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I completely forgot! The ASL idiom for the above is two words, two signs in any order. 1. Touch the fingertips of the B hand, palm down, to the center of your forehead. Then place both hands side-by-side at shoulder level, palms out, fingers up except for the middle finger pointing out...

I always root for the snake . . . and staying pretty much on topic.

Teachers armed to protect themselves and students is not new, and I agree with Lumbingmi that its time has come again. The ridicuous scenarios dreamed up by the untra-liberal crowd are just wishful thinking. Crabby teacher, indeed! The truth is that teachers are closer to the situation...

To answer for Bottesini while she's out, ASL-Pro shows the sign for lemon exactly as Botti described. Like lots of ASL signs, there are variations. One is to rotate the Y-hand (for yellow) then bring the index to puckered lips for "sour." Sternberg's ASL Dictionary shows two others.

"One shot . . . one kill" has been hi-jacked by lots of people, including a movie entitled Sniper, a song, and an NCSi episode title. But Texan Guy is correct that it got its recent attention from the motto by marine snipers in Vietnam, particularly the skill of Gunnery Sergeant Carlos...

You describe signs very well. In my mimd's eye, I see "bought a lemon." Am I close to the idiom you have in mind?

That's it! In fact, you said the complete idiom by adding the accusing finger pointing to the egotist. Your turn.

Thanks. I e-mailed my big sister in Rodeo for help. Wow! She jogged my rusting brain with a ton of deaf idioms from our childhood. Here's one signed with a glare to someone and thumping the fist side of the I-hand three times against your own sturnum. The related English words are "me...

You got it, Byrdie. What's that brewing in your basement?

Ha ha ha, excellent! Very common signs strung into an idiom deafies will recognize. Raining cats and dogs? I was showing my girlfriend's grandson the ASL sign for dog, and as soon as I patted my thigh, the family dog wagged his way over to us. Masin cried out, "Grams, look! Oakley (the...

1. Another term for relected Lunar radiance. 2. Illegal whiskey, usually clandestinely distilled from corn. 3. Nonsense or foolish talk.

Good advice about avoiding swimming right after a storm, and if you do, don't ingest the water and towel off thoroughly and/or shower with soap afterwards. This weekend, Oregon has temperatures reaching 100. Global warming! Global warming!! Naw, it's just the middle of August.

I think that prolific and very popular author of the late 1800s is Horatio Alger, Jr.

Yep. "Finish" is the word that's morphed into the joke idiom mouthed by deafies who've had enough: FISH. Of course the sign means "finish," "finished," "done," "end" and has nothing to do with seafood . . . but that's how idioms work. Your turn, Fredfam.