Zivaisms: Because we love her English idioms #2
 

Thought it would be fun to start a list similar to the Tony movie references thread, only with all the idioms Ziva has mixed up. Anyone have a better idea for a thread title?

My all-time favorite is when she told Tony to stop "googling" her when they were in LA in season 5. :lol:

By popular demand, I will start listing them here:


"I feel like a donkey's butt." (horse's ass) - 3x04 Silver War
"You might want to do something about your hair... it's sticking up like a porcuswine , no porcupig..." (porcupine) - 3x04 Silver War
"I'm braless." (barless) - 3x12 Boxed In
"Counting your riches, King Cole?" (King Midas) - 3x12 Boxed In
"Mind if I take a bat nap?" (cat nap) - 3x17 Ravenous
"It'll be like trying to find a pin in the haystack." (needle in a haystack) - 3x17 Ravenous
"I don't want him to think I'm sleazy." (easy) - 3x17 Ravenous
"Kody was covering his plates." (bases) - 3x18 Bait
"I think Tony was jerking your brain." (chain) - 3x19 Iced
"Their lawyer's going to try to use her bad taste in men to impregnate her credibility." (impugn) - 3x21 Bloodbath
"Ducky, drip it!" (drop it or zip it) - 3x23 Hiatus: Part I
"Argh, American idioms drive me up the hall!" (wall) - 3x23 Hiatus: Part I

"You look run down." - 4x08 Once a hero
"Cut the man some slacks." (slack) - 4x10 Smoked
"It's like shooting fish in a pond." (in a barrel) - 4x15 Friends and Lovers
"Why haven't you breasted them?" (busted them) - 4x15 Friends & Lovers
"McGee, you look like you saw a goat." (ghost) - 4x20 Cover Story

"I am having the same problem as McGee had with Capt. Walsh. The Pentagon is rock-walling me." (stone-walling) - 5x05 Leap of Faith
"What's a contraption?" (contraction) - 5x08 Designated Target
"The Jack she is with is gross." (John) - 5x12 Stakeout
"Did you get up on the wrong bed?" (wrong side of the bed) - 5x13 Dog Tags
"Once in a blue lagoon." (blue moon) - 5x14 Internal Affairs

"You are such a control geek." (freak) - 6x03 Capitol Offense
"No wonder he's keeping his cards so close to his breasts." (chest) - 6x05 Nine Lives
"We canvassed the area. No one is talking. There is a smurf war." (turf war) - 6x15 Deliverance
"You did not change when your books made you plush." (?) - 6x17 South by Southwest

"He is full of salami." (bolgna) - 7x04 Good Cop, Bad Cop

You have to love her idioms!

P.S. I see 4 icons that have been deleted and therefore no longer viewable. The 4 between "Ducky- Drip it!" and "Mind if I take a bat nap? Zivaism:#218"

Thanks for the new thread! :hug: ;)

Okay, I see if I can find the right ones.

Could you help me out in telling me the episodes to the idioms? I just added the two Silver War ones, don't know the episodes to the rest.


EDIT:

Better?

Here's one place I go...Agent Ziva David (Character) - Quotes

Thanks for the new thread!

Thanks, Ron, but as long as I have Andie... :D

In order:

Season 3 episode 23 Hiatus: Part I
Season 3 episode 23 Hiatus: Part I
Season 3 episode 17 Ravenous
Season 3 episode 18 Bait
Season 3 episode 19 Iced
Season 4 episode 8 Once a hero (psst: it should be: run down. She said: run over ;))
Season 4 episode 15 Friends & Lovers
Season 5 episode 14 Internal Affairs
Season 6 episode 3 Capitol Offense
Season 6 episode 5 Nine Lives
Season 6 episode 15 Deliverance
Season 6 episode 17 South by Southwest
Season 5 episode 5 Leap of Faith
Season 5 episode 12 Stakeout
Season 3 episode 21 Bloodbath


:D

I don't know if this really counts, but in an episode McGee said something like "I wish I could've been a fly on the wall in that room" and Ziva didn't get what he meant so said, "Why, so you could buzz around and annoy?"

:lmao:
Oh, I think Ziva's idioms are probably one of the greatest parts about her character! :lol:

:lol: Definitely! ^^

Thanks Andie. :D

Okay, that second batch is now complete with episode and title. (hope I didn't make any mistakes)

Now a question for everyone: Should I put the idioms in bolt, the episode number/title or nothing at all?

Go have a look and tell me.

You're welcome :D

I kinda like the idioms in bold and the episode normal.

I agree- Idioms in bold, episodes normal :) I think it makes the quote stand out and become more significant to the viewer.

I love anything in bold about her :love:

Of course, Ron. :lol:

Okay, I'll change it that way. ;)

Anyone want to number the episodes in the first batch of quotes, without me needing to look them up? :look: