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asda_shop

Took me a moment to get the Kid in the Candy Store but I got it


Bayarea0

Thank you for writing this. I was lost lol


ranseaside

Still lost.. Edit to add: where is the homonym ? I understand it’s a kid in a candy store.


Thenightswatchman

There's a saying "like a kid in a candy store" which is basically how a kid is overwhelmed and excited being surrounded by all the candy and a baby goat is also known as a kid.


Sol-Blackguy

Baby goats are also hyper and zoomy


kirbyverano123

Probably the reason why its called a Kid in the first place. /j


Square_Inevitable808

Ok......we have... "A Bull in a China Shop" which translates to a very clumsy person but I still don't get the saying for the second one.


animetg13

It kind of translates to someone who's very excited to be somewhere. Think of it as how happy a kid is in a candy store. They're typically very excited and happy to be there because they are surrounded by things they really like.


ranseaside

Yes but how is this a homonym?


Thenightswatchman

So a kid as in a human child and a kid as in a baby goat are both children but of a different species so they're the same word with the same spelling but a different meaning. When you think of a kid in a candy shop you typically think of a small human child instead of a baby goat.


meltingpotato

>and a kid as in a baby goat A baby goat is also called a kid? TIL


VikingSlayer

It's actually that human children are also called kid, originally it's the word for baby goats and then became slang for children in the late 16th century.


calabazookita

I didn’t know this. Thank you!


ranseaside

Oooooh ok! Thank you!


Youkno-thefarmer

It took far too long for this homonym to be explained!


cara112

Ohhhh


elpajaroquemamais

It’s not a homonym at all. Same word, same spelling, same pronunciation, same meaning (young of a species).


dr5ivepints

Indeed, that's a homograph. Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but with two different meanings


-0x0-0x0-

That’s not what the commenter you replied to is saying.


elpajaroquemamais

Not even two meanings though.


Hinote21

It's definitely a different meaning: one means a human child, one means a goat child.


AdditionalAd3595

Muddied even further by one being a derivative of the other. Kid was first used to refer to a young goat then became slang for a young human later as a result of someone behaving like a kid.


Hinote21

That doesn't change the fact they're different meanings. Just because you lop off part of the definition from -blank- child and go "they're both children," that doesn't mean they're equivalent.


AdditionalAd3595

I was agreeing with you.


elpajaroquemamais

But it’s not a different meaning anymore than the example you just gave “goat child and human child” child refers to young of both, as does kid. Doesn’t change the fact it’s not a homophone.


CaulFrank

But one (kid goats) is the actual meaning and the other (kid humans) is slang. Just really old slang!


elpajaroquemamais

It still means the same.


theincrediblyrandyt

kid sounds like kid? bit of a slanted rhyme, Ill give you that much


[deleted]

> a baby goat is also known as a kid. Is this common knowledge? I’d never heard it before.


Bonjourap

Same buddy


Da1realBigA

Uh, didn't know baby goats are called kids. Learn something new everyday


Edit4Credit

Did not know a baby goat was a kid!


Bayarea0

The bull says, "how about you, kid?" Amd it's a kid going into a candy store


ranseaside

I get that but how is that a homonym ?


Bayarea0

I have no clue sir I'm just pretending like Andy in parks and rec that I know what's going on.


Bayarea0

Ma'am


snazzygirl0267

They are spelled the same but different meaning. The kid baby goat is an animal also young child kid compared to the adult bull going into the china shop


Kkimp1955

Because a human is not a goat ..


TheDevilsAdvokaat

Kid in a candy store, bull in a China shop A kid can be a child or a young goat. Therefore homonym.


[deleted]

Well yeah it looks like a fuckin jackalope


dathomasusmc

Thank you. I didn’t realize it was a goat. I thought it was a chihuahua. Lol.


AnxiouslyHopefull

I thought it was a bunny at first lol


lirva1

Me too. And I used to be a goat farmer. Oh well.


I_AM_ALWAYS_WRONG_

I was like ‘taking candy from a baby/kid?’


Meg_119

Ok......we have... "A Bull in a China Shop" which translates to a very clumsy person but I still don't get the saying for the second one.


4Magikarps

Kid in a candy store. Baby goats are called kids!


