ASL Idioms

ASL 2 Maggie Walker

WRONG ZERO

WRONG ZERO

not wrong; true

FUNNY ZERO

It’s not funny (in a comical sense)

HEARD ZERO

Haven’t heard about that in a long time

UNDERSTAND ZERO

I don’t understand at all

EXCUSE ZERO

You have no excuse

LIKE ZERO

I don’t like it at all

ZERO (on forehead)

Know nothing

FEEL ZERO

I don’t have feelings (about what was being discussed)

SEE ZERO

Haven’t seen that

THINK FREEZE

Stunned; Dumbfounded

THINK LIMIT

My mental capacity is full right now

THINK EASY?

You think you’re tough?

THINK STRONG

Stubborn

THINK SELF (repeated)

You are so self-centered!

THINK SELF (once)

It’s up to you

THINK BOTTOM (like governor’s school sign)

Not a fast learner

FEEL DEFLATED

I feel so small

HEART SOFT

Sweet, soft, and sensitive

FEEL HURT

That hurt my feelings

HEART

I’m touched

FEEL GOOD (thumbs up)

I feel great

FEEL (repeated)

I feel that…

SEE FINISH

I’ve already seen that

ALL GONE FINISH

There is none left

ME FINISH

I’m done with you

FINISH (side, repeated)

Quit it; finish talking

VOMIT

I don’t like/hate it

I I I, YOU

You think so highly of yourself

FAMOUS ___

Notorious for ___

LOOK YOU UP AND DOWN

I am disgusted by you

STOMACH TURNOVER

Makes me feel sick

RED FACE YOU

You get embarrased easily

IMAGINE IMAGINE

Paranoid

WORTHLESS

It is no use

NEVER HEARD

I have never heard of that before

THUMB (inside hand)

I can’t do that

CUT IT

Stop talking!

CUT HAND

You interrupted my conversation

WEAK HEAD

feeble-minded

(Claw hands at nose moving out)

Interests me

SUCKER ME

To do something for nothing; gullible

EAR IN, EAR OUT

In one ear and out the other

OVER HEAD

It went over my head

DO, DO, DO

What should I do?

(middle finger on chest and ribs, move forward, unhappy expression)

Why do you do that?

GRIN

Happy; excited

ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING

I died laughing

FINALLY (pah)

Finally made it

BIRD PICK HEAD

Lost train of thought

TOUCH FINISH

Been to that place already

BY A HAIR

That was close!

MIND DISAPPEAR

Brain fart

WON’T BITE

I won’t bite

ON THE FENCE

To be on the fence about something

SCAR IN FOREHEAD

Intense (usually negative) experience they will never forget

TRAIN GONE, SORRY

That ship has sailed, sorry!