Hi there, it’s been a while since my last blog candy and I wanted to do a Double Play with all my "double purchases". So you are probably asking what is a double purchase?? A double purchase is something you like so much that you immediately forget that you’ve already purchased it and that it lives safely at home then you purchase it again, lol!!. I guess I’m not ashamed to tell you that I do this quite often. Sometimes I’m successful at taking things back but one of the craft stores in my area is abusive when you come to return their products. Oh the stories I could tell!! Yes, these are all double purchases except the Spellbinders was purchased locally just for this blog candy :-)
For your comment I hope you’ll share with me an idiom that made you go "hunh?" the first time you heard it, or one you use all the time. I’ll start !! From hanging around my grandma who lived on a farm in North Carolina – when things were gonna be tough because of a choice I made she say "You’ve sure got a tough row to hoe". When I used this on one of my then teenagers they acted like I was talking Greek!! Then again, I can’t tell you now often I’ve heard a saying that I sure didn’t get . . . one of my friends exclaimed "We’re cooking with gas on the front burner" and I have to admit I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about.
So if this is your first time playing double play, here’s how it works. The above blog candy is up for grabs. You can leave a comment on my blog, on this post, once a day until the end of the candy on Wednesday night at 11:00pm (CST), August 11th. Once the candy ends, I’ll have random.org pick a number that I’ll match to a comment number and that’s the winner. (By the way, please don’t put a web address in the text of your comment, not even the spelled out ones – it gets dumped into the spam bin and I get so many that I rarely pick through them.) The winner has 48 hours to reach out to me through my contact page which can be accessed on the top menu portion of my blog. All I need is for the winner to tell me they want the prize and give me a mailing address to send it to.
This is the double play bonus- more double purchases!! Yes, can you believe it…I just got in on a good sale with Carpe Diem and purchased copics I already have…grrrr!! So the winner will get two new Copic Markers and a new punch.
Here’s where the "double" part comes in. I’ll have a "Word of the Day" that will be posted in the box below two times per day for the duration of the blog candy. The morning word will go up right after 12 o’clock midnight (CST), then it will be erased and a new word put in its place right after 12 o’clock noon (CST). Pop in quick to visit this main blog candy post and write the word down. (Don’t put the words in your comment!!) Collect the words until August 11th, there will be a total of 10 words and if your name is picked for the blog candy and you can give me the 10 words when you claim your candy – you get the punch and copics too. If the blog candy winner doesn’t have all the words to win the bonus punch, the next name I draw will have a chance. I’ll keep drawing until we have a winner. Better grab the words and keep them to yourself just in case!! In the past I’ve had to pull a couple of names so I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!!
My favorite idiom is “to pound sand in a rathole” to denote a hard job. I’ve always wondered what/who prompted that phrase. Maybe the same person who came up with “nailing jello to a tree”. I’m not sure which I’d rather try. Cindy 2ReplyCancel
I’m not for sure if this is what you’re looking for but I have a tendency to use the saying, “choke a horse.” For instance we have enough weeds to choke a horse!ReplyCancel
CookieAugust 6, 2010 - 8:46 pm
My favorite was what my dad says if I’m not moving fast enough… Grandma’s old, what’s your excuse?
Thanks for the opportunity for blog candyReplyCancel
Lisa PAugust 6, 2010 - 8:48 pm
My husband always says “I’ll be back before you can whistle dixie”.
One of these days I will surprise him.
ThanksReplyCancel
Sally J.August 6, 2010 - 8:50 pm
How about “That Was the Last Straw”. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyCancel
LorettaAugust 6, 2010 - 8:51 pm
A phrase I use a lot is one I picked up from a friend I met years ago. Instead of a “bad” word I say “rats in a ditch”.ReplyCancel
EliseAugust 6, 2010 - 8:51 pm
The one I always heard growing up and have found myself using on my own children: “If you have time to do it over, you have time to do it right the first time”ReplyCancel
CheriAugust 6, 2010 - 8:51 pm
My nana’s favorite~~”The Cat’s Pajama’s”—-huh???????????ReplyCancel
FrancesAugust 6, 2010 - 8:53 pm
An idiom that my husband use often is, “it’s raining cats and dogs”; here in Florida, we have many thunderstorms and rain, and I get scared easily with all the noise. He uses that phrase to make me laugh and forget my worries. Frances.ReplyCancel
DebraKAugust 6, 2010 - 8:53 pm
ok, I laughed, but I really don’t get it… ‘asked hubby for one and here is what he said:
some asks–> “where’s Jim? (or whoever)”
answer–> “up a hogs [butt] lookin’ for a ham sandwich”
I substituted so I could keep it clean…
hey, he’s a cop…I’m sure there will be more… sorry… :(ReplyCancel
Deborah HooperAugust 6, 2010 - 8:54 pm
Wow! You give so much stuff away it’s unbelieveable. I still come here everyday whether you do or not. I love looking at your projects. As a nurse, when I used to work on the unit, one of our male nurses told me at the end of the day, “my dogs are barking”. He had to explain to me that he meant his feet were hurting.ReplyCancel
In our family… a favorite idiom was was “he smokes like a fish”. This was to comment on a person who smokes a great number of cigarettes each day. A bit unique I think as fish don’t actually smoke.ReplyCancel
when I was young and i wanted to know how much something my mum just bought cost – she used to say “money and fair words”. Another one was if you wanted to know what something was, adults would say “leo’s for meddlers” – I still don’t know what the latter one means or where it derived from!!!
This is going to get some good responses I am sure, one of my favorites is “its like trying to nail jello to a wall” (meaning its just about impossible).ReplyCancel
dmorganAugust 6, 2010 - 9:02 pm
When I was a young girl, an aunt asked me if “my ears had been burning” that morning. Then she explained that she had been talking about me that morning with someone else and that maybe “my ears were burning” because of that. Hmmmmmmmm. DMorganReplyCancel
TinaHAugust 6, 2010 - 9:03 pm
My Dad used to say “Father works from sun to sun, but Mother’s work is never done”. Of course, I have always understood that one, but it is definitely one of my favorites! Thanks for your wonderful blog Becca, and another great blog candy chance.ReplyCancel
no much of an idiom-ist quoter.. hehe…
but i’ve heard my uncle say ” geez Louise” to a friend of his…so we all thought her name was Louise… hahaha … it was Ann…. doh!
My family used to say “Oh, go jump in a lake!” (I’m from Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes – State motto) I thought it was funny until I heard it the Millionth time, then it was time to find a new one – LOL :)
Thank you for ALL of your AMAZING creations and Hard work, you really inspire me!! I wish I could take a card class with you/from you!!!
Thank you for the opportunity for Blog Candy! :) ~ Amanda HReplyCancel
my favorite idiom is ” Lights are on…but nobody’s at home!”….which is what many people are guilty of at times including myself…when the tongue engages before the brain has a chance to think about what to say!
As always Becca your blogs and your projects are always amazing! Thank you for this opportunity to win this fabulous Blog Candy!ReplyCancel
Elaine S.August 6, 2010 - 9:09 pm
My mother used to tell me that I was “slower than molasses in January”. She also used to say “Graceful as a hog on ice” (I was a little clumsy). We certainly laughed a lot when I was young.
Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyCancel
Darlene JAugust 6, 2010 - 9:10 pm
I remember so many, my Mother would always say that I was just “a chip off the old block” , her opinion that I was so much like my Dad. Another one she would say “slow as fog off manure on a cold morning”. As I grew up in the country with cows, I could understand that one at a young age.
Thanks so much for a chance to win, your cards are “eye candy” each day, hey there is another saying.
My dad used to say, “She/he could eat corn through a Venitian blind” , meaning someone has large prominent teeth. Not very kind, is it? Thanks for chance to win Blog candy.ReplyCancel
Linda CAugust 6, 2010 - 9:12 pm
My teenage boys think I am just weird when I say, “It’s half a dozen of one and 6 of another!”ReplyCancel
JoAnn BurnhamAugust 6, 2010 - 9:13 pm
Great blog candy and so generous of you. I have had double purchases before also. I love visiting your blog and seeing all your gorgeous creations. One that I have heard a lot and even used is “You are slower than Christmas”.ReplyCancel
Theresa RAugust 6, 2010 - 9:14 pm
When an older friend of mine is asked her age, she replies “As old as my tongue and older than my teeth.” I always laugh.
I love all of your gorgeous creations and have to say I’ve been guilty of my share of double play purchases.ReplyCancel
Jan LambertAugust 6, 2010 - 9:14 pm
My mother (and many generations before her) was raised on a farm,
and from the time I was little, if anyone asked if she were ready to go, she would ALWAYS say, “I’m Ready’s calf”. I may have been slow, but it took me years before I “got” it. I say it for my family now. Some day they will post about this same quirky quote!ReplyCancel
Cheryl MorrisonAugust 6, 2010 - 9:16 pm
Our saying was “Everyone is kind of crazy, but thee and me, and sometimes I worry about thee!” Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy!ReplyCancel
HeatherAugust 6, 2010 - 9:20 pm
Being my hubby is in the Army, we’ve heard him say that he’s told some to “go pound sand”. Thanks for the opportunity to win some of your “doubles” :)ReplyCancel
PamAugust 6, 2010 - 9:24 pm
Some fun reading here. Always such good questions for your blogs. will be coming back to see what others have to say. My dad had some fun comments. One was when someone would ask what time it was…half a freckle past a hair…. No watch.
Or how much something cost…. A dollar three ninty five. That one had lots of people doing a double take.
A response to someone’s noisy question…. Nunya!… short for none of your business.
Thanks for having such fun blogs. Have been using quite a few of your ideas in cards and others have been eating them up.ReplyCancel
LauraAugust 6, 2010 - 9:27 pm
Becca your blog candy is outstanding. Thank you for sharing. I can remember when I was little and we always had to dry the dishes (no dishwashers back then!!) If I dropped a knife my parents would say “oh, we will be visited by a man”. A fork was a visit from a women and a spoon was a young child. Can’t say if I remember someone coming to the house after this happened!!ReplyCancel
Pastor CherieAugust 6, 2010 - 9:34 pm
I am Pennsylvania Dutch so we have alot of them. One I always use is, “Go outten the lights”.ReplyCancel
Cindy LouAugust 6, 2010 - 9:43 pm
Seems like my Granny always talked in idioms, one of them was you’re “Beating a dead horse” Being an animal lover, this was so confusing to me. Thanks for the opportunity to get some candy ;) You just happen to have the one pendant I don’t have yet, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed lol. Thanks Becca!ReplyCancel
Theresa in KitimatAugust 6, 2010 - 9:49 pm
Love your blog. Love to win blog candy.
At work one day, just as my shift was over, I said “It’s time to fly the coop”. A couple young co-workers looked at me with that huh look. I had to exlain what I meant.
I will be back tomorrow with another one.ReplyCancel
Becky BowmanAugust 6, 2010 - 9:52 pm
Between me and the fence post…. this is what my husband’s grandmother use to say all the time…. the kids now days – what is a fence post?ReplyCancel
An idiom I used just the other day is “she will get her just desserts”. A friend of mine was relating to me how a co-worker of hers had gotten away with not doing her job for a very long time. Now all of a sudden the company is on to her slacking and she is being watched very closely. I remarked that in due time she would get her just desserts for not doing her job for so long.
Thanks for the opportunity to win another great prize.
I love these kinds of phrases – one of the funniest one’s I ever heard was “I’m busier than a f*rt in a windstorm” (sorry I couldn’t think of a substitute word but it made the entire group at the dinner table snort their soda!)
LOVE your blog Becca. Thanks for a chance to win. :-)ReplyCancel
Mary L.August 6, 2010 - 9:54 pm
Oh! I remember Laura’s silver wear one. lol
My Grandmother used to ask if you wanted a whole sandwich or a “Door Shut.” That’s just one slice of bread folded over the filling. I get some strange looks when I use that one.
mary l.ReplyCancel
Kim GnagyAugust 6, 2010 - 9:54 pm
How about “you’re firing on all cylinders” !ReplyCancel
Shawn K.August 6, 2010 - 9:57 pm
I think my favorite idiom was “When Pigs Fly.” There’s a great children’s bool Tuesday just about this saying.
When I first went to work in the engineering department of the telephone company, I was partnered with an older employee and his favorite saying was “Ain’t no hill for a stepper!” This had a definite double meaning for him. He walked faster than anyone I’d ever met, and now I walk just as fast, but it also could mean that whatever we were needing to design wasn’t that difficult. I have a ton of sayings that I use all the time.ReplyCancel
LesliAugust 6, 2010 - 9:58 pm
My mom always says, “You’ll catch more flies with honey than vinegar”, meaning that you get along with people better if you’re sweet, but I always thought to myself, why do I want to catch any flies at all? Thanks for sharing your talent and your double purchases!ReplyCancel
Mrs. HamAugust 6, 2010 - 10:01 pm
My favorite one was told to husband the day after we got engaged. “You boil the hog when the water’s hot.” It took some asking around before we were able to figure out what that meant.ReplyCancel
WendyAugust 6, 2010 - 10:02 pm
I have never understood the saying “I need as bad as another hole in my head”??? Seriously? Some of the stuff we say is weird! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!ReplyCancel
ToniAugust 6, 2010 - 10:05 pm
When the 4 of us grandchildren would all get together at my grandma’s house during the summer you were bound to hear her say “I’m gonna box your ears!”. It was always a toss up as to who she was saying it to. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyCancel
Eileen VelezAugust 6, 2010 - 10:09 pm
My Irish mother always says “it’s teaming rain” when it’s raining heavily.ReplyCancel
Jessica S.August 6, 2010 - 10:10 pm
I had a biology teacher in high school who used to say, “Is a frog water proof?” That’s what he said when his answer to your question was yes.
