Weird old sayings and phrases

[ricosuave]

see here

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...0&postcount=10

[prarieboy]

My Dad used to use "couple three".

I still can't figure it out. Does it mean two or three or, six.

[flamesfever]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Take a long walk off a short pier

Be like the birds and flock off

Kiss me quick, nothing makes me sick

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Bob

Pretty much all from my Dad (or his dad):

"Blacker then the inside of a cow."
"Dumber then a bag of hammers."
"Dead as a door nail."
"You know Max? Max no difference."

I can't put any of my Dad's old sayings here, they wouldn't pass the swear filter.

[CrispyGriz]

By The Power of Greyskull!!!

[MolsonInBothHands]

Some from my Dad:
Useless like tits on a boar.
... like watching paint dry.
... better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
... better nip that in the bud. (Although my wife thinks it is nip it in the butt.)

Bob's your Uncle I heard a lot from a Mount Royal instructor, annoyed the hell out of me.

[burn_this_city]

My buddies dad always used to say "That chick's part of the ity bity titty committee"

[worth]

my dad used to say something along the lines of:

"slicker than greased sh*t on a plate of jell-o"

[OBCT]

suffering succotash

[CaptainCrunch]

Better then a kick in the balls with a wet moccasin.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by OBCT

suffering succotash

As long as we're quoting cartoons: Shades of Scorpius!!

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Bat out of Hell. Ok, what does getting out of a place like a bat out of hell mean anyway?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

Whenever there's a lull in conversation, my friends and I borrow from the Simpsons and trot out, "...So, I says to Mabel, I says..."

I did that once at a conference, there was a lull in the conversation and i said

"So then I says to the b##ch get out of my cab"

[burn_baby_burn]

"Bought the farm."
"Kicked the bucket."

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by fotze

colder than a witches tit.

There was an episode of the Soprano's on recently -- one of those lame overdubbed ones where they take out all the swear words. Apparently "tit" is on the list.

Someone comes in from the cold and says "It's colder than your sister's wig out there".

[CaptainCrunch]

[quote=burn_baby_burn;1598911]"Bought the farm."
"quote]

One of my favorite sayings.

In the old days soldiers were always asked what they were going to do when they left the service, and in those days a lot of them said the same thing. "When I retire, I'm going to buy a little farm"

Buying the farm literally means they're permanently retired as in dead.

[burn_baby_burn]

[quote=CaptainCrunch;1598949]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

"Bought the farm."
"quote]

One of my favorite sayings.

In the old days soldiers were always asked what they were going to do when they left the service, and in those days a lot of them said the same thing. "When I retire, I'm going to buy a little farm"

Buying the farm literally means they're permanently retired as in dead.

I thought it meant that when you died, life insurance paid for the farm.

[CaptainCrunch]

[quote=burn_baby_burn;1598971]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I thought it meant that when you died, life insurance paid for the farm.

That another interpretation, but I remember reading that that one came after the original.

It was just too neat.

[Buff]

I think this thread is swell.

[burn_baby_burn]

"Early bird gets the worm". I actually use that one talking to some of my older customers.

"Too many eggs in one basket."
"Too many irons in the fire."
"Don't count your chickens before their hatched."

Can you tell that I grew up on a farm?