Akimbo Fluffy Joined Jun 24, 2008 Messages 10,447 May 3, 2013 #41 Collectively: "Empty vessels make most noise!" Jude xx
H holmca Registered Shopper Joined Apr 2, 2013 Messages 435 Location South of France May 3, 2013 #42 Calvin said: The 'brush' referred someone with a learning difficulty employed to sweep up in a factory, hence the 'daft'. It's horrifically un-PC now! Click to expand... I am not sure that this phrase is quite as bad as that - see this link: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-daft-as-a-brush.html Whilst talking of brushes one of my favourite is "like a birch broom in a fit". http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Birch Broom In A Fit
Calvin said: The 'brush' referred someone with a learning difficulty employed to sweep up in a factory, hence the 'daft'. It's horrifically un-PC now! Click to expand... I am not sure that this phrase is quite as bad as that - see this link: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-daft-as-a-brush.html Whilst talking of brushes one of my favourite is "like a birch broom in a fit". http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Birch Broom In A Fit
TrixieWoo Registered Shopper Joined Jun 22, 2011 Messages 194 May 3, 2013 #43 As much use as a cat flap on a submarine Last edited: May 3, 2013