Expressions you don't get

[wondergirl9847]

Originally Posted by skcin

Fritz-a-putz? Is this like dilly-dallying?

It's a very nice way of saying go efff yourself. LOL Well, sorta. Go away, get away from me...etc.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

It's a very nice way of saying go efff yourself. LOL Well, sorta. Go away, get away from me...etc.

That's it, I'm using that from now on.

[amber]

Originally Posted by skcin

I've never heard this.

Whaaaat!!!!! That's shocking. It was, like, my mom's favorite phrase. hmmm, maybe she made it up. No, no, I think it's real.
I like "quit lollygagging around!"

[xdreamsunwindx]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Stupid is as stupid does.....

What the hell is that supposed to mean???

I don't know, but every time I hear that phrase, I think of Forrest Gump.

"STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES SIR!!"

[skcin]

Originally Posted by amber

Whaaaat!!!!! That's shocking. It was, like, my mom's favorite phrase. hmmm, maybe she made it up. No, no, I think it's real.
I like "quit lollygagging around!"

I am a fan of "lollygag" also. But mom's was "dillydally."

[amber]

Originally Posted by skcin

I am a fan of "lollygag" also. But mom's was "dillydally."

aside from lollygag, sometimes my mom said shillyshally.

[ontheEdgeof17]

"Gag me with a spoon"


Lame. And why a spoon?

[skcin]

A fork would be too painful?

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by skcin

OK. But why birds & why a bush?

I dunno...read up on Ben Franklin's biography...he coined the f-in phrase.

[mylittledemon]

I once had an older gentlemen tell me he didnt "like the cut of my jib." I had never heard that before, & I actually laughed at him

[amber]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I once had an older gentlemen tell me he didnt "like the cut of my jib." I had never heard that before, & I actually laughed at him

Ohhh, I love that phrase!!! I wish everyone used it. It's awesome.

[littlecricket2]

I heard one of my favorite exclamations of all time from my ex-boyfriend, and I haven't heard it since (although I'd like to use it at least once before I die):

Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick!!! Love it.

Oh, also, I think a lot of expressions are what they are because they just sound good that way--people like alliteration, the way phrases fall together rhythmically, etc. So "hell in a handbasket" just sounds way better than "hell in a canoe."

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by takenbythesky

Here you are, sir:

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Your jib looks pretty kindly to me, based upon all of those picture thread pictures.

Aww...shucks....thanks baby.

Yeah I later asked a friend what that meant...he said "I think it means he didnt like your demeanor, or the way you presented yourself." Ah whatever. Old people...

[DrummerDeanna]

"he's the cat's pajamas"
or
"he's the bee's knees"

WTF!?! Bees don't have knees...and cats don't have pajamas

[littlecricket2]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

"he's the cat's pajamas"
or
"he's the bee's knees"

WTF!?! Bees don't have knees...and cats don't have pajamas

Ha-ha, well at least w/ bees knees, that would be the sound thing I was talking about earlier (and the fact that the idea of a bee's knees does sound really cute or something). Cat's pajamas I'm not sure about, but I have to admit that I use it.

What I don't like is when people say "I could care less," when they should really be saying, "I couldn't care less." That's just annoying.

This is totally off-topic now but I also can't stand when people make up words and don't even realize it. Supposably is the one I hear the most. The word is supposedly, dammit! Supposably is not a word!!! Yet I've heard even professors use it (not any who were teaching classes in my major, fortunately). Sorry, I should start a new thread if I want to gripe about this.