Thanks for a chance to win some great blog candy.ReplyCancel
Looks like you have some great candy yet again!
Here’s an idiom that rings true: A Picture Paints a Thousand Words.
(idioms are a fun topic–I tutor kids at the local high school who have come over from other countries with very limited English–idioms are particularly hard for them)!
Thanks for a chance to win!
Hope all is well with you and your husband!ReplyCancel
Bonnie ChancellorAugust 6, 2010 - 10:11 pm
At the end of a busy work day I often comment that I’ve been attacked by the brain sucker or that I’m working on my last brain cell.
I agree with your generosity. It’s unmatchableReplyCancel
April S.August 6, 2010 - 10:11 pm
My mother and now me and my siblings say ” Got to get back to my rat killin” just to say get back to work. I now have my sis-in-law tell me that over the phone. I must say it a lot!!ReplyCancel
LeahAugust 6, 2010 - 10:13 pm
When we wanted to talk about something there was a lot of we’d say
“Well there’s more whatever out there than Carter has liverpills.”
I have no idea who Carter is or what a livepill is either but we always knew it meant there were a bunch. Thanks for the treats.ReplyCancel
I’m not sure this is an idiom, but my Grandaddy always referred to things being as “stubborn as a Missouri” or “kicking like a Kentucky.” I never understood what he meant. He finally told me one day that this was the way to know what kind of a mule (or problem) you were dealing with. If it kicked you, it was Kentucky mule. If it just wouldn’t budge…well, then you knew it was a Missouri mule!ReplyCancel
JenAugust 6, 2010 - 10:15 pm
Wow! Another wonderful blog candy!
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater threw me for a loop when i first heard it. I think I was a teen.ReplyCancel
Candy MeyersAugust 6, 2010 - 10:24 pm
My favorite idom is: You are the apple of my eye. My Father used to say it and I could never figure out how he got an apple in his eye.
Thanks for all the gifts. They are awesome.ReplyCancel
crystalAugust 6, 2010 - 10:25 pm
My husband cut himself and said “I was bleeding like a stuffed pig” I had never heard that beforeReplyCancel
AnnieAugust 6, 2010 - 10:32 pm
When everything seemed to be going wrong, my dad used to say “Nothings ever so bad that it couldn’t be worse”……ReplyCancel
Bette SAugust 6, 2010 - 10:33 pm
Thanks Becca for the interesting question. And of course, all the great goodies! One saying I’ve heard all my life and now pass on to my children and grandchildren is ” It’s not what you want that makes you fat. It’s what you get.”
You are so talented and creative. It is a joy each day, just to see what you have to show us. And thank you for all your Becca bits and tutorials. Wish I had just an inkling of your talent. Thanks!ReplyCancel
Kim R.August 6, 2010 - 10:34 pm
Hi Becca,
Thanks for the opportunity to win some blog candy. It took me a while to come up with a huh but since we are from Penna dutch country it was then a litte easier. As kids we were always told to “pick up the floor” when mom wanted us to do some cleaning. My friends would do a huh when it came out of my mouth.
Blessings,
KimReplyCancel
MissGAugust 6, 2010 - 10:36 pm
Sometimes when we ask one of our parents where he or she was going they might respond with “going to see a man about a dog” and the reason we didn’t understand what it meant is because he nor she would ever come back with a dog.ReplyCancel
ShirleyAugust 6, 2010 - 10:44 pm
Mine is like Darlene J only with a little bit added. My dad always said,
I was a chip off the old block and the last splinter.
Thanks for the opportunity to win you awesome blog candy.ReplyCancel
Anne EAugust 6, 2010 - 10:52 pm
When we moved to OHIO many years ago, I had never heard the expression “the whole nine yards”. I had to have some one explain it to me!ReplyCancel
Thanks for the oportunity to win more candy Becca,
one of my Mothers favourite saying was if you dropped something and it broke she would often say “that’s gone for a burton”
coming originally from Yorkshire in England I’m wondering if over the years the dialect has changed and perhaps the saying really was “that’s gone for a button”
The idiom that, always and still does, makes me go HUH??? is:-
“the bees knees”. I think it means something like:- “you’re the best” but…… I didn’t know bees had knees and have no idea what one thing has to do w/ another. Can someone enlighten me??? :-)
Thanks, Becca, for the chance to win your awesome blog candy!! :-)ReplyCancel
SandyAugust 6, 2010 - 11:22 pm
“I’m not trying to be difficult it just comes naturally”
All you work is’t amazing tanks for share.ReplyCancel
Rene from OZ xoAugust 6, 2010 - 11:30 pm
One I remember is Mum or Dad saying ‘stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about’ surely we were already crying about something???
Thanks for the chance to win.
Rene from OZ xoReplyCancel
its NoelleAugust 6, 2010 - 11:32 pm
My father used to say he was going to see a man about a horse. He never came home with a horse however…I think he just didn’t want us to know what he was doing.
What about, their elevator don”t go all the way up, they are a few bricks short of a load or few fries short of a happy meal! or they are not the brightest bulb on the tree.
Thanks for the opportunity to win blog candy. How sweet it is!ReplyCancel
EarlineAugust 6, 2010 - 11:51 pm
There was so many so one of them was you act like you have ants in your pants which mean you act like you could not be still.ReplyCancel
Michelle H.August 6, 2010 - 11:55 pm
Ages ago I worked in a care home for elderly people. The one that got me was “keep your pecker up!”
Which meant to the very dear and very proper englishwoman; “keep your spirits(nose) up!
That one made me do a double take the first time I heard it! Ha!ReplyCancel
RufusAugust 6, 2010 - 11:58 pm
One I’ve heard was “finer than frog hair” Now really do frog even have hair??? Thanks for another chance at some yummy candy.
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Great blog candy, Becca. Here’s mine. Someone put a bug in his ear.ReplyCancel
PaulineAugust 7, 2010 - 12:05 am
How about When asking timely question’s the answer would be When the Cows come home.
Thank you for the chance to win.ReplyCancel
KathyAugust 7, 2010 - 12:07 am
I get tickled every time I hear this one:
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometime.ReplyCancel
Diane S.August 7, 2010 - 12:12 am
My father was born and raised in Nebraska and when it got really cold,(even though we lived in Texas) he’d always say “it’s colder than a welldigger’s a## in Nebraska”.ReplyCancel
It took me a minute to understand what a former co-worker was saying when he said (about someone) – “She looks like the south end of a horse going north”! He REALLY didn’t like that woman!ReplyCancel
RebekkaAugust 7, 2010 - 12:36 am
My grandmother had many of them that I still use to day :)
about bad company to hang with “If you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas”..ReplyCancel
MarisaAugust 7, 2010 - 12:36 am
Thanks for a yet another chance to win some goodies. Love the saying “dip stick doesn’t quite hit the oil” or “lights are one but no one’s home”.ReplyCancel
BettyAugust 7, 2010 - 12:41 am
How about “sicker than a dog”.
Thanks Becca for the chance to win more blog candy – you are so generous! And I have purchased the same thing more than once as well – guess I REALLY liked it. : )ReplyCancel
My husband always drives me nuts when he says, “It is what it is!” I’m like…. what the heck does that mean?!!
Another fav of his is, “Six of one, half dozen of the other!” Whaaaaaat?? lol
This is great fun!ReplyCancel
Patsy BehrendtAugust 7, 2010 - 12:43 am
I am from North Carolina and both my parents came from the “mountains”. My Dad used to hate when someone called on the phone and asked who he was and his comeback was: This is me, is that you?? Always caught them off guard! My uncle was a drill sgt and his fav saying was always, Don’t blow smoke up my rear and tell me it’s windy!! His wife always shushed him when we kids would bust out laughing!! Seems North Carolinians are full of sayings like my grandmother used to refer to diapers as hippens!
The one I heard a lot now in South Carolina is “that’ll stop that dog from sucking eggs!”
Love the blog candy and even though I never win, I feel compelled to play along! Kind of like having smoke blown at me!!ReplyCancel
Susan GAugust 7, 2010 - 12:44 am
My dad used to say, “I’m busier than a one arm paper hanger with the hives.” That always conjured up a funny picture in my mind.ReplyCancel
NancySAugust 7, 2010 - 12:48 am
My father always says “the nuts don’t fall far from the tree,” which has a perfectly clear meaning. More obscure was a saying from my grandmother, who was from the South. She would describe someone who didn’t have much going for him this way: “He’s as sorry as a mangy dog’s hind-end.” I could not figure out what she meant until I learned what a hind-end was as a little girl.
Becca, thanks for the inspiration and the wonderful blog candy. You are SO generous.ReplyCancel
You’ve got the life of Riley is what my MIL says to our Dog. Makes me lol when she says that.
This is great word game. Thanks so much from such a wonderful person.ReplyCancel
CindyAugust 7, 2010 - 1:14 am
Working with international students, idioms are always fun to deal with. Years ago one of my students said “you’re in the pink today”, and then proceeded to tell me that it was an idom he had just learned – you’re looking nice/good/etc AND, he went on to say, it was also a true statement that day (because I was wearing a pink searsucker summer dress. I’ve remembered that all these years later (20+) Great blog candy, Becca, and fun as well! Thanks!ReplyCancel
I think the most unusual saying was one my parents used when we asked where they were going – “Up a dry gully wheeling out smoke”!!
I will come up with a few others over the next week too – love this game as I am sure that with an international following you will get som wonderful saying.
The South has a bunch of wonderful idioms. My dad use to pull this one out when we complained about some little thing…”some people would complain if they were being hung with a new rope”. I love it and use it with my kids now, made them pause to think about what it really meant.ReplyCancel
Janet CastleAugust 7, 2010 - 1:44 am
‘The elevator does not go to the top floor’…I could not figure this out when I first heard it as there were no elevators around…LOL!
Thanks Becca for the blog candy chance!ReplyCancel
Judith -Overland Park, KSAugust 7, 2010 - 1:44 am
My favorite is “I’m your mother and I said so”. Remember hearing that a lot. Would love to win all the goodies. Loved your heart box you made.ReplyCancel
NeeseyAugust 7, 2010 - 1:46 am
Something I only heard from my husband and he still says it. ” Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?” What the ?? I still don’t get it, but thanks for a chance at some candy.ReplyCancel
Thanks for a chance to win your blog candy, Becca.
I have read all the replies and have heard them all before. I was certain I wouldn’t be able to think of anything else, but I have come up with a few more.
My daddy used to say when he picked up the phone ” Your dime, my time “. You can guess that was 50 years ago LOL
He also used to say ” I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken”.
My grandmother used to say of someone who never stayed still ” she is like a fart in a mitt looking for a thumb hole”. Another one from Granny was if you had an itchy palm – that meant money was coming your way.
How about “it’s like water off a duck’s back”
Oh my so many funny things !!!
Hugs, CandyReplyCancel
GraceAugust 7, 2010 - 2:03 am
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth…what?!?!ReplyCancel
Susan NelAugust 7, 2010 - 2:04 am
Oh Becca this is so up my alley!!! I love quotes, sayings etc,,and your prizes are wonderful, i just started to buy copics so this will be adding to the 12 random colours that i bought when i saw them, and non of them are complimenting each other, hehhee, found that out afterwards,, my b/day saying today,,, that made me laugh and say huh is,,, Hope you laugh until cake and ice cream come out of your nose! can you just imagine that , but i bet it can happen to some kids. chat again tomorrow.ReplyCancel
MaryannAugust 7, 2010 - 2:05 am
Thanks for a great candy once again Becca. Even I never win anything, I love how you always gets people to tell something funny, and it just takes forever to read you blog, as I have to read all these funny stories inhere ha ha ha.
Here in Denmark we have a much used saying, that´s this: Don´t cross the creek for water. This means: don´t take unnecessary troubles.
have a great week-end.
Big hugs MAryannReplyCancel
chris richardsAugust 7, 2010 - 2:17 am
my dearest mom had many idioms,one of which was-when you announced that you were hungry, she would say”go upstairs and eat the monkey!! or as a child, i would often say “its not fair” and she would say “well it must be dark then”
another was “my nose keeps running” and she would say “well tell it to walk”
my mum passed away 21 years ago and i miss her every day!!
but a huge thankyou becca for reminding me of these funny little things she used to say,and a chance to win some blog candy
xxReplyCancel
CYNTHIA BEYNONAugust 7, 2010 - 2:27 am
BECCA BECCA MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS
” HE DOESN’T HAVE BOTH OARS IN THE WATER”
AND I NEVER KNEW WHAT HE MEANT. NOW I DO.
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER CANDY BLOG. SURE
HOPE I AM LUCKY THIS TIME.
