Odd expressions I have heard at some point in my lifetime.
@lookatdesktop (27134)
Dallas, Texas
August 25, 2016 7:06pm CST
1. I Guaran-double T! Told Ya!
2. Glad ta see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!
3. Preaching to the Choir dude.
4. You made it by the skin of your teeth!
5. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!
6. It takes two to tango.
7. You're either part of the solution or part of the problem.
8. If you want to fight, go join the Army!
9. If you have to ask, it's too expensive for you to buy!
10 If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
11. Monkey see, monkey do.
12. Take a load off.
13. Take a chill pill.
14. Don't have a cow!
11. Not by the hair of my chiny-chin-chin. (from the 3 little pigs story)
12. Tried and True
13. The Writing's On The Wall.
14. In Your Face!
15. Do as I say, not as I do!
16. Why can't you be more like your brother?
17. Like it or Leave it.
18. Let it go.
19. Alright already.
20. Please, pay attention when I am talking to you.
21. People who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
22. I respectfully disagree.
23. If you snooze, you lose.
24. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
25. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
26. You sir are a liar.
27. Who, me?
28. What you looking at?
29. Come on now.
30. Stand by your principles.
31. Bring back the good old days.
32. If only ...
33. I'd give my right arm to make things right.
34. No comment.
35. Don't shoot me, I'm only the messenger.
36. Don't take any wooden nickels.
37. If it had been a snake it would have bitten me.
38. That's a big 10-4 .
39. I'm just hanging.
40. What's it to you?
41. You wanna take this outside?
42. Better take that back!
43. Them's fighting words.
44. I'll be waiting for you after school.
And this one I made up. It is because of an self centered egotistical self loving person I once thought I knew:
I WILL TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE TOP FLOOR SO I CAN CATCH UP WITH YOUR EGO.
Let me know if you come up with some new ones.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
26 Aug 16
Those are good ones. Another one I like is, "Take a look at the bright side." as this might precede the phrase, -"That contractor left you with just enough to buy a cup of coffee."
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
26 Aug 16
Fairly new to me:"Not my circus, not my monkeys" from my college days :"Shoot a duck"from my vast coffee cup collection: "Not all the clowns are in the circus" and last but not least, also from a coffee cup "if God wanted me to cook and clean my hands would be aluminum.". Popular everywhere: "No good deed goes unpunished". I think it is time for me to stop now.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
26 Aug 16
@lookatdesktop The "dog/hunt" is kind of a country saying where people used to use dogs during hunts. I "shore" didn't get that one from my folks...
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
26 Aug 16
Hmm. These two are new to me. Thanks for sharing yours with us.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
26 Aug 16
@lookatdesktop Me too. Never heard them.
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
27 Aug 16
Apparently, yes, enemies are needed as much as friends are needed. Something/someone must keep our spirits in competition or we lose interest in life and quickly die of boredom.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
26 Aug 16
Yea, I've heard that one. Good one.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
26 Aug 16
@lookatdesktop you did ask, it is an expression i've heard not created
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Aug 16
Now I want to know where the skin of the teeth saying came from lol
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
27 Aug 16
Here, Jess:
phrases, sayings, proverbs and idioms at The Phrase Finder Home | Search | Phrase Dictionary | By the skin of your teeth Browse phrases beginning with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T UV W XYZ - Full List more like this... ...other phrases about: M
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Aug 16
@DaddyEvil lol ok, still doesnt make as much sense as some things, like the whole reason a threshold is a threshold
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
27 Aug 16
I don't have a clue actually. I would imagine it dates back some several decades ago.
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
28 Jun 17
@lookatdesktop It means this is not the fir31st time I've been through or done a certain thing.
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
28 Jun 17
Hmm. That doesn't ring a bell. But thanks for adding it.
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
27 Aug 16
LOL! There are no new sayings! Just new people saying the same things in different ways! Everything in the world has already been invented somewhere, at some other time!
I'm a lover, not a fighter!
I'm too handsome for my own good! (Also substitute smart for handsome.)
Old enough to know better but too young to care!
Rise and shine! It's a brand new day out there!
Let the Devil take the hindmost!
Passion can't substitute for competence!
There is no challenge in repeating the same things everyone else has done!
Okay, I can't think of anymore, offhand.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
27 Jun 17
The ones you chose, at least a few, remind me of our American political situation.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
28 Aug 16
lets see if any of these have not been mentioned-
the grass is always greener on the other side,
as cool as the other side of the pillow,
monkey see, monkey do,
you're as useful as a screen door on a submarine(personal fave),
when life hands you lemons, make lemonade,
dont let the door hit ya, where the good lord split ya,
and a dated expression- heres a quarter, call someone who cares.
any of these count?
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
29 Aug 16
They do and thanks for adding them here.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
26 Aug 16
You almost didn't make it like in time to get on the plane, in time to meet a friend who was about to take a taxi back to the apartment, or you just finished mowing the yard before a thunderstorm broke out. It also kind of means, You almost didn't make it.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
27 Jun 17
Oh I just remembered,
Break a leg. That one sounds a bit harsh for good luck trying.
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