Friday 4 December 2009

Exercise Techniques

Physical exercise is good for you. We know that we should do it daily, but our bodies don't want us to do too much, so here's a program of strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise.

01 - Beating around the bush

02 - Jumping to conclusions

03 - Climbing the wall

04 - Swallowing your pride

05 - Passing the buck

06 - Throwing your weight around

07 - Dragging your heels

08 - Pushing your luck

09 - Making mountains out of molehills

10 - Hitting the nail on the head

11 - Wading through paperwork

12 - Bending over backwards

13 - Jump on the bandwagon

14 - Balancing the books

15 - Running around in circles

16 - Eating crow

17 - Tooting your own horn

18 - Climbing the ladder of success

19 - Pulling out all the stops

20 - Adding fuel to fire

21 - Opening a can of worms

22 - Putting your foot in your mouth

23 - Start the ball rolling

24 - Going over the edge

25 - Picking up the pieces

Whew! That's a workout! Now sit down and

26 - Exercise caution.

10 comments:

  1. Hilarious collection !

    Richard

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  2. Some alien invasion here?

    Richard

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  3. How about running others down?

    Or breathing down someone's neck?

    Richard

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  4. Hi Richard,
    Thanks for informing me, as you mentioned I think the post is in chinese script, I have since deleted it

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  5. More 'exert-cises':

    Pulling others' legs

    Dancing to someone's tunes


    Richard

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  6. Leaping in the dark
    Putting two and two together
    Shouting from the rooftop
    Hanging up the boots
    Pulling up the socks

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  7. Pulling a fast one on somebody

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  8. Some of my suggestions may not be quite appropriate.

    The thing is it must be metaphorical like the one above.

    "Shaking the salt cellar" doesn't come under that category but the joke is that I find even that little action a stupendous effort!

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  9. I think we have exercised sufficiently for the day!!

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