One of my Mom’s sayings that I always liked is “If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.” Sounds much nicer than “fat chance”, doesn’t it? Thanks for the trip down memory lane.ReplyCancel
One of my Mum’s favourite sayings when I was younger….”I don’t know if I’m on this earth or fullers”
she used to say it when she had a very busy day and rushing to catch up :0)
Thanks for the chance to win your lovely candy Becca :)
Have a wonderful day :0)
*hugs* Heather xReplyCancel
Barbie D.August 7, 2010 - 3:30 am
Thank you for great blog candy and your incredible talent. One of the saying I remember as a child when things went wrong was “Up a creek without a paddle.”ReplyCancel
RachelleAugust 7, 2010 - 4:11 am
One saying I use all the time is “Whatever floats your boat!” LOL
Thank you so much for the chance to win your blog candy:)ReplyCancel
Hi there Becca
My Gran was famous for her funny sayings, one of them was.
Get down those stairs and listen to the noise your making up there,
Well as Children I Thought this was hilarious as how could you here the noise upstairs when you came down to listen to it.
Loved reading the different idioms,, they bring back great memories.
Have a lovely weekend
Yvonne
IrelandReplyCancel
lois skiathitisAugust 7, 2010 - 4:33 am
Some of these I have never heard of but one that always makes me laugh is “when pigs fly’. Good luck every one. As always Becca, TFS!!! :-DReplyCancel
Hello Bacca, love your double purchases, I have a few things I got double as well, but always just assumed I am a numpty *lol*
Hmm, not being a native english speaker I am not sure I get many of thse idioms, but this one is used by my hubby sometimes (hope I don’t offend anyone) “he is pissed like a rat’s a**e”
Love, AlexReplyCancel
MarilynYAugust 7, 2010 - 5:01 am
Hi. This brings back memories of my dad saying “you can’t be stupider than stupid, so what’s your problem?” huh???? I thought the word stupid took care of everything so this was confusing. LOL.ReplyCancel
SoojayAugust 7, 2010 - 5:05 am
When a job is hard, i usually say – ” its like pushing mud up a hill” or “swimming though jelly”
When buying something you don’t need- ” you need that like a fish needs a bike !”
“thats as useful as a chocolate teapot!”
How about “go take a long walk on a short pier.” Thanks for your creativity and generosity. “You’re the cat’s meow.”ReplyCancel
ColleenB.August 7, 2010 - 5:20 am
Once again Becca, Thank U. What Wonderful blog candy.
Guess what I was told alot growing up was;
‘ button your lip’. Needless to say, I could never keep my mouth shut.
Also heard alot was ‘A day late, and a dollar short’.
Oh, I remember my grandmother saying;
‘A hitch in your giddy-up'(If you have a hitch in your giddy-up, you’re not feeling well.)
Sorry that I gave more then one, but once I get on a roll, I keep going. :}
my dad was raised on a farm when he was young then went into the navy when he was twenty so he had lots of ‘earthy’ sayings, most of which i wouldn’t be allowed to repeat. anyway, being a sailor he used to swear alot and my mom would shush him. one day he was so angry at someone, and us girls were listening, so instead of calling this guy an s.o.b. he said i hope your mother runs out from under the porch and bites you when you come home. we thought that was so funny picturing his mom trying to bite him. didn’t understand it ’til we got much older.
thanx for the beauty you create and share everyday with us. it always makes my day.ReplyCancel
AnnMarie PszybylskiAugust 7, 2010 - 5:26 am
This is sooo fun reading through all of these. I worked in construction and heard many–some not able to print for all eyes to see, however. Two of them I heard often: tighter than a crab’s butt and that’s water tight and he still has his Communion money. Both of these referring to somebody cheap and stingy. WOW on the blog candy. You always have the best bowed projects and goodies to give away. Thanks bunches.
Stay well,
AnnMarieReplyCancel
EmilyAugust 7, 2010 - 5:36 am
Good Morning Becca! Some of these are hilarious!! How fun!
One that I heard and always made my imagination go into over drive was the description of something with a large hole in it was that the hold was ‘Large enough to throw a cat through!’ How big a hole does it take to get a cat through it?ReplyCancel
SusanAugust 7, 2010 - 5:40 am
One of my favorite sayings in regards to someone that has no common sense is: if he/she had gunpowder for brains they wouldn’t have enough to blow their nose!ReplyCancel
Dear Becca, I’m an italian fan of your blog, one of my favourite. I think is difficult, as like me, to understand an italian idioma for you. However, I share with you a nice exclamation to express a disappointment:” ACCI STRACCI” ( with the sweet “c”). In italian language have a pleasant sound!
Well, thanks a lot for the opportunity of my first blog candy.
Have a great weekend. Eulalia
P.S. Sorry for my bad english!!ReplyCancel
BettyAugust 7, 2010 - 5:50 am
One I have heard all my life is “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!”ReplyCancel
Shirley JAugust 7, 2010 - 6:03 am
One I have heard from my mother “Hold your horses” . Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyCancel
Kelly GAugust 7, 2010 - 6:10 am
Thanks for another chance Becca-you’re too kind!! I think most of the things kids these days say make me go hunh! Like the other day I heard skittling….had no clue what that meant. That’s probably not what you were looking for, but it made me go hunhReplyCancel
Mal MooreAugust 7, 2010 - 6:13 am
Hi Becca
At last I can tach you something. lol.
Here in the Uk gas cookers used to have larger burners on the front so you put the pan on to boil on the front burner then you pushed it to the back one and left it to simmer. Also gas cookers bring things to the boil faster than electric.
So it means we’re all fired up and ready to go.
How about when you see someone rushing around trying to do something too fast.
My Gma used to say”Well isn’t that the Cats Meow” Whenever she liked something a lot….ReplyCancel
JoAnn LaForceAugust 7, 2010 - 6:35 am
“I love you more than a whistle and a peck and a hug around the neck”…….Could that mean never ending love? It has been in my family for generations…
Great fun,
Thanks’ReplyCancel
racheAugust 7, 2010 - 6:43 am
My favorites are “she’s not playing with a full deck” and “finer than a frog hair split 4 ways”
This is fun. Thanks for the smile and a change for free stuff.ReplyCancel
CheriAugust 7, 2010 - 6:56 am
One of my mother’s favorites: “Quit your whinin’ & pull up your bootstraps.”
But Mom, I’m wearing heels!ReplyCancel
NolaAugust 7, 2010 - 6:58 am
It’s funny that as I was getting to the bottom of the comments and thinking about sayings that have stuck in my head, that the “finer than a frog hair split 4 ways” was just above the spot I was to write.
Good morning, Becca! One of my favorite idoms is “that dog won’t hunt.” Can you tell I’m from the Deep South?ReplyCancel
CandiAugust 7, 2010 - 7:03 am
I have so enjoyed reading all of the sayings. The one my Mom used to say when we were children was “Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face” Thanks for the opportunity of Blog candy Your blog is my favorite and I always get inspired with your works of art!ReplyCancel
Jessica S.August 7, 2010 - 7:03 am
“Fine as frog hair”
Thanks for being so generous with the blog candy.ReplyCancel
christiAugust 7, 2010 - 7:05 am
money only spends once. is a favorite that my kids always hated to hear when they made a poor choice and wanted to be bailed out. thanks for the opportunity to win.ReplyCancel
KaryleAugust 7, 2010 - 7:14 am
Thank you for the chance to win this awesome candy. I remember my Dad saying “Dumber than a box of rocks”. I still haven’t figured that one out.ReplyCancel
Magi DuncanAugust 7, 2010 - 7:20 am
Good morning, Becca! Thanks again for the opportunity to win great “candy”! My Dad always told us, “You’re not thinking with a full deck!” when we were about to make a foolish decision. Have many more, but will save them for the rest of the play time . . . Thanks to all of the other players – I loved reading all of yours! Hugs, MagiReplyCancel
Laureen LAugust 7, 2010 - 7:24 am
One I use when we leave later then we planned on is, We are off like a herd of turtles, not sure where I heard it from. Thanks for another chance for some blog candy.ReplyCancel
Beverly AAugust 7, 2010 - 7:26 am
“What are you smoking?” confuses the kids today. Thanks for the chance of winning some wonderful blog candy and thanks too for sharing your talent with all of us.ReplyCancel
DeniseBAugust 7, 2010 - 7:28 am
Thanks for the chance at some blog candy!
The saying I remember is
“Everyone is entitled to my opinion”.
(Of course, it was actually “Everyone is entitled to their opinion”, but I much prefer the first version….
DeniseBReplyCancel
ShirleyAugust 7, 2010 - 7:34 am
One I’ve used through the years when talking about following through with something is “You got to dance with the one what brung you.” It always puts a smile on a face.ReplyCancel
Sally J.August 7, 2010 - 7:41 am
I have heard people use the phrase, “Chip off the old block”.ReplyCancel
When ever we would say we had nothing to do my mom would respond “go run around the house”. When growing up on the farm if you had nothing to do you had to run around the barn. Thought it was funny till waiting for the school bus we all had to run around it.ReplyCancel
Pam SpradlinAugust 7, 2010 - 7:51 am
My Mother use to say to us…Don’t end up the creek without a paddle!ReplyCancel
If someone took seconds of food at dinner before they had finished their firsts, my grandmother would say “Someone’s coming hungry” meaning we could expect company to arrive soon… No idea where that one came from…ReplyCancel
Donna G.August 7, 2010 - 7:58 am
A dear friend of mine likes to use the phrase, “Oh my stars!” I enjoy hearing it! Thanks for the opportunity to win some yummy blog candy.ReplyCancel
SandyAugust 7, 2010 - 7:59 am
One we have used many times is “When life gives you lemons make lemonade.ReplyCancel
My Mum always used to “Y’s a crooked letter and you can’t make it straight” when we used to ask her why??? questions. I then used it with my kids, tee hee
Love your blog and always check it, you are a great inspiration to us our here. I have no idea how you come up with so many fabulous creations, but glad you do!!ReplyCancel
KathyAugust 7, 2010 - 8:13 am
I love these old sayings and have used quite a few of those mentioned already. Almost 20 years ago, I moved to rural Missouri and was talking with a co-worker when a rather unsightly young lady passed by. My co-worker popped out with “She looks rode hard and put up wet”. Those who know horses would understand. At the time I didn’t.
Becca, thanks for the opportunity to win your great goodies. Love your talent!ReplyCancel
Judy AAugust 7, 2010 - 8:18 am
Hi Becca,
…when pigs fly..
Thanks! I visit daily to see all you
absolutely amazing creations.
Thanks for sharing you inspirations!ReplyCancel
PollyAugust 7, 2010 - 8:25 am
I had a coworker who always used the comment “is what it is”….I never did understand what she meant by that..ReplyCancel
Michel EAugust 7, 2010 - 8:25 am
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Love reading all the saying.ReplyCancel
As a kid my mother would ask me where something was and of course I would say I did not know. My mother then would say if it was up your (butt) you would know.
A fox smells his own hole first…my Grandma used to say this and I’ve said it to my son when he was younger.
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us (and for sharing blog goodies)ReplyCancel
crystalAugust 7, 2010 - 8:51 am
My dad used to say “Mind you P’s and Q’s. I know what he meant but I wonder where that one came from?
thanks becca for the great candy and for all of your wonderful creations.ReplyCancel
DarsiAugust 7, 2010 - 9:02 am
My kids are always saying that someone is “a couple french fries short of a happy meal”.ReplyCancel
My grandmother’s favorite was, “Two shakes of a lambs tail,” as in you better get up to the house in two shakes of a lambs tail. I always wondered how long that was since she lived on a dairy farm.ReplyCancel
My ex, from E. Tennessee, had some interesting expressions. When something didn’t last long he would say “That lasted about as long as Pat stayed in the Army”. I asked him who Pat was, thinking it was a friend of his who got booted out of the Army for some reason, and all I got was a confused look from him. I didn’t ask again.ReplyCancel
Deb BuckminsterAugust 7, 2010 - 9:12 am
A late friend of ours had a very POSITIVE attitude, and when faced with a challenge, would say, “If that’s my ONLY problem, then I don’t have any!!”ReplyCancel
I’ve heard “Out of the frying pan, and into the fire”. Meaning from one disaster or problem, right into the next! And boy, has that happened before! :)ReplyCancel
MarlenaAugust 7, 2010 - 9:21 am
Lately the words that come out of my mouth are, “It’ll allllllll come out in the wash”…I think it came from my NC great Aunt. :)ReplyCancel
One that my mom and dad would say when teaching me how to drive was “hit the foot-feed”…for the accelerator. Love your blog … you always come up w/the best giveaways! Thanks!ReplyCancel
WendyAugust 7, 2010 - 9:41 am
As a young girl I would ask one time too many ask where my parents were going my father would say, “I’m going to see a man about a dog.”ReplyCancel
EliseAugust 7, 2010 - 9:42 am
Another well used, and still used, one is “well isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black”. My kids look at me like I’m a crazy person every time I say it – “what the heck does that mean?!” is usually the response!ReplyCancel
Wow! I had so much fun reading your comments & have heard most of the them in my childhood. I often heard “hold your horses” when I was growing up. :) Thanks for the opportunity to win such great blog candy!ReplyCancel
Nancy BoatwrightAugust 7, 2010 - 9:57 am
My grandmother always said, “Stop burning daylight” which meant ‘Turn off the lights and quit wasting electricity (and money)’.
