Expressions you love

Mutant13
Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
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I heard someone say "get off the cross, we need the wood" today. That was new to me, and I really like it.

Some of my favourite expressions are

"It's not all beer and skittles"
"Does the Pope s$&t in the woods"?
"Deader than disco"
"The wheel's spinning, but the hamsters dead"

I also say "the cats pyjamas" a lot. My partner thinks its weird.

I thought it might be fun if we all shared our favourites here, so share!
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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    "It's a trap!!!"
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    I heard someone say "get off the cross, we need the wood" today. That was new to me, and I really like it.

    That's from a Tom Waits song, Come on up to the house. Or at least that's the song it made me think of, I'm sure lot's of other folks have used that theme in lyrics. Actually the first song it made me think of was a tool song, but that was we could use the space to nail the next fool martyr.
  • kloco
    kloco Posts: 85 Member
    "Dreams don't work unless you do"
  • _DaniD_
    _DaniD_ Posts: 2,186 Member
    In the bum no babies
  • BamBam125
    BamBam125 Posts: 229 Member
    If a cat had kittens in the oven, you wouldn't call them biscuits would you? (Heard this a few times in reference to whether or not someone was or was not a southerner).

    Nah uh. You did not just suck your teeth at me! (Heard this one after I made a disappointed/frustrated noise at a student once. Never knew there was a name for that sound. Apparently this is a phrase her mom uses and sucking one's teeth is considered the height of rudeness in their house. In my house growing up it tended to mean that one was treading on thin ice and so you ought to straighten up)

    I write down some of the funnier ones as I've heard them over the years. Don't have the full list with me right now now.
  • HappyNinjaStar
    HappyNinjaStar Posts: 353 Member
    *kitten* eating grin
  • SlickFootAnna
    SlickFootAnna Posts: 611 Member
    YOLOCAUST.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I like "deader than disco"! I'm so gonna start using that!

    I like:
    "F**k me sideways" as an expression of exasperation or frustration. (My mom used to say it.)
    The word "totes" as slang for "totally".
    "WTF/OMFG/LMFAO" -

    holy crap I curse a lot.....
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    My old boss once said trying to do something was "like trying to shove a wet noodle up a tiger's *kitten*"...that still makes me smile!
    :laugh:
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    I made this up for my kids but use it on every one lol " Calm your noodle"
  • fara180
    fara180 Posts: 1,260 Member
    "shooting the breeze." always cracks me up for some reason.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Piss, ****, or get off the pot.
  • mikeschratz
    mikeschratz Posts: 253 Member
    Smart like Rock, Quick like Tree!
  • Christizzzle
    Christizzzle Posts: 454 Member
    Idle hands are the devil's playground.
  • northfresh
    northfresh Posts: 111
    I like to make up new versions of existing slang, I.e. radular, shella, duderonomy, etc. :)
  • Mcctin65
    Mcctin65 Posts: 507 Member
    Hello it's me, I'm not at home. If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone.
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
    I tell my 3-year-old daughter to "shut your butt" when she's chattering too much...
  • Summer_Lunatic
    Summer_Lunatic Posts: 543 Member
    Slicker than greased weasel *kitten* on a door knob.

    Useless as t*ts on a bull

    12 kinds of stupid
  • wikitbikit
    wikitbikit Posts: 518 Member
    Ugh, I know there's one I love, but I can't think of it offhand.

    Not as good ones, but still well liked:
    'Ducks in a row'
    'Whatever floats your goat' .. because I like goats.

    Not really an expression so much as a description, but 'He looked at me like I'd grown antlers.'
  • wrotruck
    wrotruck Posts: 72 Member
    Here are my top 3:

    1. We are gonna be five flavors of f*cked
    2. That was slicker than cat snot
    3. What do you mean it won't fit? Lube it up and stick it in sideways!
  • Flossie1981
    Flossie1981 Posts: 160 Member
    "No good to man or beast"
    "As useful as a chocolate teapot"
  • FGVC1188
    FGVC1188 Posts: 122 Member
    my friend gave me this advice once: "Don't be a sailor, wrap your whaler."
  • susannahsutton1
    susannahsutton1 Posts: 372
    It's like herding cats
    Mad as a box of frogs
    There's more than one way to skin a chicken
    If it was easy, I'd give it to monkeys (my boss says this a LOT)
    No sense, no feeling
  • footiechick82
    footiechick82 Posts: 1,203 Member
    "... as useless as two tits on a bull!"
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    "Is the Pope Catholic?" instead of just 'yes' lol

    "Off like a prom dress"

    "All over him like a cheap suit"

    "Lit up like the 4th of July" (meaning 'drunk')
  • OnionCookie
    OnionCookie Posts: 272 Member
    Every rooster crows boldly in his own barnyard.
    It's hard to take britches off bare hips.
    A honest friend's eye is a good mirror.
    Can't get blood from a turnip.
  • PamelaGatorMom
    PamelaGatorMom Posts: 348 Member
    I say cheese & crackers all the time (instead of Jesus Christ)
    If I’m really mad I’ll say Mother of a Son…IDK I made it up years ago when my son was little & I didn’t want to curse in front of him.
    If we use to ask my dad, “What fur” (What for) he would reply “Cat fur, to make a pair of kitten britches wanna pair?”
    My husband calls rocks earth biscuits and getting your wig split means you’re getting a hair cut in our house.
  • Factory_Reset
    Factory_Reset Posts: 1,651 Member
    My mom use to tell my brothers and I when talking about sex, "It's like going out in the rain, if you're going to play in the rain, don't forget your slicker or hat". My hubby always says "the squeaky wheel gets the oil".
  • teamdj1
    teamdj1 Posts: 265 Member
    "gigady "
    " It is what it is" I use that alot
    "Don't go blowning your wad" Spending all your money LOL I know what you were thinking...So was I
    "Five pounds of Poop in a three-pound bag."
    "don't Poop where you eat"
    "Like calling the Kettle Black"
  • SerenaFisher
    SerenaFisher Posts: 2,170 Member
    "Six in one hand, half dozen in the other"
    "That will go over as well as a lead fart in church"
    "Sweating like a *kitten* in church"
    "Not the brightest light in the box"
    "Well if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black"
    ...so many more, my parents had tons of them when I was a kid. Many I say now and my coworkers/friends say "What the hell are you talking about?"

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