Obscure Metaphors

[bilbous]

Well as I threatened in another thread, here is the obscure metaphor thread! Two I have come up with so far:
Throwing darts at trial ballons to save the sky from hot air.
This means that when someone suggests something unpalatable to see if they can get away with it (trial ballon) it must be challenged (throw darts) to ameliorate potention damage it could cause (save the sky.)

Ships hitting the foam a cleaned up version of "____ hitting the fan" indicating an unpleasant series of results stemming from a particular action.

Can we come up with some more?

[LARAGORN]

One fry short of a happy meal.
The lights are on but no one is home.
The elevator dosent go all the way to the top floor.
......
All metaphors for lack of intelligence

ok ok they arent that obscure because they are well known, but at one time I bet they were a little obscure.

[Parallo]

S/he is so dence light bends around him. 
My favorite for lack of intelligence!
I don't know any obscure ones though.

[Idoru]

I love that one Parallo 

[Monketh]

Are we coming up with them?
Hm...

"That's no moon, that's a space station!  ...no, wait, it's just [name]."

[bilbous]

Well I came up with the ones I posted. The idea wasn't really about insults though.

[Arka]

Here's some Stonebreaker ones:

'Don't break a chisel on it' - It's not worth the bother.

'Keep your axes sharp till you need them' - Don't rush into things

'She's got her fingers in his beard' - She is after him as a husband!

Hmmm?

Arka

[Phinehas]

I find that last one... disturbing to say the least, Arka.

[bilbous]

Hmm well maybe along those lines a kran might say "rocks in his head" about a strong thinker or particularly wise person. My original two were not game related, this is the Plaza after all, but any action is better than no action I guess.

[Datruth]

I find that last one... disturbing to say the least, Arka.

Lol I agree

Nowadays people would do this if they heard that line, 

lol

[Kalika]

Here's some Stonebreaker ones:


'She's got her fingers in his beard' - She is after him as a husband!

Hmmm?

Arka

that one was my favorite....

[WiseKran]

Hmm well maybe along those lines a kran might say "rocks in his head" about a strong thinker or particularly wise person.

This is very true,  WiseKran has many rocks in his head, Big rocks, full of Knowledge.


WiseKran might say the following about less intelligent empty headed Krans:
The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.
The lights are on, but no one is Home.

[bilbous]

not a metaphor but a simile:
He has a head like a Geode, crystallized and empty.

His temperament is like clay, soft and gooey, but solid under fire.

[Jamppa]

light travels faster than sound, thats why some people appear bright until you hear them speak... was on someone signature somewhere

[LARAGORN]

The early bird always gets the worm. (The early Ulber always gets the groffel)<-- If you do things right away, you will get results, but if you procrastinate, you won't get good results.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. <-- It is easy to envy others just by looking, but once you understand their situation, it is usualy not that much better.

Insults anyone
He has the I.Q. of a cucumber.
He is so low, he would have to climb up to be in the sewer.