I use that on my kids now! Thanks for giving us the chance for such wonderful blog candy.ReplyCancel
Cindy EatonAugust 7, 2010 - 9:58 am
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.ReplyCancel
I forgot the sayings – I live in North Carolina, so they would probably be some you already know. Cooking on the front burner. (The front burner always gets hotter than the ones on the back)ReplyCancel
Cindy H.August 7, 2010 - 10:08 am
Off the top of my head all I can come up with right now is “He’s a cool cucumber!” I guess meaning that the person was calm and not riled up.
Love the “cool” doubles that you have for blog candy – none of which I have:)ReplyCancel
My father’s favorite idiom was “just put your ‘John Henry’ right here”, as the person pointed to where he should sign his name to a document. He loved it because he always signed “John Henry ____” and as he did so people who didn’t know him would look at him with their mouths open. He loved making them think he was not very bright. Then they’d all have a good laugh when he told them that his first and middle names were truly John Henry!
Enjoyed reading all the fun sayings and because my parents were older when they married & had us, my 3 brothers & I grew up hearing many of these! It’s like a walk down memory lane!!!ReplyCancel
CharlotteAugust 7, 2010 - 10:22 am
My daughter is fond of saying, “He/She’s not the brightest crayon in the box”. I used to always tell the kids when they were growing up that, “You get more with honey than you do with vinegar.”ReplyCancel
I never understood the word “tabernack” by my Dad until I was an adult, and over in Quebec visiting my birth mother.. apparently, tabernack was a way to curse without using foul language back in the day. Sad that it took me almost 30 years to get an answer to that word.
The other saying I still don’t really get is ” you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar”… why would anyone want to catch flies, unless to kill them?ReplyCancel
CathyAugust 7, 2010 - 10:43 am
This one is so funny. My mom always had weird sayings when I was a kid. I’ve used some of them on my younger employees, who cannot figure out what I am saying.
One of her sayings was… Whenever I asked my mom, “what for?” she would always say, “cat fur to make kitten britches.” It was a play on the words “for” and “fur.”ReplyCancel
Dorothy T in FLAugust 7, 2010 - 10:43 am
Hi Becca,
My family was full of idiots – oh, I mean idioms. When reading all of these posts, many of them were used frquently when I was growing up – as well as many, many more. One of my favorites was “You look like something the cat dragged in” when I would get up in the morning with my hair all a mess. Until I understood what it meant, I would always get excited when my father said he was “going to see a man about a horse” because I thought he was really going to get me the horse I so deperately wanted.ReplyCancel
Hey Becca,
Being from the South, my favorite saying is “Well kiss my Grits!”.
SusanReplyCancel
Alice LukasikAugust 7, 2010 - 10:51 am
When I met my husband 30 years ago, he would always say “Six of one or half a dozen of another” and “my dogs are barking”. We still use them and laugh at each other. Thanks for the inspiration every day. You are truly blessed with this talent and can’t start the day without you. Thanks for the chance to win some great blog candy.ReplyCancel
Sue WorthAugust 7, 2010 - 10:57 am
Oh, this is a good one! My favourite idiom is one my grandmother and mother used to say to me. It is “You know what thought did, don’t you?”
Whenever I’d say “I thought …”, they’d say this to me. It took me until my 20’s to figure out the question and what it meant. Then I got the answer!
If you read this and want to know what it is, let me know and I’ll send you an email.
Lots of fun, here, always! Thanks from Ontario, Canada.ReplyCancel
Patty WilliamsAugust 7, 2010 - 11:02 am
Well, I’ll be John Brown !
I say things like this all the time! A few my kids are like..huh? Then some time later they’ll start laughing and say OH I GET IT NOW !!
My dear late mother-in-law used to say, “Like buying a cat in a sack!” It meant buying or getting something you couldn’t see before you got it.
The unknown factor….ReplyCancel
Cindy ClevengerAugust 7, 2010 - 11:07 am
My father would say:”That’s slick as a whistle!” I only knew at the time it was a pretty good job! :)ReplyCancel
MarcieAugust 7, 2010 - 11:12 am
As a kid my father would refer to a whacky person as “one brick short of a load”, or “not the sharpest knife in the drawer”. I still use those two sayings. Thanks Becca for your generosity. You are definitely a sweetheart and we do appreciate all you do for those of us that are not so gifted in the creative world.
MarcieReplyCancel
Sharon PartykaAugust 7, 2010 - 11:13 am
Hello Becca,
You are such an inspiration to me and I’m thrilled to have discovered your website! Thanks for the opportunity to win such generous blog candy.
My sister’s favorite comment when something just doesn’t come out right is “Well! I’ve cut it off three times and it’s STILL too short!” I sometimes feel that way when I’m making cards. : ) You know, like perhaps I’m not the sharpest tack in the box!
Hi Becca,
My young daughter is funny she has just turned 12 and has really came out of her shell.
When she is hot she will say “I’m roasting like a chicken” and then when shes cold she will say “I’m frozen like a fish”.
She is just adorable.
Thanks for the chance to win
Linda xReplyCancel
BrendaAugust 7, 2010 - 11:26 am
“When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Thanks for the chance.ReplyCancel
Linda J.W.August 7, 2010 - 11:36 am
When my Mother would get upset or mad or confused instead of saying
bad words she would say ( What the bald head ) ? I know it
sounds crazy but it works.I am 66 have have worked most of
my life and retired 4 years ago to took care of her….she passed away
1 year ago last Jan.
I used that when I worked and allot of my fellow workers looked
at me like I was crazy…….but after a time allot of them started saying the same thing………..LOL. Better than saying something bad
Thanks for binging back memoiesReplyCancel
Mary L.August 7, 2010 - 11:37 am
Oh Becca, these are so much fun!!
I could explain many of them. Like the Carters Little Liver Pills.
They were little bottles of pills sold OTC probably forerunners of today’s vitamin pills & sold by the millions. One of the other saying about them my G/Father used to say was, A Baby in every Bottle. My G/Mother must have taken them, they had ten children. lol & she had many of them over a hundred yrs. ago.
One of my own, when my husband would get up & be out of sorts
I would say he had taken his “Here comes the Grump pills.”
This brings back many great memeories. Thanks.ReplyCancel
JudyIAugust 7, 2010 - 11:46 am
One of my friends mixed his idioms when he said, “I’d like to be a mouse on the wall” when the boss finds that out. Thanks for another great chance to win blog candy.ReplyCancel
stefeniAugust 7, 2010 - 11:47 am
“You can’y have your cake and eat it too.” If I have cake, you better believe I’m eating it!ReplyCancel
BarbaraAugust 7, 2010 - 11:59 am
“That’s a Corker” for something that is funny or unusual. I never understood how this came into being.ReplyCancel
BarbaraAugust 7, 2010 - 12:01 pm
When pigs fly! I even own a cute little stamp from ages ago of a flying pig which I team up with a stamp of. dreams happen!ReplyCancel
sallieAugust 7, 2010 - 12:05 pm
I recently transplanted to Georgia from Pennsylvania. so not only has it taken me a while to figure out what “ya’all is fixing to do” the locals look at me funny when I “updumped my poke”.ReplyCancel
Anna MarieAugust 7, 2010 - 12:06 pm
Hi Becca. One I have hear often is ‘madder than a wet hen.”ReplyCancel
Jan LAugust 7, 2010 - 12:10 pm
Becca, I love your creativity! This topic finally got me off the fence. I buy repeats more than my husband knows! I did that just yesterday, and told him how frustrated I felt, and needed it like I needed another hole in my head. One saying I’ve heard, and yes, said once to someone out of TOTAL frustration was, “You’re so full of sh** your eyes are brown.” Hard to keep this one clean.ReplyCancel
LyndAAugust 7, 2010 - 12:12 pm
My father would also use the expression ‘cooking with gas’. Wonderful!
How about ‘n’er cast a clout till May is out’
Don’t take warm clothes off until the end of May!!ReplyCancel
NaomiAugust 7, 2010 - 12:18 pm
What a fun “blog candy ” theme. I hear ” I’m between a rock and a hard place”.ReplyCancel
SuziAugust 7, 2010 - 12:25 pm
My dad used to say of someone who ate too much: “She eats like a bird. . .a VULTURE!”
Great fun reading these!ReplyCancel
Mary SchmidtAugust 7, 2010 - 12:34 pm
What a trip down memory lane. A lot of these are familiar. I have heard different variations of some–“bleeding like a stuck pig.” Growing up my dad would always reply to where are you going with ” I’m going to see a man about a horse. I would get all excited as I really wanted to have a horse. I never did get one:(. I have heard ” If wishes were horses, we’d all take a ride.
Then there is “if it was a snake, it would bite you.” meaning it was really close, in front of your face.
I loved reading all the comments. Thanks. I would love to win the blog candy.ReplyCancel
Delores in VAAugust 7, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Becci, thanks again for your blog candy…
My mom would say…You are slower than molasses…ReplyCancel
WOWOW what a fun candy!
I like the idiom : “As cool , as a cucumber”!
Great way to win the candy. Love the idea.ReplyCancel
Janice C. in NYAugust 7, 2010 - 12:56 pm
This is so fun!
My Dad used to say-“Now we’re cookin’ with gas!”.
I heard that one alot growing up.
Thanks for the opportunity Becca!ReplyCancel
AlexandraAugust 7, 2010 - 1:00 pm
I don’t know if this is unique to Scotland but my dad used to describe us kids when we were carrying on as “Daft as a brush and twice as hairy”
Another my gran said was “never cast a cloot ’til May is oot” meaning don’t expect good weather before then (you don’t stop spring cleaning until end of May because the weather usually makes mud up until then, cast = throw out, cloot = cloth, & oot = out).
And another, If you’ve got “a pig in a poke” you’ve got something no use to anyone or broken.
I’d better stop….
but this reminds me of my gran again saying “you’re a blethering skate and the ducks’ll get you” translation =I talk too much lol.
Thanks for the chance of these lovely goodies Becca.ReplyCancel
l hamonAugust 7, 2010 - 1:02 pm
Hello Becca…Hope to win this cool candy…my Mother when frustrated with me would sometimes say to me ‘ to bad you were hatched out on a stump’, it took awhile for me to figure this out, now I find myself occasionaly saying this myself, haha! Thanks for the opportunity. LynnReplyCancel
Bonnie AramowiczAugust 7, 2010 - 1:10 pm
I’ve always heard “I’m fit as a fiddle”….not sure what that means though. Thanks for the chance to win blog candy!!ReplyCancel
Elaine S.August 7, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Here’s another one from mom. “A leopard doesn’t change his spots.”
From my grandma if we were taking to long “going around Moser’s slew.” Thanks for a chance to win some cool “stuff”.ReplyCancel
TinaHAugust 7, 2010 - 1:38 pm
How about “back to square one”? That is sometimes what I need to do when I am having a creative block – THAT, or wander through the great posts you share on your site, Becca. Thanks again for all you do!ReplyCancel
BonnieAugust 7, 2010 - 1:43 pm
My friend says” We were so poor we didn’t have a pot to pee in!!” You, Becca , are so kind to share all your insights into card creating… THANKS!!!!!!!ReplyCancel
sandyhAugust 7, 2010 - 1:43 pm
my dh loves to watch the s.f. giants baseball games on tv. so i sit with him and read or whatever. those announcers come up with the strangest things, but the one that got me was when a batter hit a fly ball to the outfield and the announcer said, “now THAT was a can of corn!”
hunh???
sandyhReplyCancel
HeatherAugust 7, 2010 - 1:57 pm
I say this one a lot … “slicker than snot on a doorknob” LOL or “smooth as a baby’s bottom” or “closer than 2 peas in a pod” or “faster than spit in the wind” .. ok I’ll stop for now LOLReplyCancel
Lisa N - MNAugust 7, 2010 - 2:05 pm
We used to have a saying in our office – No good deed goes unpunished.ReplyCancel
bluemoonAugust 7, 2010 - 2:07 pm
When I started working full time, we all went out for lunch and I ordered …wait for this one ” lum-dum-fungaroos” !!!!!!
What is it? It is the only name my mom ever called … French Toast.
Betcha never heard that one before. Thanks so much for the fun, your blog candy looks awesome!ReplyCancel
Mary LukemanAugust 7, 2010 - 2:08 pm
One saying I have heard many times is, “I don’t chew my cabbage twice” meaning I don’t repeat things.