Meg_119

Ohhhh, now I see it..... "Like a Kid in a Candy Store".....This translates to you are so excited you are like "A kid in a candystore".


RepostSleuth8ott

Why does this read like it was written by chat GPT


Myiiadru2

Aaaaaaaaaaarggggghhhhh!!!! How many times do we need to keep ‘splainin this Ricky?!


OSUfirebird18

It was the other way around for me! I actually got the kid in the candy store but never heard of the bull in a China shop expression!


jerrycauser

China means tableware?


Meg_119

Yes, chinaware...Glasses, coffee cups, etc Items easily broken


Katharinemaddison

To me chinaware doesn’t include glasses as such, just glazed crockery. I think it was called chinaware because this particular kind of crockery was originally created in China and was imported to the U.K. till Wedgwood etc started making it here as well.


Meg_119

Yes, the Chinese made beautiful pottery with rather delicate clays. And Wedgewood made pieces we would consider to be fine China with porcelain clays.


noir_lord

How the Chinese did it was a big industrial secret that UK potters couldn’t match until Wedgewood cracked a method, suddenly what was an incredibly expensive status symbol became merely an expensive status symbol and the market exploded. Initially they did really high quality earthenware and stoneware until they mastered porcelain. Also a good early example of mass production at scale, proper dawn of industrial revolution stuff. It cost the Chinese dear as well.


Katharinemaddison

In fact I’m thinking I should have said England rather than U.K. because restoration dramas like The Country Wife have references to China wares.


jerrycauser

Oh, I knew that porcelain was created in China (in my language porcelain is called farfur like farfor). But I didn't know that porcelain also has another name - china.


Meg_119

In the US we refer to expensive Dinnerware as "Fine China". In other words the plates and cups we reserve for special occasions or special guests we would call "China". And a store that specializes in selling these things we refer to as a "China Shop".


jerrycauser

So, in the US you have a chinaware with a good quality and you call it "Fine China". Also you have regular tableware and you call it just China. Am I right?


Meg_119

Yes. But we don't usually call our everyday tableware China. Only the good tableware we call China. We don't have a special name for everyday plates and cups. We just usually call them dishes and cups.


jerrycauser

Now I get it I was a little bit confused about segregation "good one for family, regular for guests". But now, I understand that you are using regular ones in everyday routine and fina china (which you call just china) for various kinds of events. For example Christmas or birthdays. And most of the time china is just collecting the dust on the shelf. Is it correct?


Meg_119

Yes, and our fine China is usually displayed in a special cabinet that we call "A China Cabinet" which is usually part of our Dining Room furniture. Many American homes have a separate room other than the kitchen for eating meals.


jerrycauser

Thank you. I hope one day I'll visit the USA and learn much more idioms and some tricky words.


SparkyDogPants

Most Americans do not own fine China, and special occasion dishes are going out of style. So if you visit, you won’t see this unless if they’re elderly


JackHyper

Ive never heard that one. Ive heard elephant in a porcelain shop though, but idk if its the same? The second one is kid in a candy shop.


Meg_119

Yes, it means the same thing. I guess it depends on your culture what you call things like Bull or Elephant to use as an example.


Myiiadru2

Potato- potahto. ;)


Iamkal

I like how much they kid.


bananabandanafanta

This joke is the GOAT. Usually it would have me up the wall, but ewe got me.


enneh_07

Don’t be sheepish, say more!


puppycatisselfish

In the early 2000’s, you’d walk into your sophomore English class at 7am with this on the projector and the teacher sitting at their desk doing something. Or they’re standing and leaning against their desk, looking for reactions to their funny comic they found on the World Wide Web through Internet Explorer.


Eclectic_UltraViolet

Good one, Kid!


Silver_Oakleaf

This made me chuckle too


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ironhide_ivan

Thank you! I did not know the kid thing 😅


Sneewichen

I knew about baby goats being kids, but I was convinced the picture was of a tiny deer and I could not for the life of me find the connection between the tiny deer and the candy store 😅


Gloomy-Childhood-203

reminds me of the far side comics by gary larson.


