Hm, these are hard. I have this problem also and I am not nearly as conscientious as I should be about checking for them. Some suggestions:
Going with what nickeyb said, the hobbits in the Marish *do* wear boots, so some of the shoe/boot phases could have leaked over to the other inhabitants of the Shire.
-"waiting for the other shoe to drop" "Waiting for the ball to drop" could be used instead. I honestly don't even know why we have this phase anyway. Why would a shoe be dropping, and from where? Or, if you want to go really hobbity "waiting for the eggs to drop" might work. *shrugs*
-"walk a mile in his shoes" maybe a more Marishy-type saying, like "walked through the mud in his boots..." Or not, that's pretty lame. (blushes)
-"the shoe is on the other foot now" "The glove is on the other hand now" might work. It would have to be worn backward, with the palm-side on the back of the hand and that would feel rather odd.
-"get to first base" This one's hard. It's difficult to picture exactly what kinds of sports the hobbits had, and even though Tolkien says the Tooks play golf, I just can't picture it. I suppose they could have some equivalent of softball that would make this phase a useable one...
-"like a jolt of electicity" or even "electrified" Another one that I often see, and I'm sure I've used as well, is "nerves". They had no knowledge of nerves or the nervous system in those days.
-"not the brightest bulb in the package" -"another day, another dollar" I've never thought to use either of these. I would probably go with "not the smartest hobbit in the bunch" for the first one - just plain and simple and to the point, like hobbits often do; and probably just leave it at "another day gone" for the second.
-"he had his own agenda" They didn't have agendas in ME? I don't see anything wrong with this one really. Hobbits may not have had very many formal meetings, but they certainly had some, and that would require an agenda.
-"lit up like Christmas" How about "lit brighter than the sun" or something to that effect.
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Date: 2005-07-02 05:19 pm (UTC)Going with what nickeyb said, the hobbits in the Marish *do* wear boots, so some of the shoe/boot phases could have leaked over to the other inhabitants of the Shire.
-"waiting for the other shoe to drop"
"Waiting for the ball to drop" could be used instead. I honestly don't even know why we have this phase anyway. Why would a shoe be dropping, and from where?
Or, if you want to go really hobbity "waiting for the eggs to drop" might work. *shrugs*
-"walk a mile in his shoes"
maybe a more Marishy-type saying, like "walked through the mud in his boots..."
Or not, that's pretty lame. (blushes)
-"the shoe is on the other foot now"
"The glove is on the other hand now" might work. It would have to be worn backward, with the palm-side on the back of the hand and that would feel rather odd.
-"get to first base"
This one's hard. It's difficult to picture exactly what kinds of sports the hobbits had, and even though Tolkien says the Tooks play golf, I just can't picture it. I suppose they could have some equivalent of softball that would make this phase a useable one...
-"like a jolt of electicity" or even "electrified"
Another one that I often see, and I'm sure I've used as well, is "nerves". They had no knowledge of nerves or the nervous system in those days.
-"not the brightest bulb in the package"
-"another day, another dollar"
I've never thought to use either of these. I would probably go with "not the smartest hobbit in the bunch" for the first one - just plain and simple and to the point, like hobbits often do; and probably just leave it at "another day gone" for the second.
-"he had his own agenda"
They didn't have agendas in ME? I don't see anything wrong with this one really. Hobbits may not have had very many formal meetings, but they certainly had some, and that would require an agenda.
-"lit up like Christmas"
How about "lit brighter than the sun" or something to that effect.