MaryReplyCancel
Tanya PhillipsAugust 7, 2010 - 2:08 pm
When I was little and in the car with my dad waiting to turn, if there was a lot of traffic coming, my dad would say “Who opened the gate?” I would always look for a gate, lol. I was probably about 17 or 18 when I finally figured out what he meant. :)ReplyCancel
Su C.August 7, 2010 - 2:12 pm
Hello Becca! I remember being asked if I was “raised on a farm” – English was not my Mothers first language! My Mother also said ” I don’t know everybody” when we wanted to do something and told her everyone else was allowed to. Thanks for the opportunity to win your generous candy.ReplyCancel
DebraKAugust 7, 2010 - 2:13 pm
‘let the cat out of the bag’… so much for the surprize!
thanks for the op to win your excess stash, Becca!ReplyCancel
COLLEENAugust 7, 2010 - 2:16 pm
my mom would always say a watched pot never boils which ment dont open the lid for elseReplyCancel
KelleyAugust 7, 2010 - 2:20 pm
I’m having fun reading all the idioms! ‘Colder than a tin toilet seat’ comes to mind. And I’d love to take your doubles off of your hands. Waiting to read more tomorrow!ReplyCancel
One of my best friends in high school once said that she had to pee like a race horse. Being an exchange student I’d never heard that saying before and I found it quite funny.. :)ReplyCancel
Becky JohnsonAugust 7, 2010 - 2:53 pm
I was using my walker some time ago going up a ramp and my husband lovingly said to me: “Watch out the snail is passing you”.
I didn’t have a clue/he had to explain it to me.ReplyCancel
Terri SAugust 7, 2010 - 2:58 pm
When I was very young I asked my grandfather why he wore a tie every day. His response, in his lovely Southern accent was:
“If you want to get to heaven when you d-i-e, then you gotta wear a collar and a t-i-e.” The words die and tie you have to spell out loud.ReplyCancel
Another one that my mom would say,,,(She’s not dry behind the ears)… she had more sayings… It’s funny just thinking about all her different sayings..ReplyCancel
Sandy GrupkaAugust 7, 2010 - 2:59 pm
My mother used to say about someone who was complaining. “She/he would cry with a loaf of bread under each arm. I love reading all of these, what a cute idea. I read them all. Thanks for the chance to win some of your doubles. I’m guilty as well.ReplyCancel
Here’s one I always thought was funny – she’s got a bun in the oven. Fun reading all the idioms.ReplyCancel
mary stuartAugust 7, 2010 - 3:11 pm
Someone once used this comment, apparently common for them… Believe it or die!
i was taken aback when i heard it, and figured i better believe it!!ReplyCancel
Melissa B MitchellAugust 7, 2010 - 3:14 pm
My Mom’s “bless your pointed little head”. I saw my second cousin’s grandson for the first time a couple of weeks ago – anf the poot little thing must have had a hard birth, because his head was pointed. In my mind, I could hear my Mom and her quote!ReplyCancel
Susan GAugust 7, 2010 - 3:16 pm
My husband used to comment on some cars he drove as rentals–“It took off like a herd of turtles.”ReplyCancel
Joyce BattyAugust 7, 2010 - 3:50 pm
My grandmother used to say “Practice Makes Perfect” when it was time to play the piano. While I hated to hear it at the time, the adage has proven true for lots of things over the years.ReplyCancel
CyndieAugust 7, 2010 - 3:50 pm
Sure has been fun reading all of these–thanks for the opportunity!
Here’s one I seem to use a lot:”She could talk the hind leg off a donkey!”
And my husband’s grandmother had a bunch of funny ones, like “That coffee’s so strong it would make a rabbit sit up and spit in a bulldog’s face!”ReplyCancel
“People in hell want ice water too”…..I can still hear my mother saying that…..tfcReplyCancel
sharon lAugust 7, 2010 - 3:59 pm
This is blog great reading today! My grandmother taught me this one. Nobody will notice on a galloping horse. I said that idiom to my granddaughter. Now she is a teenager and still asks for those old sayings. Every one who reads these idioms is a winner. But I wouldn’t refuse the blog candy. Thanks, Becca
Sharon LReplyCancel
mom2hAugust 7, 2010 - 4:06 pm
“Hit a lick at a snake….” – just love that one!ReplyCancel
mom2hAugust 7, 2010 - 4:07 pm
Oh, yeah! I forgot one…very appropriate for the last two weeks in my region…”It’s hotter than the hinges on the back gates to hell.”ReplyCancel
mom2hAugust 7, 2010 - 4:10 pm
Another…I say this to my kid sometimes…usually in the toy aisle…
“You need another (insert toy name) like a fish needs a bicycle!”ReplyCancel
CindyAugust 7, 2010 - 4:11 pm
I love “when pigs fly” – there’s something about that that just makes me smile. You know what it means, and when it’s said, it just hits the spot!ReplyCancel
CYNTHIA BEYNONAugust 7, 2010 - 4:27 pm
BECCA BECCA MY MOTHER, GOD RES HER SOUL, ALWAYS SAID
“BECAUSE I AM THE MOTHER” AND THAT USED TO GET ME SO MED.
THANK YOU FOR OFFERING BLEG CANDY AGAIN. YOU HAVE A GOOD
HEART.
Becca, you pick such wonderful challenges. I had to read everyone’s remarks and it’s so time-consuming…and this is just day 1. My father-in-law had several Czech expressions that we never really understood: “All things have an end, but a sausage has two.” Hunh.. well, yeah, but so? I no longer remember any context in which it was said.ReplyCancel
If my parents did not think it appropriate to tell me what they were doing, I got the response that they were “making a wigwam for a goose’s bridle” – I still have to figure that one out!
Thank you for an inspiring blog and your generous ‘candy’ReplyCancel
Yvonne VansickleAugust 7, 2010 - 5:29 pm
A FAVORITE I STILL USE IS ,WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN?ReplyCancel
mom2hAugust 7, 2010 - 5:38 pm
I just can’t stop…here’s another favorite…
“Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.”
Hi Becca! I’ve never understood the saying to “hit a lick at a snake”!! I’ve even had people explain it to me, but I’m still confused whenever I hear it, LOL! ~LindaReplyCancel
Jo4HimAugust 7, 2010 - 5:51 pm
So funny you would ask…..I just showed my DH a card I made that had “Hit a bend?” and he didn’t get it (run into trouble, having a difficult time, etc.). Thanks for the chance to win blog candy!ReplyCancel
LisaAugust 7, 2010 - 5:54 pm
lately for me: “it is what it is”. I absouletly despise: “whatever”…
(there is a website to explain these strange collections! Quite interesting…) Oh when I’m typing, I like to use “…” (does that count?)ReplyCancel
It raining its pouring the old man is sorningReplyCancel
DiannaAugust 7, 2010 - 6:30 pm
I’ve always like the one, “He’s a sandwich short of a picnic basket.”
Thank you for a chance to win some beautiful blog candy. I can think of so many ways to use the great items! Your website is so much fun. Thank you for sharing you many talents.ReplyCancel
janet mackAugust 7, 2010 - 6:41 pm
My friend always says ” I’m sweatin’ like a pig in a hot pepper patch.”
She’s an aerobics instructor and we do some sweatin’.ReplyCancel
JeanAugust 7, 2010 - 6:43 pm
My husband sometimes says that someone was a useful as a one legged man in an a** kicking contest!
Love the chance to win the candy. Thanks for the memories. I have heard my grandmother and my parents say lots of these.ReplyCancel
KimAugust 7, 2010 - 6:52 pm
My kids use to say they were going to do this or that amd I always told them, and sometimes still tell them to “fill your boots.” Which of course means to go ahead and do that.
Thanks for the chance to win…..you are so kind.ReplyCancel
Diane S.August 7, 2010 - 6:59 pm
My Louisianna grandmother used to say “Well, I Swannie” when she wanted to curse but “was raised better than that”.ReplyCancel
We would always get told when we had to many things going on at one time that we had “to many irons in the fire”. This contest has made some great reading.
Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy.ReplyCancel
Deborah HooperAugust 7, 2010 - 7:21 pm
I still use “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”. I say it so much that anymore, I just say, “don’t count your chickens”. Also, don’t put the cart before the horse.ReplyCancel
Diane H.August 7, 2010 - 8:06 pm
“That dog won’t hunt!” Thanks for the chance! Diane H.ReplyCancel
ToniAugust 7, 2010 - 8:53 pm
When someone was taking the own sweet time with something (driving, playing a game, etc.) my grandma would say “Pea or get off the pot”. That one always made me snicker.ReplyCancel
cindy ziliakAugust 7, 2010 - 9:02 pm
One of my favorites is- She’s a brick shy of a full load, or his elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top! I want to win!ReplyCancel
MarthaAugust 7, 2010 - 9:08 pm
As a kid growing up I remember my parents saying, He’s older than dirt”. Now that I am older I understand that was not a compliment.
Thanks for all the beauty that you share with us. I know my friends and I are in awe of your God given talent.ReplyCancel
ColoradoAugust 7, 2010 - 9:27 pm
Oh rats!! I’m so sad. I don’t get to check e-mail in the evenings most nights so I missed the first word of the day since I was also gone all morning… so that blows the whole double play thing for me. Can’t even think of one idiom that I didn’t understand when I heard it, so will never have one a day through Wednesday! LOL!! Oh well… have to sit this contest out, I guess. But, thank you SOOOO much, Becca for your wonderful blog and all the beautiful cards and projects you share. You are so talented… your work is amazing!!!ReplyCancel
I love reading all the sayings. Although I”ve only used this saying to get a stunned response from friends it still makes me cringe and laugh. Friends from Arkansas used this saying the first time I meet them and my head spun around so fast. I could not believe what I heard. We were cooking and the 13 yr. old girl said “I’ll cook so you can “go about your rat killing” HUH?????? The Mom saw my reaction and laughed. She said it means you can go about your regular chores. I have NEVER heard that here Iowa so I assume its just something that southerners say.ReplyCancel
Kerry FitzpatrickAugust 7, 2010 - 9:57 pm
When we were kids, we would say “What Fer” and my Mom would answer, “Cat Fur for Kitten Britches”. We got the point we were not to use “fer instead of for” and we have remembered it into our more years…..and have passed it on to our kids.ReplyCancel
Janet CastleAugust 7, 2010 - 10:01 pm
Other fish to fry…compliments of Judge Judy!
Jan CastleReplyCancel
Tracy SmithAugust 7, 2010 - 10:02 pm
‘low hanging fruit’ – I heard this one in the business world and at first thought it was strange and must just be one person’s made up phrase. However, then I heard it in my travels to many different states visiting clients, etc. Basically means tackle the easy task and work your way up. :-)ReplyCancel
Robin 9scrappintlc)August 7, 2010 - 10:02 pm
What a fun way to give out blog candy. Thank you for the opportunity to win.ReplyCancel
Neva CAugust 7, 2010 - 10:04 pm
Close the door, were you born in a barn?ReplyCancel
I have a million of these….some not clean enough to share tho…..lol. My fiance gets so tired of my boys whining about how they “can’t Do something…..it’s too hard” So he tells them “can’t never could do nothing”
Meaning if you keep saying can’t and don’t try….then you’re right….you can’t!
Growing up, if anyone talked about a “fast” woman, my mother would always say, “Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free.”ReplyCancel
alsmouseAugust 7, 2010 - 11:19 pm
This one is from my sister’s in-laws side of the family & I still don’t get it. ‘She’s crazier than pig sh*t”. They are from a tiny Texas town & they usually use it to describe one of the locals.
And as for those oops dups, I am the queen of that with one punch size only. I have bought & returned the same size one from my LSS so many times that my punch card & store file actually have an alert to make sure I’m not doing it again. LOL
Thank you for the chance to win your oops dups.
~C8>ReplyCancel
JenniferAugust 7, 2010 - 11:23 pm
When you are all standing around waiting for one person, one could say, “Let’s go, one monkey doesn’t stop the show.”
When I am being ungrateful, my husband likes to say, “You should be like the fat kid at the prom, just happy to be here.”
We have a dog that loves to get in his lap and he always says, “she’s all over me like I owe her money.” He is the king of idioms, I have a million but I will stop with these.
Oh, O.K. just one more. This one required explanation but when we first started dating I heard my DH tell a guy to “go pee up a rope” it’s kind of like, bug-off.ReplyCancel
Kelly SasAugust 7, 2010 - 11:35 pm
I am terrible at ideoms or sayings. My family teases me all the time because I get mix two together or plain just don’t say them right. In fact I did it tonight on the way home from a wedding when we went the wrong way I told my husband to “whip a louie”. He laughed and said it is “whip a U ie” I was also known to say “it ain’t over until the fat lady swings”. I know, I am really sad but true. I give my family a good laugh though! LOLReplyCancel
its NoelleAugust 7, 2010 - 11:47 pm
Thinking back to when I met my DH, I heard “if you are feeling froggy, then jump”. I had no idea what that meant…it means if you think you can hit me, go ahead and try. Oh, then there’s “d*mn skippy”… meaning – you’re right.ReplyCancel
Your face is going to freeze like that……my mother would said…..ReplyCancel
NeeseyAugust 8, 2010 - 12:50 am
The one saying I remember my mom saying is ” You’re the cats pajamas!” I don’t know cats wore pajamas! Thanks for a chance at the candy.
neeseyReplyCancel
Jessica S.August 8, 2010 - 12:51 am
“Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched”
Thanks for the chance to win your blog candy.ReplyCancel
Linda C.August 8, 2010 - 12:55 am
A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The BushReplyCancel
Susan NelAugust 8, 2010 - 1:14 am
Becca another saying that my friends use is,,, “Whatever blows up your skirt” or they say” Whatever bends your “boerewors”(sausage),,
have a lovely sunday.ReplyCancel
Another Huh!! expression that we used a lot in my family was “My Giddy Aunt” which was really an expression of amazement – don’t know the origins at all!ReplyCancel
Margaret HightonAugust 8, 2010 - 4:38 am
One i like to say to my grandchildren is “your eyes are bigger than your belly” and the look i still get from them is priceless.
thanks for the chance of blog candy.
margaret ukReplyCancel
Carol-AnneAugust 8, 2010 - 5:14 am
When something was impossible or just was not going to happen my dad would say, “You are dreaming of fox eggs”. I actually found myself using it with my child and grandkids too.
