Sleight of Hand

fredfam1 said:
My daughter was reading that one and asked me, "Mom, whats the name of that game where you have to guess where something is?" Thats when I figured this one out. OK My turn.

Make an A shape hand palm down. Now with the right hand come down on top of your left wrist with a two fingered claw shape, palm down. (as in individual parts of your skeletal system) Do this motion repeatedly as in the sign that means what you do for a living.

English Meaning: exhausting labor
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I mean what happens to you when you work for a living!
 
Tousi said:
Actually, FF, the word is sleight.
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Thank you Tousi, Being the dyslexic that I am I googled that word and they had it Slight of Hand. So thank you and I'll try to check more than one link to get my spelling correct. I'm glad I have spell check or you guys probably wouldn't be able to even read what I right/rite/write.
 
fredfam1 said:
My daughter was reading that one and asked me, "Mom, whats the name of that game where you have to guess where something is?" Thats when I figured this one out. OK My turn.

Make an A shape hand palm down. Now with the right hand come down on top of your left wrist with a two fingered claw shape, palm down. (as in individual parts of your skeletal system) Do this motion repeatedly as in the sign that means what you do for a living.

English Meaning: exhausting labor
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So Tousi, are you gonna try this one?
 
UHOH! Mod! I need help again! Tousi said I spelled sleight wrong! Could you pretty please change it for me? In the name of the game I mean.
 
fredfam1 said:
UHOH! Mod! I need help again! Tousi said I spelled sleight wrong! Could you pretty please change it for me? In the name of the game I mean.
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Mod Note: Name of the game changed yet again!
 
Tousi said:
I give.......I don't know why I'm not better at stuff like this....learned something about myself, I reckon....
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Maybe you need to up your goofy meeter, :giggle: Because I'm really trying to make these silly. On this one I used half the sign for work and bone. Maybe I should have added "wiggle your fingers first" Because it was supposed to mean..

Work my fingers to the bone!

Think Silly
 
fredfam1 said:
You're so good to me!:ty:
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Bring the sign for "trick" off of your forehead as if signing the idea for intelligent.
Then place the F shape hand on your nose and rotate slightly as in a small animal.

Meaning: To be very intelligent in a mischievous sort of way
 
I hope this isn't one where I have to think silly, because I've spent most of my life trying to do the opposite.

I know there are too many signs in the clues for one word, but you didn't say how many words are in the idiom.

All I can think of is "impish."
 
fredfam1 said:
Bring the sign for "trick" off of your forehead as if signing the idea for intelligent.
Then place the F shape hand on your nose and rotate slightly as in a small animal.

Meaning: To be very intelligent in a mischievous sort of way
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Thinking "sly as a fox"
 
Chase said:
I hope this isn't one where I have to think silly, because I've spent most of my life trying to do the opposite.

I know there are too many signs in the clues for one word, but you didn't say how many words are in the idiom.

All I can think of is "impish."
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Sorry Chase, I've spent most of my life trying not to do serious. Or windows.:giggle:
 
OK, lets think here!!! UMM, I have to think of a good brain buster!!!!

Sign as follows: Before ... write ... Dry...

Meaning: make an agreement or contract and then the situation changes very quickly
 
Handsome_Smiley said:
OK, lets think here!!! UMM, I have to think of a good brain buster!!!!

Sign as follows: Before ... write ... Dry...

Meaning: make an agreement or contract and then the situation changes very quickly
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I know, I know! But I'm going to wait to see if some one else gets it! ( See FF jumping up and down trying not to scream):giggle:
 
This seven-word idiom means “avoid becoming a victim of mean and negative people.”

The saying is very, very old. Sometimes it’s handy to know how to write it in ancient Latin, “Illegitimus nil carborundum.”

And it’s fun to sign to other deafies so audists don’t know what we’re saying, ha ha ha.


1. The thumb starts under chin in a “ten” sign, then flips outward. In ASL, this sign for a negative contraction may go last in the sentence.

2. Both hands are held wide apart before the torso, palms facing and fingers pointing away, then the wrists pivot so fingers point straight up for “allow.”

3. In ASL, the third word is not signed.

4. Touch the B hand to the center of the forehead (hard for greater emphasis).

5. Fists one on top of the other, twist them in opposite directions. Not for coffee per se, but how it is made.

6. Point to the person you're addressing.

7. The right forefinger curves to point at the floor (or ground).
 
Chase said:
This seven-word idiom means “avoid becoming a victim of mean and negative people.”

The saying is very, very old. Sometimes it’s handy to know how to write it in ancient Latin, “Illegitimus nil carborundum.”

And it’s fun to sign to other deafies so audists don’t know what we’re saying, ha ha ha.


1. The thumb starts under chin in a “ten” sign, then flips outward. In ASL, this sign for a negative contraction may go last in the sentence.

2. Both hands are held wide apart before the torso, palms facing and fingers pointing away, then the wrists pivot so fingers point straight up for “allow.”

3. In ASL, the third word is not signed.

4. Touch the B hand to the center of the forehead (hard for greater emphasis).

5. Fists one on top of the other, twist them in opposite directions. Not for coffee per se, but how it is made.

6. Point to the person you're addressing.

7. The right forefinger curves to point at the floor (or ground).
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I'm not sure because I don't remember one like this but is it, "Don't let that knowledge grind you down, or into the ground."?
 
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