Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that looks
valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A pig
in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.

DJS0302 wrote:
> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that looks
> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A pig
> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.


Fool's Gold? Gilded Lily? A Pig In The Poke is something you buy
without seeing it, I believe.

DJS0302 wrote:
> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that looks
> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A pig
> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.


Mutton dressed as lamb? (OB food!)

gloria p

counterfeit ?

try this site. I have found it to be useful.

http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml
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>> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that looks
>> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A
>pig
>> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:17:36 -0500, Margaret Suran
> wrote:

> Fool's Gold?

All that glitters is not gold.

http://www.goenglish.com

All That Glitters Is Not Gold
(it may not be as valuable as it seems)

Something which seems valuable at first may turn out to be
worthless. Example: "Be careful when shopping for your new
car; all that glitters is not gold!" Just because something
appears valuable does not mean that it really is valuable.

sf

"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> DJS0302 wrote:
> > Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
looks
> > valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless?

Trophy wife.

"DJS0302" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
looks
> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A
pig
> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.


Buying a Pig in a Poke is buying sight unseen and usually being taken in the
process. In the South, a poke is a sack. Buying a pig in a sack, unable
to see the final product, is not suggested. Therefore, if you just take
someone's word for something without checking into it yourself, you are
buying a pig in a poke.
-Ginny

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:58:38 -0500, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> wrote:

>
>"DJS0302" > wrote in message
...
>> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
>looks
>> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A
>pig
>> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.
>
>
>Buying a Pig in a Poke is buying sight unseen and usually being taken in the
>process. In the South, a poke is a sack. Buying a pig in a sack, unable
>to see the final product, is not suggested. Therefore, if you just take
>someone's word for something without checking into it yourself, you are
>buying a pig in a poke.

Got that right. Was a time when unscrupulous types would put a cat in
said poke, call it a pig, and cheat some poor rube.

Then there were the times somebody let the cat out of the bag...


modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

LMAO! Good one Margaret!

Margaret Suran wrote in message ...
>
>
>DJS0302 wrote:
>> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
looks
>> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A
pig
>> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.
>
>
>Fool's Gold? Gilded Lily? A Pig In The Poke is something you buy
>without seeing it, I believe.
>

that would be painted lily

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"DJS0302" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
looks
> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A
pig
> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.

White elephant??

Hairy wrote:

> "DJS0302" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
> looks
> > valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say
"A
> pig
> > in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.
>
> White elephant??


Well, whenever I see a guy with an ugly chick I always think, "He's *poking*
a *pig*"...hehe.

--
Best
Greg

On 22 Jan 2005 22:04:31 GMT, ospam (DJS0302) wrote:

>Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that looks
>valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A pig
>in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.

No. That means you don't know what you are buying. Of course it may
turn out to be worthless, but a poke is a bag. You can't see the pig.





Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a

"Hawg Polo?" . . . "Hawg Polo"

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 05:08:13 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

> Well, whenever I see a guy with an ugly chick I always think, "He's *poking*
> a *pig*"...hehe.
>
Your "poke" is a verb. The other "poke" is a noun.

sf

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 01:45:18 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
> wrote:

> On 22 Jan 2005 22:04:31 GMT, ospam (DJS0302) wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that looks
> >valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A pig
> >in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.
>
> No. That means you don't know what you are buying. Of course it may
> turn out to be worthless, but a poke is a bag. You can't see the pig.
>
I thought a poke was a box/cage, but the point of the saying
is that you CAN'T SEE the pig you want to buy.

sf

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:35:50 -0500, "Saerah"
> wrote:

>
> that would be painted lily

The real phrase is "guilding the lily".

sf

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:39:24 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:35:50 -0500, "Saerah"
> wrote:
>
>>
>> that would be painted lily
>
>The real phrase is "guilding the lily".

gilding the lily, and it means to try and adorn something that does no need
adornment because it's already beautiful.

--
Siobhan Perricone
Humans wrote the bible,
God wrote the rocks
-- Word of God by Kathy Mar

Hairy wrote:
>
> White elephant??

White elephants are items that sit on store shelves forever and don't sell.
White elephant sales are when the unsaleable items are marked down to
sacrifice prices just to get rid of them and offset some of the loss.

<and if you look carefully, some of that stuff may actually be pretty good>

In article >,
wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:35:50 -0500, "Saerah"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > that would be painted lily
>
> The real phrase is "guilding the lily".
>
> sf

Lilies now have to belong to guilds?
--
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"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article .com>,
"Lore" > wrote:

> LMAO! Good one Margaret!
>

That was Vox, not Margaret.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Trip Report and pics added 1-13-05
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

My dear departed auntie used to say 'gotta go shake the dew off the lily'
when she had to go tinkle. Lilies get around.
-Ginny

sf wrote in message ...
>On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:35:50 -0500, "Saerah"
> wrote:
>
>>
>> that would be painted lily
>
>The real phrase is "guilding the lily".
>
>sf
>

actually:

"To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. "

Shakespeare, from 'King John' Act IV, Scene 2.


I'm not trying to be snotty, really. that particular mis-quote gets on my
nerves, thats all

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saerah

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"pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam .com> wrote
in message ...
> Hairy wrote:
> >
> > White elephant??
>
> White elephants are items that sit on store shelves forever and don't
sell.
> White elephant sales are when the unsaleable items are marked down to
> sacrifice prices just to get rid of them and offset some of the loss.
>
> <and if you look carefully, some of that stuff may actually be pretty
good>
>

That is a very narrow interpretation of this expression. Check
out..............
http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...ite%20elephant

H