The one idiom that keeps coming back to me is something that my mother would often say to us four kids around the dinner table when one of us wanted a second, or maybe a third glass of milk … What do you think, we have a cow in the back yard?ReplyCancel
My Grandma Ruth would say-you can attract more bees with honey than vinegar.ReplyCancel
mary stuartAugust 8, 2010 - 6:42 am
A hitch in your giddy-up
which means you’re not feeling well.
isn’t that cute!!
thanks Becca for sharing your lovely creations and offering these wonderful prizes!ReplyCancel
Estelle (from N.Z.)August 8, 2010 - 6:46 am
Money doesn’t grow on trees. My mum often said it to us kids, and gosh it used to brass me off, but I now find myself saying it to my kids!
Thinking about my stamping supplies, perhaps I should be saying it to myself a bit more !! You too??? !!ReplyCancel
CandiAugust 8, 2010 - 6:47 am
Well I put my thinking cap on (more like trying to remember) and my DH used to say when trying to tell the children something important or make a point “Thats how the cow ate the cabbag!) Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy and enjoy the idioms!ReplyCancel
Jan D.August 8, 2010 - 7:05 am
If my father in law saw a woman who was a little on the heavy side, he would say “she’s big at the little and bottom at the top.”ReplyCancel
PollyAugust 8, 2010 - 7:08 am
How about “chew the fat”? That one’s kind of silly.ReplyCancel
Delores in VAAugust 8, 2010 - 7:14 am
How about “A dime a dozen”…
This is so much fun. It’s amazing all the different ones!
“Get your head out of the sand”. My parents told me that when they thought I was overlooking the obvious.ReplyCancel
Sally J.August 8, 2010 - 7:30 am
I have heard people say, “Birds of a feather flock together” sometimes.ReplyCancel
CathyAugust 8, 2010 - 7:34 am
I used to think calling kids “curtain climbers” was kind of mean. Until the day I was babysitting my half brother, and he literally tried to climb up the curtains.ReplyCancel
its NoelleAugust 8, 2010 - 7:36 am
Water seeks it’s own level.
Similar people hang together.ReplyCancel
Deborah HooperAugust 8, 2010 - 7:38 am
I have really enjoyed reading all of these. Most I’ve used at least once. I realize now my boys must have gotten so tired of hearing me say some of these things over and over again. I can bet though, that they are saying them to their children. They’re just never going to let me know. LOLReplyCancel
KaryleAugust 8, 2010 - 7:40 am
I move to Florida from Utah, there are many idioms that make me go huh. One of the first ones I heard was “he/she’s a mess.” Where I come from a mess is something you clean up, in the south it has nothing to do with cleaning up a mess. I still haven’t figured out exactly what it means.ReplyCancel
ShirleyAugust 8, 2010 - 7:46 am
One of my favorites to use when someone tries to get me in the middle of something is “I don’t have a dog in this hunt.”ReplyCancel
Joyce MAugust 8, 2010 - 7:52 am
Wow, it’s been interesting to read some these. Many of them bring back memories.
One of my favorites comes from a coworker – a very funny lady. When you struggle to get something to work and you finally figure out how to do it, she’ll say “well, that worked slicker than snot on a doorknob” I had never heard that one before I met her, but it always makes me laugh.ReplyCancel
Nancy BoatwrightAugust 8, 2010 - 7:54 am
How about…”If you don’t stop frowning your face is going to freeze like that” Hard to understand that one in the middle of summer!ReplyCancel
AnneAugust 8, 2010 - 7:56 am
Ooh Becca! Thanks so much for your generosity!
Until we had dogs, these idioms sometimes puzzled! Both my grandmothers used these a lot!
I don’t know if this fits with the category, but my Dad did a lot of carpentry work and he always said “measure twice, cut once”. Good advice for lots of things. Thanks for all your inspiration.ReplyCancel
When I went for my walk last night I was trying to think of a whole bunch of them and of course couldn’t … then I ended up using one at the end of the night…lol. When something costs “an arm and a leg”.ReplyCancel
crystalAugust 8, 2010 - 8:58 am
Just read the one above “measure twice, cut once”. My husband also uses that one. I wish my hairdresser would follow that rule. I just had a horrible experience this week. She said she cut off 3″ when in fact she cut at least 10″…..I’m trying to adjust UGHH
A saying I’ve used is “You are driving me up a wall”
thanks for everything BeccaReplyCancel
Marianne AdamAugust 8, 2010 - 9:05 am
My mother always used to say,”Don’t cut the tip of your nose off to spite your face.” & now of course I pass those wise words onto my kids.
Marianne/NYReplyCancel
FranCineAugust 8, 2010 - 9:13 am
My Mom always said “One hand washes the other.”ReplyCancel
My E Tn ex also used to describe someone who had too much to drink as “Drunker than Cooter Brown” – and of course I asked who Cooter Brown was (I let go of the fact that drunker is not a word). The same confused look is what I got for an answer.ReplyCancel
LesliAugust 8, 2010 - 9:22 am
Living in the South for the first time in my life, I have been impressed with the abundance of idioms native southerners incorporate into their daily speech. It’s pretty fun, and I hear new ones all the time. One that made me laugh out loud was when an acquaintance ran into an old friend in the store and burst out with, “Oh Mary, I haven’t seen you in a hog’s age!” I still don’t know if I understand the “hog’s age” correlation (do hogs live an unusual length of time?), but it was lots of laughs!ReplyCancel
Anna MarieAugust 8, 2010 - 9:30 am
Blessed Sunday, Becca. One idiom my mother used was “Wait until your father gets home!” Really dreaded that one.ReplyCancel
My parents would say “Don’t let the cat out of the bag” meaning don’t share a secret about something.
Still enjoying reading everyone’s comments!ReplyCancel
Susan NelAugust 8, 2010 - 9:56 am
Here’s another one,, “You think you’re the cat’s whiskers”ReplyCancel
Alice LukasikAugust 8, 2010 - 9:57 am
I am having so much fun reading everyone’s comments. Thanks for the chance to win Becca – you are so sweet. My brother says “handier than a pocket on a shirt”.ReplyCancel
I never quite understood “stone the crows”… perhaps a farming origin for this one?
Interesting how we just take these sayings for granted and don’t think about them too much.ReplyCancel
Pat PAugust 8, 2010 - 10:35 am
When someone is being dense-All the lights are out,no body is home.
ThanksReplyCancel
Michele AAugust 8, 2010 - 10:40 am
I think my favorite saying for now is “when ‘h’ freezes over and penguins sunbathe on Miami Beach”. Yep, that’s about how long it will be. I love your blog. I love seeing the things you make. I get great ideas.ReplyCancel
Barbie D.August 8, 2010 - 10:44 am
When things are just not going your way the saying “up a creek without a paddle” comes to mind.ReplyCancel
My sophmore English teacher/speech & debate coach, Miss Jasper Schlinker (yes, a female named Jasper!) would tell us, “That’s your little red wagon!” Whenever we’d forget an assignment, line or paper. She was in her 60’s in 1972 and drank a 16 oz bottle of Pepsi every morning! Keep the blog candy coming! But even more, keep the great ideas coming!ReplyCancel
BrendaAugust 8, 2010 - 11:51 am
“No sense, no feeling!”
Thanks for the chance.ReplyCancel
Kelly GAugust 8, 2010 - 12:10 pm
Kiss my grits!!! lol, not literaly of courseReplyCancel
Mary LukemanAugust 8, 2010 - 12:10 pm
Becca,
Thank you for the blog candy offer. One saying I have heard a lot is, “That person is a brick shy of a load.” That means he is not too smart.
MaryReplyCancel
If anything was impossible to do my brother would always say “you as much chance as plating fog”
thanks for the inspiration and blog candy BeccaReplyCancel
MarisaAugust 8, 2010 - 12:14 pm
We had a cute saying a Costa Rica when it was drizzling really lightly: “esta yuviendo pelos de gato”. It’s raining cat hair.ReplyCancel
SandraAugust 8, 2010 - 12:41 pm
the one that always gets me is you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
thanks for the fun!
SandraReplyCancel
MarlenaAugust 8, 2010 - 12:55 pm
My daughter came up with this one when pressured by her friends to break my rules, “Rules were meant to be straight, not broken”. Never heard that one before….but made me proud!ReplyCancel
NaomiAugust 8, 2010 - 1:01 pm
When my son wouldn’t follow through with something, I’d say ” you didn’t go from A to B. Some of the sayings are so funny.ReplyCancel
Well, I’m just checking email after an absence of two days – annual family reunion – this year in Ohio….so I missed several words. No, problem, I can still enjoy the fun.
My father would say ” Lights are on but nobody’s home” if one of us (3 girls) would say or do something without thinking.
Now, with a 14 year old DGD, the message from her father is “the wattage must be a little low today”ReplyCancel
How about…” Don’t beat around the bush” ..Have a great day :)ReplyCancel
Lynda MAugust 8, 2010 - 1:21 pm
How about, “He has a chip on his shoulder.”? I was always looking for the chip.
My grandmother used to say, “if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.” Took me many years to figure that one out.ReplyCancel
Bonnie AramowiczAugust 8, 2010 - 1:22 pm
I heard this comment this morning at church — “loose as bb’s in a boxcar”. Never heard that one before.ReplyCancel
Darn! I was out of town all weekend and missed out on the double play already. Oh well. If you pick me it’s for sure two people will win! LOL! Mu daughter is autistic and when she was little every time we said “It’s rain cats and dogs,” she would run to the window to look outside. She took everything literally! Now when we say that she’ll answer, “Don’t step on a poodle!” Have a great day!ReplyCancel
Becky BowmanAugust 8, 2010 - 1:38 pm
my husband says from time to time that it is “colder than a wells diggers butt” not sure where that originated….ReplyCancel
CindyAugust 8, 2010 - 1:52 pm
One we hear alot these days seems to be “lights are on; no one’s home”. Nice way of saying what you’re thinking :-)ReplyCancel
CathyAugust 8, 2010 - 1:53 pm
My mother’s favourite when anyone procrastinated, was, “This won’t buy the baby a new bonnet.”ReplyCancel
I like this one too: “Raining cats and dogs”- when it’s raining very heavely ( like today )
Have a wonderful day Becca!ReplyCancel
Sharon PartykaAugust 8, 2010 - 2:09 pm
This is a wonderful idea for participation in a blog candy give-away. The comments make entertaining reading. Here’s an oldie for today: scootie-booger (it meansto go downstairs on your bottom as fast as you can).
Thanks again, Becca, for sharing your talent with us.ReplyCancel
Ok, so this is what my grandmother used to tell me “why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free”. LOL. When I told this one to my daughter all she said was “huh”?ReplyCancel
DarsiAugust 8, 2010 - 2:37 pm
My mom (who is now in heaven) always use to tell me when life was hard, This too shall pass! Man, I miss hearing HER say it to me!!ReplyCancel
TinaHAugust 8, 2010 - 2:43 pm
How about “keep my fingers crossed for you”? Noticed it on your blog, and when you think about it – what does that really mean? I think that is a saying we have all probably used at one time or another. Thanks again for a very thought provoking challenge, Becca.ReplyCancel
mary stuartAugust 8, 2010 - 2:48 pm
That and 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee.
Guess this Idiom needs a bit of updating changing the 50 cents to 5 dollars!!ReplyCancel
Hello Becca thanks for makeing me laugh and the memory that has come back to me another of the saying don’t let the green grass fool you I tell you they know how to hit the hammer on the head.ReplyCancel
SuziAugust 8, 2010 - 3:39 pm
Well, I missed the Sunday morning word! Rats! But I can still play. . . .One of my dad’s favorites was that guy is “sharp as a mashed potato sandwich!”ReplyCancel
MelindaAugust 8, 2010 - 3:49 pm
Hope you’re having a great day! A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush????? What the heck does that mean? :)ReplyCancel
When our much loved and taught children do something that you never thought they would do my husband says, “I know your mine but I’m not sure you belong to your mother.” I don’t have the heart to tell him it makes it sound like all the crazy things they do are inherited from him. So now I know they don’t get it from me.ReplyCancel
Hi Becca, the comments are so good to read and I have heard so many of them. You sure like to take us down the old back roads with memories. One I have used is get off your high horses. Thanks for the fun.ReplyCancel
I can’t beleive how long I’ve been sitting here. This is so much fun. Most of these are a blast from the past.
One I use all the time is “There’s more then one way to skin a cat.”
My Portuguese grandfather always said “Goats that bella lose time from eatin.” In other words shut up and eat.
