Did you listen to any other things I said above? Because I'll never repeat it, I hope you know that." "Shut up, we agreed not to talk about the whole 'I don't deserve you' shits." He grunted and Jihoon chuckled. "Thank you for being so understanding, for putting up with my shits and for staying even though I always push you away." He said, brushing strands of hair away from Soonyoung's face, one hand still resting on his cheek. "I know." Soonyoung said, his arms around Jihoon's waist to help keep him in place. It's not easy for me to talk about this kind of things." "Yeah?" Jihoon mumbled, his voice only a whisper as he pecked Soonyoung's cheeks. "Uh, sometimes, I guess?" Soonyoung answered, his cheeks tinted pink at the sudden show of affection as he is not used to it usually he'd be the one showering Jihoon with those kind of words. "Have I ever told you how much I adore them?" He continued, leaving a kiss now on Soonyoung's forehead. "No, they're perfect." He said after kissing both cheeks. Slowly, Jihoon shook his head no and the next thing Soonyoung know was Jihoon kissing his chubby cheeks. "Is there something wrong with my cheeks?" "Jihoon?" Soonyoung tried again, his voice coming out unclear as Jihoon pinched. Instead of answering, said boyfriend began to play with his cheeks stroking, squishing and pinching them apart. "Uhm, what?" Soonyoung questioned nervously, finding the whole situation awkward. Actually, that phrase, used by Jesus in the Christian Bible, is frequently interpreted as Jesus telling his disciples that they are the purifying elements, essential condiments to preserve the essence and functionality of society.Soonyoung stared at his boyfriend who's currently taking his cheeks a captive, his eyes boring into Soonyoung's dark one. Some in the list are interpreted according the web site author's personal sentiments and may not reflect the actual traditional meaning.įor example, "Salt of the earth" is interpreted by the author (who probably had no Christian biblical background knowledge) as "good/basic/honest/ordinary people". May be in some unknown culture, being a watermelon head is a good sentiment. I know I would not like to be called watermelon head, or fruit cake, or dip-stick. Would you be able to find your newly minted idiom in a dictionary? I would not think so either.įor example, if someone called you "watermelon head", would you find it in a dictionary, idiom book or thesaurus? I don't think so. When you did that at the spur of the moment, would you even have considered comparing it to "You smell like a garbage can"? I would not think so.
e.g., "You stink like a rotten old pineapple". You could even concoct your own, according to your own sentiment, that no one else has used before. I believe this is true in any language which would use food as allegories. There is no precedence to be comparative of which is more intense, but if you wish to compare, you would compare to your personal taste and sentiments. These are for your personal pleasure and decision to interpret adhoc.
It's a tradition in English (and many languages) to use fruits and condiments to describe an especially endearing (or repulsive) person or situation.įor example the 1965 Motown hit song " Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch":
No other meaning.ĭoes ‘sugarplum’ have an extended meaning like ‘honey’ or ‘sweetie' as an addressing word? I’ve seen ‘sugarplum,’ the word representing for a candy being used in this way for the first time.īoth OED and Wikipedia define ‘sugarplum’ only as ‘a small round sweet of flavored boiled sugar,’ or ‘a piece of dragée candy that is made of dried fruits and shaped in a small round or oval shape. Rails, so you'll need to use some judgment. Some will of course continue to go off the It lets someone know the attack is over,Ĭommunication can continue. That single phrase, spoken softly can completely change the flow ofĮnergy in the conversation. In an argument in which the fight systems are fully armed you need to There is the following advice for ‘defusing an argument with one word’ in a website: