make like a tree, and get the f*** out of here
Not so common idioms
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Last: 4 yr ago by bmks270
I have heard every one of these idioms. I am often surprised by what people haven't heard. Maybe it's because I'm older and had older parents.
One of my Dad's favorites:
'He doesn't have a pot to piss in but he has a <insert item he can't seem to afford>'
Or my grandmother's on hearing the housekeeper was pregnant again:
'She needs to get that man a board with a knothole in it!'
One of my Dad's favorites:
'He doesn't have a pot to piss in but he has a <insert item he can't seem to afford>'
Or my grandmother's on hearing the housekeeper was pregnant again:
'She needs to get that man a board with a knothole in it!'
That second one!!!
...that dog won't hunt
Don't know if this counts, but I have received a lot of weird looks with, "Is the Pope Catholic?"
Win At Life said:
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Which is completely misunderstood and almost exclusively used incorrectly.
It is supposed to say that something is impossible and cant be done without some external assistance.
In Ted Kennedy's case - I'll drive off that bridge when I get to it.
...worthless as tits on a boarhog...
can be useful at times, particularly when applied to certain elected officials
can be useful at times, particularly when applied to certain elected officials
Does the Pope **** in the woods?Bondag said:
Don't know if this counts, but I have received a lot of weird looks with, "Is the Pope Catholic?"
Most of these are fairly common.
Its all pink in the middle.
- Texas A&M DiffEq Prof
Whats that have to do with the price of fish?
- Texas A&M Physics prof
- Texas A&M DiffEq Prof
Whats that have to do with the price of fish?
- Texas A&M Physics prof
"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" pretty much sums up my parenting philosophy. When a Canadian friend of my wife's heard it the first time, he about peed himself laughing.
A tough row to hoe.
All mach and no azimuth.
Bull in a china shop.
Throwing a hissy.
Can't means won't.
All mach and no azimuth.
Bull in a china shop.
Throwing a hissy.
Can't means won't.
Pushing up daisies
Slipped on a rainbow
Taking a dirt nap
Those may be expressions but six of one and a half dozen the other.
ETA
Don't fish off the company pier
Don't s*** where you eat
Lay down with dogs and you'll wake up with fleas
Slipped on a rainbow
Taking a dirt nap
Those may be expressions but six of one and a half dozen the other.
ETA
Don't fish off the company pier
Don't s*** where you eat
Lay down with dogs and you'll wake up with fleas
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Inmates running the prison. /Bob McNair
So here is one that always gets written two different ways
Toeing the company line
Towing the company line
It is the first one that is correct (toe the line)
Toeing the company line
Towing the company line
It is the first one that is correct (toe the line)
"We prefer truth over facts." -Joe Biden
/W\ Saw 'Em Off! /W\
BTHO tu.
BTHO tu.
91_Aggie said:
So here is one that always gets written two different ways
Toeing the company line
Towing the company line
It is the first one that is correct (toe the line)
Favorite idiom of the ChineseFlashdiaz said:
You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.
Oh, is it "buck naked" or "butt naked".
The first one sounds like a super hero. Props to Seinfeld---Jerry, not the show.
AliasMan02 said:
"Like socks on a rooster" is one of my favorites, though I don't use it that often.
Came to post this...I use it all the time when the fit-up of something is difficult. "Fits like sock on a rooster."
Floor it until you see God
bmc13 said:
make like a tree, and get the f*** out of here
Close enough!
Floor it until you see God
"Look, it's not rocket surgery."
Don't dip your pen in company ink.Potcake said:
Pushing up daisies
Slipped on a rainbow
Taking a dirt nap
Those may be expressions but six of one and a half dozen the other.
ETA
Don't fish off the company pier
Don't s*** where you eat
Lay down with dogs and you'll wake up with fleas
[Also frowned upon to just call people "company ink"]
Came up short and missed it by a coon tear
A day late and a dollar short
Too hot to fish and too short to yoyo
Too hot to fish and too short to yoyo
Finer than frog fur.
If at first you don't succeed then sky diving is definitely not for you.
My 95 year old grandma on working on Sunday. "When the ox is in the ditch it doesn't matter what day it is. You gotta get it out."
Good Day.
So grandma knew her Bible stories.Larry S Ross said:
My 95 year old grandma on working on Sunday. "When the ox is in the ditch it doesn't matter what day it is. You gotta get it out."
And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?" Luke 14:5
"If you ever lose your ox in a well, let it go, because man, it's gone." ~ Handey 2:2013Builder93 said:So grandma knew her Bible stories.Larry S Ross said:
My 95 year old grandma on working on Sunday. "When the ox is in the ditch it doesn't matter what day it is. You gotta get it out."
And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?" Luke 14:5
Or your keys.....in lava.
Builder93 said:So grandma knew her Bible stories.Larry S Ross said:
My 95 year old grandma on working on Sunday. "When the ox is in the ditch it doesn't matter what day it is. You gotta get it out."
And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?" Luke 14:5
And Larry S Ross doesn't.
Damn I missed that one! She was taking up for me w family when I said I hadn't been going to church due to work schedule.
Good Day.
...Horseshoes and Hand grenades
...better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Good enough for government work.
Make hay while the sun shines.
... if the glove fits
...better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Good enough for government work.
Make hay while the sun shines.
... if the glove fits
Language!Larry S Ross said:
Damn I missed that one! She was taking up for me w family when I said I hadn't been going to church due to work schedule.
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