For years Grandpa and Grandma would say two words in Portuguese when we sneezed. I always thought it was a blessing until I asked my father what it really meant. Translation was “You sound like a goat.” Go figure.
My father always said “Don’t spit up, it could fall back in your eye.” In other words don’t say something that could come back to haunt you.
Mom was full of sayings. If you smelt something she didn’t she’d say “You’re smelling your upper lip” and if something strange or unbelievable happened she’d say “Don’t be surprised if you see a jackass walking down the road without a tail.”
DH always says “The herd needs thining.” when ever he hears of someone doing something really stupid.
I always liked “The inmates are running the asylum.” And ” Nutty as a fruitcake.”
Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful candy and for making it so much fun I wont mind to much if I don’t win. Hoping I win though, especially those Nesties.
Hugs & Blessings
BernieReplyCancel
From my sister: “well butter my buns and call me a biscuit!”ReplyCancel
Jo4HimAugust 8, 2010 - 5:30 pm
How about “Don’t get too big for your britches”. This is soooo fun!
Thanks for the blog candy!ReplyCancel
alsmouseAugust 8, 2010 - 5:59 pm
One that I modified from being ‘not family friendly’ was changed to ‘can’t tell their ear from their elbow”.
~C8>ReplyCancel
Magi DuncanAugust 8, 2010 - 6:06 pm
When things would not go the way I planned, my Dad would always say “That’s the way the cookie crumbles!” I always wondered what that meant . . . Have a great day everyone! Hugs, MagiReplyCancel
Another saying that i have known from my youth is when something is dragging and I am impatient, the expession I use is that it is “As slow as a wet week in China” or “As slow as a wet month of Sundays”
What fun reading! My friend always says she’s “working on her last nerve” when she’s frustrated. Hadn’t heard that one before.ReplyCancel
KimAugust 8, 2010 - 7:22 pm
One of my favorites is “I might have been born at night but it wasn’t last night” I say that often when someone is trying to pull one over on me.
Thanks Becca this is so much fun hearing one’s I haven’t heard for some time.ReplyCancel
ChaunAugust 8, 2010 - 7:26 pm
My mother used to always say, “You made your bed, now you have to lie in it.” It meant that if I did a good job with anything, it would feel good, like a well-made bed. If I messed up in life or whatever, I’d have to pay the consequences.ReplyCancel
Pat CAugust 8, 2010 - 7:27 pm
When I did something helpful, my Dad said I was as useful as a button on a shirt. That still makes me smile…ReplyCancel
JeanAugust 8, 2010 - 7:27 pm
Whatever floats your boat!
Thanks for the chance to win blog candy.ReplyCancel
Jenny BatchelorAugust 8, 2010 - 7:30 pm
I was talking to my Uncle on the telephone and he said to me “Where are the Billie Lids?” This is an Australian term so you might not get and I have to confess I needed a translation but its rhyming slang meaning “Where are the kids?”ReplyCancel
KarenAugust 8, 2010 - 7:40 pm
My favorite on is “That’s as useful as a screen door on a submarine”. Love your site……..ReplyCancel
CorrieAugust 8, 2010 - 7:48 pm
THanks for the chance to win, one of DH’s is “is a frogs butt watertight” the answer is yes because they apparently would sink/. I have no idea where he got that one.ReplyCancel
I’d still like to win your blog candy.
SarahReplyCancel
DonnaAugust 8, 2010 - 8:39 pm
Something I always say when I hurt myself around the house – like mash my finger, stump my toe, etc., is “Ouch! That hurt like an epilady!!!” I said it at work the other day and had to explain it to one of my employees. That made me feel really old since he had no idea what an Epilady is. Remember that tortuous invention that everyone bought, used one time, and threw away! Wow, did it ever hurt!!! Thanks for the chance at this wonderful stash!ReplyCancel
Mary L.August 8, 2010 - 8:43 pm
Looking at the world through Rose Colored Glasses.
It is prettier that way.
There maybe snow on the roof, but there is
still fire in the chimney…ReplyCancel
Shirley SmithAugust 8, 2010 - 9:24 pm
Thanks for the chance on candy , wonderful candy ..” I used to be young and foolish but now I’m just foolish”ReplyCancel
Mary RAugust 8, 2010 - 9:28 pm
I totally love “self praise is no recommend”. Grandma used to say that about people that thought too much of themselves and said so.ReplyCancel
BettyAugust 8, 2010 - 9:45 pm
“Don’t let the cat out of the bag”. Thanks again, Becca!ReplyCancel
Fran CiceroAugust 8, 2010 - 9:58 pm
I have 2 … “Happy as a clam at high tide” for someone who was extremely pleased. It’s pretty difficult to get clams unless the tides out… and “Yeah, and people in hell want ice water” for people who want and want and want something until you get sick of it.ReplyCancel
Carol FroehlichAugust 8, 2010 - 10:01 pm
“It’s a Horse apiece” I actually still use that one. There are several others I use and I am not sure if people know what I am talking about when I say these things. I just have to laught about it when they look all dumbfouned. Especially young people. ha ha ha
Thanks for the opportunity to win some more blog candy!ReplyCancel
Janet CastleAugust 8, 2010 - 10:10 pm
That’s the cat’s pajamas! I still don’t understand that one!!!ReplyCancel
I have been “getting a kick” out of reading these little snipets. I especially like the personal stories explaining who used to say these things and what they meanReplyCancel
Here’s one: The road to heaven is built with good intentions.ReplyCancel
Bonnie GAugust 8, 2010 - 10:57 pm
When my Mom got caught in the rain or was hot and sweaty she always said “I look like a drowned rat!” I said that not long ago when our 7 year old granddaughter was with us and she thought it was so funny she had to tell her Mom & Dad about it when we got home. Thanks for all the inspiration Becca!ReplyCancel
RoseAugust 8, 2010 - 11:05 pm
When growing up mom used to say, “I’m from Missouri… show me.” Never understood it as she was not from Missouri!!!
Glad to see that others make “double” purchases… ;-)ReplyCancel
Patty W.August 8, 2010 - 11:07 pm
My Granddad used to say he was busier than a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs when he had too much to do. When I was little, I thought that was sooo funny. I could just picture that. Thanks for a chance to win your generous blog candy! I appreciate so much all your beautiful work Becca. And the fact that you teach us how to do these projects! Amazing! Blessings. PattyReplyCancel
KelleyAugust 8, 2010 - 11:12 pm
Blood is thicker than water. I get that family ties are closer than other relationships, but who decided to compare blood to water?
Thank you, Becca, for a chance at the blog candy.ReplyCancel
JeanneAugust 8, 2010 - 11:30 pm
The one that stumped me was “handy as a dog in a meat house”. For years I thought it was sarcastic and meant that someone underfoot and a nuisance.
Eventually, I learned that a long time ago, dogs ate the scraps and cleaned up the floor in slaughter houses. So they meant the dogs really were handy, lol.ReplyCancel
Lots of these are familiar – my mom always spouts idioms .. ‘a few minutes late and a dollar short’ … my favorite in referring to my daughter ‘like nailing jello to the wall’ (describes her exactly!) or when describing someone dull-witted ‘a few bricks short of a load.’
Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyCancel
Ellen GlasgowAugust 9, 2010 - 12:33 am
wow there is sure a lot of saying around. Here in aussie land there is one …..As low as a snakes belly…. Boy you cant get any lower.ReplyCancel
GraceAugust 9, 2010 - 12:35 am
“sleeper hit” as in this movie is a “sleeper hit”…I know what it means but where did it come from??ReplyCancel
EliseAugust 9, 2010 - 12:38 am
Whenever we’d leave the door open: “Were you raised in a barn?!”ReplyCancel
CYNTHIA BEYNONAugust 9, 2010 - 1:17 am
BECCa BECCA DIDN’T THINK I WOULD EVER GET TO THE END. MY
HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS “THAT WORKED BETTER THAN SNOT ON A
DOORKNOB” I ALWAYS SAY THEY ARE WEARING “HIGH WATERS”
MEANING THEIR PANTS ARE REAL SHORT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE BLOG CANDY. SURE WISH IT WOULD BE ME
THIS TIME.
HOPE YOU ARE FEELING MUCH BETTER WITH THE LOSS OF YOUR FRIEND.
Becca I have another 2 this morning,,,”He swears like a sailor”,,,, and “Don’t let the door hit you on your way out” This is such a fantastic blog candy “game” i’m enjoying it very much, very interesting sayings.ReplyCancel
spatchAugust 9, 2010 - 2:31 am
your goose is cooked!
don’t get your knickers in a twistReplyCancel
Janet CastleAugust 9, 2010 - 3:05 am
That would choke a horse used to be a favorite of mine.ReplyCancel
DebraAugust 9, 2010 - 3:30 am
Becca, You are such a blessing! So incredibly talented and as generous a person as I’ve ever seen! What amazing blog candy! Being from the South, I’ve lived with so many of these that I don’t realize some of our idioms and expressions are not common elsewhere. One of my favs is “whatever trips your trigger!” My daddy used to tell us to be careful “not to buy a pig in a poke”. Aren’t we interesting creatures?
Thanks for the fun!
DebraReplyCancel
When I was a child and crying my Irish grandmother used to say “Your bladder’s too near to your eyeballs” and to my suprise when I went to see Ashes to Ashes the Irish grandmother told him exactly the same. Love your blog and reading all the others hope that this makes you laugh as much as some of them made me.
Here’s one that gets used a lot: “Water under the bridge”ReplyCancel
JeanneAugust 9, 2010 - 5:38 am
Hi Becca,
Thanks for the chance to win the wonderful candy! These were really fun to read! I use “busier than a one armed paper hanger” and people say HUH! How about the one that came out a few years ago ” She thinks she is all that and a bag of chips too!ReplyCancel
BettyAugust 9, 2010 - 5:55 am
When asked “How are you?” we answer “Fine as a frogs hair split down the middle!” Now…that is fine! LOL Love, love , love your site!ReplyCancel
CandiAugust 9, 2010 - 5:58 am
My Mother In Law used to say about a fiesty person: “She is all spit and vinegar” Thanks so much !ReplyCancel
CathyAugust 9, 2010 - 6:03 am
I work in a plus size women’s clothing store. A few years ago, one of my customers liked a top, and she said, “that’s phat!” One of the older employees not knowing what that meant, said “well, if you didn’t eat so much, you wouldn’t be.”ReplyCancel
Another saying Becca is “keep laughing and you’ll laugh on the other side of the face” some really weird phrases,
Have a nice day Becca and hope hubby is fine now after all his probsReplyCancel
Jan D.August 9, 2010 - 6:31 am
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
Talk to the hand.
Let’s to to the mall and mitzy motzy. (from my mother in law)
“He’s high as a kite” if someone appeared drunk.ReplyCancel
Deborah HooperAugust 9, 2010 - 6:36 am
Still having fun reading. Y’all keep ’em coming.ReplyCancel
Good morning Becca, come sit a spell and let’s chew the rag. This is somethng we use to say and still do in N.C. When someone is mad, you ask them who licked the red off your apple. Thanks for a chance to win the blog candy. It has a slew ( a lot ) of neat goodies.ReplyCancel
Anna MarieAugust 9, 2010 - 7:26 am
Becca, you are “one smart cookie” for thinking this one up. When I moved to Indiana over thirty years ago, a saying I heard often was “What goes around, comes around.”ReplyCancel
Bonnie AramowiczAugust 9, 2010 - 7:27 am
Becca, love your website and your generosity. You are a special lady. I’ve heard the expression “right as rain”.ReplyCancel
Mary LukemanAugust 9, 2010 - 8:03 am
Becca,
One saying I have heard since childhood is, “Now your goose is cooked” meaning you really messed up.
MaryReplyCancel
My husband also says when it’s cold “it colder than a witches t*ts in a brass brazier (bra – can’t spell anythign this am)ReplyCancel
Cindy H.August 9, 2010 - 9:26 am
Thanks so much for the fantastic blog candy, I only wish I’d been here over the weekend to collect all the words! I still can’t figure out what “raining cats & dogs” is all about!ReplyCancel
cindywAugust 9, 2010 - 9:30 am
Thanks for the blog candy. Been there, done that with the double purchases!!!ReplyCancel
Been there, done that with the double purchaes!!!ReplyCancel
MelindaAugust 9, 2010 - 9:47 am
Hope you have a great Monday! Another one I heard growing up was “You made your bed now you’ve got to lie in it”. I still remember my mother telling me that many times. :)ReplyCancel
Another say was it not over still the fat lady sing. Thanks for a chance to win so wonderful prizes.ReplyCancel
EdnaAugust 9, 2010 - 10:30 am
We had moved to a new town and had joined a church there. I was working in the library and I asked one of the ladies if she would show me how to do something. She replied “I don’t care to”. I was quite taken aback but then she began to show me. I finally realized that she meant she didn’t mind doing it! It took me quite a while to get used to that statement.ReplyCancel
KaryleAugust 9, 2010 - 10:46 am
My Dad always told me “Don’t take any wooden nickels”. I still have never seen a wooden nickel.ReplyCancel
Sue in GrapevineAugust 9, 2010 - 11:16 am
When I first moved to TX, I wondered what people meant when they said someone was “out of pocket.”ReplyCancel
MarisaAugust 9, 2010 - 11:23 am
My mom always says “you silly goose”. It’s the translation of a Czech saying. Love it because my grandmother used to say it too.ReplyCancel
Nancy BoatwrightAugust 9, 2010 - 11:25 am
One I heard my Grandmother say many times, “You need to lick your calf over” meaning you did not do something well enough such as cleaning your room. That would really confuse the kids nowdays!ReplyCancel
Patsy BehrendtAugust 9, 2010 - 11:31 am
I love reading these sayings!! So many of them I grew up with but there are still a few that I have to read more than once to get the jist of it! And I grew up with these sayings!! One that I think of a lot is when I used to try to reason with my Dad about “if” was “if a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn’t bust his butt every time he leaped!” I never won a debate with my Dad!! He came from a huge family of “26” kids and was the oldest so I guess he had heard it all!!!ReplyCancel
When my kids were little my in-laws would take them for a few days one at a time. My middle son was staying on time and it was bedtime and my father-in-law told him to “hit the road, Jack.” And he started crying and walked toward the door. he thought he was throwing him out of the house. Poor little guy. LOL!ReplyCancel
luvglitztooAugust 9, 2010 - 12:18 pm
I remember “if the shoe fits, wear it”. I don’t know what this really means. Would I wear a shoe if it didn’t fit? Is this a Huuh, or a Duhhhhhhhh?
