odd sayings?

[Southern4sure]

I'll top that one. My mom always says "it's colder than a witch's ____ in a brass bra!"

I love it!

Makes more sense when "in a brass bra" is added. Now I have something to "correct" dh on....Thanks!

 

[staley7580]

For as long as I can remember, when my kids are naughty we tell them we are going to sell them to the Gypsies. I dont know where I heard it or where it comes from, Im pretty sure I got it from my mom though.

 

[klmall]

I was thinking about this the other day.

Where do you suppose some of these sayings come from?

Cams teacher asked me about one my husband said to her the other day. We always say " Whose turn is it to flip the dishwasher?" meaning you need to take out the clean dishes and reload it. She thought that was hilarious and started using it at her house. I have no idea where it came from but there it is LOL?

I wonder if "flip the dishwasher" came from the practice that some people had of using and turning those magnetic signs on the dishwasher that said "CLEAN" or "DIRTY". A neighbor had one of those if I remember.

 

[musicotb]

Shortly after I moved from NE Ohio to Knoxville, TN, I asked DBF (a Knoxville native) if we should do something. His response? "If you're feelng froggy...". I said "froggy?" to which he replied "Yes. If yuo're feelign froggy, jump!"
He also says the "witches" thing.... and the "fixin to" and "i don't care to" is huge here

 

[binny]

I wonder if "flip the dishwasher" came from the practice that some people had of using and turning those magnetic signs on the dishwasher that said "CLEAN" or "DIRTY". A neighbor had one of those if I remember.

now THAT is a definite possibility I didnt think of that one Thanks

 

[CathrynRose]

For as long as I can remember, when my kids are naughty we tell them we are going to sell them to the Gypsies. I dont know where I heard it or where it comes from, Im pretty sure I got it from my mom though.

I was threatened many-o-times to be sold to the gypsies.

 

[Mkaz]

One that I always thought was strange is:

So what does that have to do with the price of eggs?

 

[barkley]

dh and i picked up a saying at work (same line of work) that incorporated itself into our everyday speech. when we can't understand something we'll say 'can't you just turnerize it?'. our kids use the saying but have no idea what the reference is (it refers to a lawsuit by someone named turner that resulted in all of the written correspondance from social services to never contain any word with more than 3 syllabals or be above a 5th grade reading level). in other words-it means 'dumb it down so i can understand it'.

 

[astarr]

I always remember my mom saying something "wasn't worth a poot in a whirlwind" and my aunt saying "you wouldn't notice it from a trotting horse". She had to explain the trotting horse thing to me

 

[lg3]

My father always used to say "I'm full as a tick." after every dinner. The things you remember.

 

[4chitlins]

I was thinking about this the other day.

Where do you suppose some of these sayings come from?


One that I use all the time is "Tail over tea kettle" Its used when someone falls. As in "Watch out or you'll go tail over tea kettle"




Cams teacher asked me about one my husband said to her the other day. We always say " Whose turn is it to flip the dishwasher?" meaning you need to take out the clean dishes and reload it. She thought that was hilarious and started using it at her house. I have no idea where it came from but there it is LOL



What are some odd sayings that you wonder about?

In my neck of the woods, it's a-- over tea kettle, not tail over tea kettle

 

[crazyme5kids]

I always remember my mom saying something "wasn't worth a poot in a whirlwind" and my aunt saying "you wouldn't notice it from a trotting horse". She had to explain the trotting horse thing to me

My grandmother always said "They'll never notice it on a galloping horse." I still say that one too. Another one that I say but I'm not sure where it came from is, "You think I fell off of a turnip truck?" I always would threaten to "Paddle" my kids. My friends found that very funny.

 

[mommiepoppins]

my friends grandma use to say" That will go over like a fart in church"

 

[crz4mm2]

She's like a fart in a skillet- when someone can't sit still.
a**hole over appetite here.

 

[ToTLaugher]

My dad always told us to "quit your mulligrubbing" when we were complaining about having to do something. I use that alot with my own kids.

Also, if we were getting into trouble - "I'm going to be on your like a duck on a Junebug." Then we knew we needed to knock it off!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Both my kids look exactly like me. Strangers will come up to us at the store and remark how much they resemble me. Well, we had a party and someone commented on it and my good friend said "They are dug out right out of her a**". We all died laughing and she said it's a common phrase used to say someone looks just like their mother where she was from. She was shocked we had never heard of it.

One that just came out of my mouth several years ago that we are trying to spread is "Why are you so fancysmackin'?" I just said it to my brother when he was headed out of the house all dressed nice as he usually never dressed up. It seemed to stick and now everyone we know uses the word fancysmackin'. It's my favorite word to use!

 

[crz4mm2]

My grandpa used to say "I'm gonna cloud up and rain all over you" when he was mad at us.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

deleted, someone beat me to it!

 

[pfishgirl]

not sure if it was said or not... but...

no offense but .... (*insert* the offense statement)

 

[hidmickey:myantidrug]

One of my favorites that confused me when I was young was "Bowl in a china shop", which my grandmother said to me all the time. I always thought that she said "Bull in a Chinese shop". I never understood how my accidents had any relation to a big giant animal around sesame chicken! Despite it's illogical relevancy, I used "bull in a Chinese shop" all the time. I was the weird 5 year old saying this when anyone ever stubbed their toe...still haven't heard the end of that, and surely never will.