ceiling (= cross that bridge when we come to it)<\/p>\n
The Three Daughters of Mathematics according to the elves: music, magic, astronomy<\/p>\n
The Red General:
\nIf you’re in a battle you can’t win, find the battle you can win.
\nChaos favors the prepared<\/p>\n
Berry’s old shaman:
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