Not an old saying, I don't think- but the other day I heard a dude say "Let's get the F*ck shit," meaning "Let's get the F*ck out of here."b, 21b, 21I will be incorporating this into my vocabulary.
"Well, this is more fucked up than a soup sandwich"b, 21b, 21When I would wish for something around pops he would drop "Well, you can wish in one hand and shit in the other then see which one fills up quicker"
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21"on it like a bonnet"b, 21b, 21b, 21"out like a trout" b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21i rock out like a trout...courtesy of diamond db, 21b, 21and i always thought it was "on it like a hornet" , which i loved....but i guess i heard it wrong (from biz "things get a little bit easier"). F*ck does on it like a bonnet mean??
a couple from my dad:b, 21b, 21for crying in the soupb, 21b, 21boy howdyb, 21b, 212 bits (ie. a quarter)b, 21b, 21christ on a crutch (sorry for the religious reference)b, 21b, 21a famous one in my family is "god damn sonnuvabitch!"... like a broken record when my pops hammers his thumb or whatever.
Nice Skel, keeping this in mind will help us through the coming depression. How about some more old sayings from the old country. I forgot to mention, i love the saying, "i like the cut of your jib"(as in the jib sail). This one's so good Mr. Burns uses it occasionally.
Nice one, my step dad uses this one still. I only say it when there are kids around and i'm trying not to be vulgar. I think its way dub t(whitetrash) to swear around kids.
From my dad's old timey sayin' vault:b, 21b, 21"Its colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra."b, 21"That's life in the city, death in a small town."b, 21"We're in like Flynn."b, 21"Time to bite the bullet."b, 21"Hot shit in a butterball."
Old ones I like:b, 21b, 21"While" for "Until" e.g. "You'll not catch him now, he only woks 8 while 4." or "While 4 bells". ("Bells" for "O'clock").b, 21b, 21"Daft as a brush" (usually owners talking about dogs, i.e. "He won't bite, he's daft as a brush is that one." - usually just before the dog leaps at your throat.)b, 21b, 21"There's no so deaf as will not hear" (meaning people who refuse to listen will never understand what your trying to say).b, 21b, 21"More [...] than Soft Mick" (Mum when talking about Dad having too much of something. Whoever Soft Mick is; it seems a hell of a lot of people know him, and his shoe/jacket/vinyl/pills/junk collections)b, 21b, 21"I couldn't fathom it" for an inability to comprehend something.b, 21b, 21Ditto "Couldn't make head nor tail of it".b, 21b, 21"Haven't seen hide nor hair of him" when unable to confirm the whereabouts of someone/thing.b, 21b, 21"Stay-a-bed ne'er do-well" for a scrounger.b, 21b, 21"Going for a gypsy's" for a pee. (Rhyming slang: Gypsy's Kiss = Piss)b, 21b, 21Being Northern, I think folks deliberately use a lot of the really old pronunciations like "Owt" for "Anything", "Telt" for told, "Crelt" for crawled, "Belelt" for believed, and the odd "Thee" for "You" just to keep them alive for fun - youths wouldn't say it, it's only currency when you get older. (although they all do this, all the time in Yorkshire without any irony).b, 21b, 21We work with a bloke from Hartlepool (or thereabouts) and he says "Twoah" (rhymed with "Toe") for "Two".b, 21b, 21My standard ones:b, 21b, 21Mad as a wasp.b, 21At least Dick Turpin wore a mask (when having to pay too much for something)b, 21"..said the actress to the bishop" for a AYO moment.b, 21All gone pear-shaped.b, 21Gone tits-up.b, 21Mint (for "Good").b, 21Nectar (as above).b, 21Bobstick (when something is piss-poor).
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21From my dad's old timey sayin' vault:b, 21"We're in like Flynn."b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21that's 'in like flint'. b, 21b, 21b, 21http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061810/ b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21It started as 'in like Flynn' as a specific reference to Errol Flynn and his prodigious abilities as a womanizer. The movie title is a play on that phrase.
another my grandmother breaks out on occasions--when discussing her own grandchildren, nonetheless--is "slow as molasses." as in "louann's boy can't help it, he's slow as molassess." it's a nice way of saying "dumb."
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21The other day I was having a conversation with someone and I replied to their statement with, "and how!" like I was in agreement with them.b, 21b, 21Now, granted it was via instant message- so maybe the context/tone wasn't easy to decipher, but they replied back with a simple "Huh? How what?" b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21I use this all the time. My Girlfriend had never heard it before. Now she uses it too.
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21b, 21"Daft as a brush" (usually owners talking about dogs, i.e. "He won't bite, he's daft as a brush is that one." - usually just before the dog leaps at your throat.)b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21Provenancially authenticated noggin's are conversant with the compact.b, 21b, 21Bobby Robson describing Gazza always springs to mind anytime I hear "daft as a brush".b, 21b, 21"Sweating Like A Rapist" is always quite useful.b, 21b, 21"You've been drinking muddy water again" - when somebody stands in the way of something you were looking at, usually the TV, inferring that the mud content is preventing the normal ability to see straight through somebody.
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21It started as 'in like Flynn' as a specific reference to Errol Flynn and his prodigious abilities as a womanizer. The movie title is a play on that phrase. b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21b, 21Really? Thanks. I've heard both and knew one wasn't right. Or wasn't the OG phrase at least. I didn't know if the movie title was turn of phrase or the origin of the phrase itself.
"making more noise than two skeleton's f*ckin' on a tin roof"b, 21b, 21"that's fucked up like a soup sandwich"b, 21b, 21and use the phrase "tom foolery" as much as possible
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