Funny(odd) sayings and their meanings.....

[Mcwsky09]

My mom always used to say that it's all fun and games until someone is horribly disfigured. (actually she never said that but I often say that she did).

from a couple sources I have heard that having an open mind is not the same as having a hole in your head.

My dad often says "You're no ordinary dummy"

 

[carpriver]

If you walk in the barnyard your going to get cow**** on your shoes. meaning if you listen to the information long enough you will believe it.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

ColJagdog: that "ramp up" saying predates M-2 Bradleys, a USMC uncle of mine was on anfib tracs in 1956 and used it, I know guys used it with M-113's in Vietnam and in 1999 my son blew up a M-59 in a demonstration at Ft. Bragg, and an old CSM standing next to him said it as a joke.

 

[Alpo]

My mother used to use both "Hell's bells" (or maybe "belles" - I don't know) and "Christ on a crutch" when she was upset.

Might just be because of the alliteration, 'cause neither one of 'em ever made sense to me.

 

[25elk]

Heard this a lot growing up in east Texas when asking about someone's whereabouts..."he went down to the creek and the hogs ate 'em"

 

[turnerriver]

My ex FIL-
" Any damn fool can read the directions."
Regards,
The damn fool he was referring to

 

[vigil617]

Chuckled over this one the other day; first time I'd ever heard it:

Fellow was headed to the beach that afternoon, but had a few things to do before he could leave. After those, though, 'I'll be outta here like a fat kid in dodge ball."

 

[vigil617]

Charter boat captain always said this to folks stepping from the pier onto his boat at 6 a.m.:

"Careful, there, that deck's slipperier 'n a snotty marble."

That's pretty slick, all right.

 

[smokindog]

REALLY, no one, or did I miss it in here.

As said by a Southerner - "Bless his heart!"

Do I need to translate???

 

[A10]

One that is used in the Construction trades, "Steppin' over dollars to pick up dimes", meaning paying too much attention to the details may cost you in the long run.

A variant being, "Dollars waiting on a dime", usually used when a crew is waiting for the boss to make a decision.

 

[Sprefix]

(He) can't see the forest for the trees..........

 

[chud333]

My favorite from Abe Lincoln
"Chop your own wood and it'll warm you twice".

Chuck

 

[gm272gs]

"Son, you don't have the brains to pound sand!"

Self-explanatory.

 

[Lost Lake]

Two my dad always said:

Thirty years a cowboy, never stepped in s**t,

and

Get your azz out of bed them cows aren't going to milk themselves!

The last one was because I liked to sleep past 4am on school days...

 

[smokindog]

All Hat and no Cattle

Two my dad always said:

Thirty years a cowboy, never stepped in s**t,

and

Get your azz out of bed them cows aren't going to milk themselves!

The last one was because I liked to sleep past 4am on school days...

 

[gunlovingirl]

Don't waste your time arguing with idiots.

 

[gm272gs]

"I refuse to enter into a battle of wits with an unarmed man."

 

[NotMyHome]

My grandmother, a NC tobacco farmer seems like a hunnert yars ago, used to tell me:

"Son, you can wish in one hand and spit in the other - see which one fills up first."

Meaning: "Get to work!" I used to see workers spit on their hands and wipe them off on their pants before grabbing an axe or hoe.

 

[mg357]

Don't judge a book by its cover.

 

[monet61]

My mother in law says"Lettuce, Turnup and Pea." when she works in her garden. Yeah, I know.