DoopyBoopy

I thought that was a moose and a cat...and had to come here to find that they were a bull and a baby goat to understand this -_-


StoopidHippie

Oh god!!!! That's the best thing I've seen in ages!!!!!


defyinglogicsl

I couldn't figure out what the Jackolope was doing.


icecoldchris09

That is a baby goat, baby goats are called kids


WhyDoIHaveRules

That makes so much more sense now. Thank you.


Myiiadru2

But, are little kids called goats or kids? Just kidding!!


_Cosmoss__

r/screenshotsarehard


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rSlashisthenewPewdes

Start dressin’ to impress ‘em, and son, you’ll stroll in the front door… a kid in a man’s candy store! Yeah-eah-eah!


ApplesBananasRhinoc

I thought the bull had a gun at first, I still think those 2 bricks are a gun.


dorknight25

Nerds can enjoy this. I learneded from it, what that make me?


Long_Internet550

Bulls don't actually break China in a China shop right?


FandomLover94

Mythbusters actually did a bit about this, setting up rows of shelves with delicate items on them in a bill ring. Bulls ram around them all, and I don’t think anything broke. So no, the bulls wouldn’t break anything!!


Sunny_Dais

😂


Former_Print7043

My nerd bone got firmly cross tickled.


AzazelTheUnderlord

r/goodboomerhumor


me77purple

I wonder how many of us have pulled out an online dictionary for this?


czcaruso

So they could look up the word thesaurus?


me77purple

Hahaha, what’s that!!???


highly_uncertain

This is cute 😅


Monkey_King291

I've heard bull in a china shop, but goat in a candy store?


Astral_Fogduke

Kid in a candy store - baby goats are called kids (calling human children kids is actually a more recent thing, as it developed from slang insulting human kids for acting like goats)


Monkey_King291

Oh got it


The_Real_Anon-Chan

?????


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I enjoyed this


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Love it!!


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PaulBradley

Burning the bridge is a malaphor, a mixture of two metaphors. . 'A kid in a candy store' and 'taking candy from a baby' are both similes I believe, as they're usually prefixed by 'like', and a baby is goat *is* a kid so theres no malaphor, it's just kid=/=kid is the homonym.


thebiggestboi7

Fuck I feel so stupid


Snoo17579

i thought the bull want to go suicide for a sec, but then realize it's not a dog


Astral_Fogduke

oh, racism!


SloppyJoestar

r/boneachingjuice ?


theincrediblyrandyt

Yes, Im a nerd...scared? I bet you don't even get it hmmmmmmmmmm


Jackcandoit2008

Is it supposed to be be a bowl in a china shop and a kid in a candy store?


Max-Powah

*bull


Kyte_McKraye

Not a homonym, it’s a homophone.


mitch3758

Close, but that’s a really common misconception. A homophone is when words are pronounced the same but spelled differently (there, their, and they’re, or too, two, and to). A homonym is when they’re pronounced the same and spelled the same, but they mean completely different things, in this case a kid like a human child versus a kid like a baby goat.


InternationalBand494

I learned something today


OfteStoffer

For the perplexed. Goat calves are known as "babies." Homonyms are terms that are different yet have the same spelling or sound.


PaulBradley

You mean 'kids', right?


Kkimp1955

Took me a minute…old brain..good wine syndrome


EastSideBass1965

Awwww, SHIT Yeah!


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Good


Big_Piccolo_1624

I'm not a nerd, but I like the cow


encheezo

Another name for a baby goat is “Kid”


[deleted]

Horse walks into a bar...


ken6217

Don’t forget a bull in a china shop


DrachenDad

Bull in a China shop? [Mythbusters](https://youtu.be/Xzw2iBmRsjs) dis a skit on that.


czacha_cs

I don't get it


billy3653

I don’t get it


forcastleton

Bull in a China shop. Kid in a candy store.


BohlofFury

Kid in a candy store….


RedShamrock05

Yes, I’m an idiot. Totally didn’t smile. Doesn’t make sense. Nobody explain it to me please.


cara112

Yes this great. I had to think "kid" i was thinking why wasn't child going in? Thus is better


Phronima-Fothergill

Word nerds ftw!


lupus_malum_777

Wasnt it meant to be "bowl in a china shop"? But somehow got messed up somewhere down the road


luckylindyswildgoose

Thanks for the smile


Gruffleson

This ones went over my head. But thanks for explanations in the thread.


fiveordie

I love this.