Have you ever used a phrase that you think is perfectly normal, but other people have never heard? Languages are weird, and there are so many random sayings that never see the light of day. What are some fun sayings that you use?
#41
You’re not as green as you are cabbage looking.
What’s the time? I don’t know, 4 ft 6.
What’s the time? I don’t know, 4 ft 6.
7points
#42
When something is out of place it stands out "like a bagel in a bowl of grits" - got it from my dad.
When I don't want to bother with something conventional or typical, it's "for city people, real people just xyz". This started when my uncle was visiting. I was a teen, my siblings were barely out of toddlerhood. We lived on a farm, my uncle traveled the world and lived off grid in Hawaii, but we're all from Midwest suburbs originally. I used to make a snack for my sibs of a cut in half grapefruit, with the little sections sawed loose, so you could scoop them out with a spoon, with honey drizzled over it. It was a little time consuming to prep but my grandma used to do it for me, so I did it for them.
This is their first time old enough to remember meeting our uncle, and they asked him for a grapefruit, they're maybe, 3 and 5, I was 16 or 17. He handed them a whole grapefruit, unpeeled, uncut, just...the entire intact fruit. The stared at it for a moment, then said, "But we need spoons!"
My uncle in his sorta grumpy voice grouses, "You don't need spoons! Spoons are for city people! Real people just eat grapefruit like this!" Then he took it and just ripped the skin back and took a juicy bite out of it. The kids were confused and mystified since they clearly lived on a farm, not in the city. I was too busy laughing for a bit, then I prepped them their grapefruit after letting them fail to peel one for a few minutes with their tiny little kid fingers.
It's been twenty years, but "x is for city people!" Has been a family saying ever since.
This is their first time old enough to remember meeting our uncle, and they asked him for a grapefruit, they're maybe, 3 and 5, I was 16 or 17. He handed them a whole grapefruit, unpeeled, uncut, just...the entire intact fruit. The stared at it for a moment, then said, "But we need spoons!"
My uncle in his sorta grumpy voice grouses, "You don't need spoons! Spoons are for city people! Real people just eat grapefruit like this!" Then he took it and just ripped the skin back and took a juicy bite out of it. The kids were confused and mystified since they clearly lived on a farm, not in the city. I was too busy laughing for a bit, then I prepped them their grapefruit after letting them fail to peel one for a few minutes with their tiny little kid fingers.
It's been twenty years, but "x is for city people!" Has been a family saying ever since.
7points
#43
"and what's that got to do with the price of bread". Used when someone says something random or goes completely off topic.
7points
#44
(He was on it) like a "duck on a June bug". I picked that one up when I lived in the south for a while. Back up north, people laugh when they hear it. I've never heard it from anyone else since.
7points
#45
Responding to a person in the affirmative or acknowledgment via talk or text, "Right on" or "10-4".
7points
#46
"let's burn that bridge when we get there" (instead of "let's cross")
7points
#47
Somehow, I had gotten the idea that this thread was for old-fashioned slang. I recently finished my Doc Savage / Doctor Who crossover ('Paradocs'), set at the 1939 New York World's Fair. These are terms I don't use everyday, but I do greatly enjoy the flavor of the period slang. So here are a few items:
"Give 'im the bum's rush" - Throw him out
"You ain't got no beef" - You have no cause to complain
"Balloon Juice" - Nonsense; 'Don't give me none a' that balloon juice'
"Newshen" - Female reporter
"Tea Party" - Confrontation or gathering, often hostile
"Jake" - OK, all right, acceptable, as in 'You're jake' or 'It's jake with me'
"Applesauce" - Bullsh*t
"Dope" - Information; 'Getting the straight dope on this'
"You ain't got no beef" - You have no cause to complain
"Balloon Juice" - Nonsense; 'Don't give me none a' that balloon juice'
"Newshen" - Female reporter
"Tea Party" - Confrontation or gathering, often hostile
"Jake" - OK, all right, acceptable, as in 'You're jake' or 'It's jake with me'
"Applesauce" - Bullsh*t
"Dope" - Information; 'Getting the straight dope on this'
6points
#48
Human is my favorite pronoun for everyone. As in, hello happy humans!
You're just spinning donkeys. As in, what the hell are you doing
Luck may favor the prepared, but it loves the rich.
For the love of bob
You're just spinning donkeys. As in, what the hell are you doing
Luck may favor the prepared, but it loves the rich.
For the love of bob
6points
#49
"Christ on cracker!"
6points
#50
"Let's blow this popsicle stand" when we've walked around a disappointing shop. Also "I smell what you're stepping in" = right on, I know what you mean.
6points
#51
"gas op die lolly" it roughly translates as "power to the lollypop" I use it as "go forward" instruction for my riders
and "1,2,6" instead of "123" especially when it's taking to long
5points
#52
My family calls my sister "Boss" because she is always telling everyone what to do.
5points
#53
'Allez votre corridor' (French for 'Go your hallway'). It's the direct translation from the Dutch saying 'Ga je gang' which doesn't make sense in French nor in other languages. In Dutch it means 'Be my guest/go ahead'.
5points
#54
response to how are you doing? "peachy keen"
I know it's not unique, but not commonly used.
5points
#55
"Ready when you are, Sergent." Someone once understood the reference and said: "Ew"
5points
#56
"I'm busy watching my nails/hair grow" when people think I do nothing or I'm not busy.
5points
#57
“Hope/wish in one hand, s**t in the other, see which one weighs more.” About how something tangible will always outweigh a wish.
5points
#58
“S/He’s a bubble off,” referring to a bubble level tool. I heard my mom use this phrase once and now I use it when someone’s a little strange in an annoying or unpleasant way.
5points
#59
Not a phrase but a word I'm "trying to bring back" HUZZAH!
5points
#60
Where I currently live, it's quite odd to say "Jesus-Mary-and-Jopseh!" as a reaction when surprised, irritated, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
4points