Hi Becca,
Hope you are having a good day.
Another of my dad’s was – don’t take any wooden nickels.
How about- don’t cry over spilled milk.
Hugs, CandyReplyCancel
A former acquaintance said something quite nasty to me. I got pretty upset until my dear friend said, “Consider the source”. Now I use it in self-talk to calm down and put things into perspective.ReplyCancel
Sharon PartykaAugust 9, 2010 - 1:08 pm
This blog is certainly providing a lot of fun for your fans, Becca….”Thanks a bunch”!
My mother would say one must “take the good along with the bad” but my mohter-in-law’s version was “take the bitter with the better” .ReplyCancel
janeyAugust 9, 2010 - 1:09 pm
Happy Monday! One ‘huh’ that I heard from a dear friend who has since passed away…..’The time to take peas is when they’re passed”…..I didn’t ask for many repeats from him.ReplyCancel
If someone’s got themselves in a scrape, I always say “they can pull their own chestnuts out the fire”. It comes from mediaeval times when they roasted chestnuts on the open fire.
What a lot of stuff you have doubles of and what rude shops not to swop for you but thanks for the chance to win. Lynne.xReplyCancel
crystalAugust 9, 2010 - 1:37 pm
“He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed”ReplyCancel
“Chip on his shoulder” and/or “chip off the old block”. Two different meanings for sure, but good ones none the less!ReplyCancel
Susan GAugust 9, 2010 - 2:42 pm
Here’s one I haven’t heard in a loooooong time—-maybe there’s a good reason. LOL “It’s as cold as a witches’ t*t in a brass brassiere. “ReplyCancel
Linda GilbowAugust 9, 2010 - 2:58 pm
Hmmm, not sure I can think of another idiom….just my original of “hit a lick at a snake”. Still confuses me!!!
Something my mother always says when something is amazing is “my stars and garters”!!!ReplyCancel
Bonnie AramowiczAugust 9, 2010 - 3:04 pm
Thanks for all your inspiration and generosity. Can’t think of any more idioms.ReplyCancel
MarlenaAugust 9, 2010 - 3:12 pm
My husband teases me, because I only “partially” know cliches. I am from Hawaii, so we had our own (which I am wracking my brain to remember…did I say that one right?). Anyway, his favorite I use is “You can’t pull the wool over my head!!!!”….vs “eyes” like it is supposed to be. I have the poor man so confused, HE messes them up now! :)ReplyCancel
Lisa PAugust 9, 2010 - 3:15 pm
Ok we all know the saying “get your ducks in a row”.
Well I have a spanish friend that mixes words, saying etc.
She will say “make sure you have your feathers in a row”
drop a dime on you…….means to tattle!
sandyhReplyCancel
BernieAugust 9, 2010 - 3:57 pm
Wow this is so much fun! So many originals! Here’s a few more:
When someone did something despicable my MIL would was say “He’s lower then whale poop.” Now that’s low!
“Can’t tell his butt for a hole in the ground.”
“Does a bear do it in the woods?”
I cleaned up all three of those.
“Is the Pope Catholic ?”
“I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.”
Thanks again for the chance to win this awesome candy. And thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Hugs & Blessings
BernieReplyCancel
RachelleAugust 9, 2010 - 4:06 pm
My mom always says ‘WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN??” if anyone leaves the door open! LOLReplyCancel
christiAugust 9, 2010 - 4:07 pm
for me it’s 6 of one and half dozen of the other.ReplyCancel
I always say “bloods thicker than water”ReplyCancel
Joyce BattyAugust 9, 2010 - 4:49 pm
Here’s a saying on a poster from long ago. I’ve often pondered the words: “Bridges built to the sun, they burn don’t they?”ReplyCancel
Ellen GlasgowAugust 9, 2010 - 5:00 pm
Got up this morning and had to have a look,I am enjoying all these saying as we still use them a lot when we talk here in aussie land.We tend to talk in riddles so my English rellos say, as well as talk fast with an accent,they should talk!!!!!
So my next one is to do with my mum inlaw she was told to bring a plate to a party when she arrived here so of course she went along thinking that they didnt have enough plates. Needless to say she felt horrible when she realised that the plate was supposed to have some goodies upon it. They made her welcom just the same but she never forgot to load up whenever she was invited out again.
Have a great day everyone I have started mine of with a laugh reading these commentsReplyCancel
GraceAugust 9, 2010 - 5:22 pm
Favorite idiom..killing two birds with one stone. I accidentally said “it’s like killing many birds” and my husband won’t let me live it down to this day.ReplyCancel
DebbieKAugust 9, 2010 - 5:38 pm
“You made your bed, now you have to lay in it.” Who came up with this goofy idiom?!ReplyCancel
BrendaAugust 9, 2010 - 5:46 pm
Thanks for the chance to win. Here’s one, you’re up the creek without a paddle.ReplyCancel
DeniseBAugust 9, 2010 - 5:52 pm
Once in a blue moon…. Is there really a blue moon?
DeniseBReplyCancel
Kelly GAugust 9, 2010 - 5:52 pm
one of my faves—when the moon turns blueReplyCancel
Maria L. (Canada)August 9, 2010 - 6:00 pm
Mom always say “the donky talking about ears”.
Thanks so much for the chance to winReplyCancel
Linda CAugust 9, 2010 - 6:12 pm
Becca,
“They are like two peas in a pod”. Thanks for sharing all your talents and for offering blog candy.
I do have a suggestion for your double duty buying. I too did that way too often so I decided I was going to do something about it. If you have a cell phone or iPod, you can do the following: I got on my computer using the program Microsoft Word and I started listing items such as you have as blog candy under Company names, then listing them by number. It is very simple to do. It only takes time. Perhaps a friend would be willing to sit at a computer and get them all listed for you. Then I had to contact a person that was familiar with computers and programs and the phone/iPod and they showed me how to download all my listed items on my iPod. I just take my iPod with me to stores and Stamp Conventions and when I am looking at items I think I might buy, I simply get out my list and look up the company , in alphabetical order, then look for the number. It is quick and easy and it saves hassles at the stores. Of course you will have to come up with another reason for going back to the store. This list can be updated each time you make a purchase. Linda C.
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hi well mine is “another day another dollar” thanks for the chance of winning xxReplyCancel
Diana N.August 9, 2010 - 6:29 pm
My dad would use the phrase “as a crow flies” when giving an estimate on how far it was somewhere. Like it’s 5 miles as a crow flies to such and such place.ReplyCancel
Kathy OAugust 9, 2010 - 6:34 pm
If you’re taking up too much room, on a table for example, then you say, “I’m all spread out like a picnic lunch”.ReplyCancel
Mary L.August 9, 2010 - 6:58 pm
My G/ma (the same one who took the Carters Little liver Pills) used to say
“Gappin’s catchin’. Meaning if you see someone yawn you will too.
mary l.ReplyCancel
becka, i think commenting here is how my inbox ends up filled with spam…ReplyCancel
Jenny BatchelorAugust 9, 2010 - 7:17 pm
One which I hear a fair bit is “for goodness sake”. For example, if something goes wrong or falls out of a cupboard and creates a huge mess you might say “Oh, for goodness sake!”.
Thanks for the chance to win. Haven’t ever been successful yet but …. you’ve got to be in it, to win it!ReplyCancel
I was not much of a morning person when I was younger & my Mom would often say I “got up on the wrong side of the bed”! Thank goodness I now know which side is the right side to get up from! LOL!!!ReplyCancel
A whistling woman and a cackling hen always come to a no good end is one that I always heard from my Grandmother. My sister could whistle but I cannot.
I’d love to win that great blog candy!ReplyCancel
Jo4HimAugust 9, 2010 - 8:12 pm
“She’s (or he’s) not the sharpest knife in the drawer”. Another amazing project you showcased with the T-slide card. Thanks for sharing.ReplyCancel
Hello Becca,
“all dressed up like a dogs dinner” is another saying my Mother use to come out with…somebody certainly has a sense of humour when they came up with these sayings
have a lovely day or if your Irish in any way then the top o’ the morning to youReplyCancel
Dorothy T in FLAugust 9, 2010 - 8:24 pm
Hi again, My mother used to say “Oh my stars and garters” all of the time when something surprised her. I still don’t get what it means…ReplyCancel
Hi Becca! My idiom is totally personal, or most it (I think) —- at least I have never heard it anywhere but from my father when I was growing up. Every fall/winter/early spring morning that was at least a bit on the cool side my father would wake me up for school on weekdays and chores on weekends, by whispering in my ear “Wake up Shawnie, the frost is on the pumpkin”. I wish, before he passed away, that I had asked him what that meant.ReplyCancel
BettyAugust 9, 2010 - 8:43 pm
I like “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” Thank you for all the inspiration!ReplyCancel
Carole MillerAugust 9, 2010 - 8:44 pm
My dad use to say “even a wild boar gets an acorn once in a while”. He would always say this when something really good would happen to us after a lot of bad things. My son now tells me my daughter gives me lemons, and he’s turning it into cherry lemonade. I can’t help but laugh each and every time. It helps with the stress.
If a girls’ hips moved a lot when she walked my mom would say, “she needs a porch for that swing.”ReplyCancel
Magi DuncanAugust 9, 2010 - 8:55 pm
I have a sweet friend who constantly says, “Now we’re cooking with goose grease!”. She is referring to getting things done in a timely manner! I just love it!!!ReplyCancel
KelleyAugust 9, 2010 - 9:06 pm
It took awhile before I understood the need to ‘red up.’ How cleaning up became redding up, I don’t know.
You are very generous with your blog candy. Just wish I had been able to get all the words.ReplyCancel
Another good one is now ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black thanks for the chance to win a prize hope I doReplyCancel
NolaAugust 9, 2010 - 9:47 pm
One of my favorites is you’re like a cow looking at a new gate. I wasn’t sure what this meant until one time I was walking along near a field of cows. When they saw me, they just all stared at me. and stared and stared.ReplyCancel
JenCAugust 9, 2010 - 9:48 pm
I always thought “raining cats and dogs” was a very strange idiom… ? Seriously, You gotta wonder who comes up with these things. LOLReplyCancel
DebraAugust 9, 2010 - 9:49 pm
“Now we’re cooking with gas” was a favorite of my mother’s. Took me a long time to get it. You are one amazing artist, Becca! And, so incredibly generous with your blog candy! Thank you for all the fun!
DebraReplyCancel
CYNTHIA BEYNONAugust 9, 2010 - 9:49 pm
BECCA BECCA I SAT HER THIS EVENING AND HAD A GOOD LAUGH
READING ALL THE FUNNY SAYINGS. MY IS, HE’S NOT PLAYING WITH
A FULL DECK. MEANING THE PERSON WASN’T DOING THE JOB RIGHT.
HOPE YOUR FEELING BETTER A BOUT YOUR FRIEND.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO WIN AND IF WE DON’T
WIN, AT LEASE A GOOD LAUGH.
Here is an idiom that I started in my family when my son was less than enthusiastic about helping in the house ” housework has no sex!” That got a few looks, but it was my way of saying that he was not exempt from helping just because he is a boy!!ReplyCancel
CindyAugust 9, 2010 - 10:01 pm
I like you can’t have your cake and eat it too (doesn’t hurt to try…) :-)ReplyCancel
Debby WaltersAugust 9, 2010 - 10:19 pm
Becca, thanks for the blog candy offer. My mom always says “if it isnt broken, don’t fix it”ReplyCancel
alsmouseAugust 9, 2010 - 10:21 pm
I work in a family friendly enviroment & my co-workers sometimes let slip a not friendly word. I created ‘fudgebunnies’ instead of the ‘other F word’. If nothing else it just makes you hungry for fudge. LOL
I can answer one of the idioms, the term ‘once in a blue moon’ refers to having two full moons in the same month. The 2ed moon is the blue moon. As for our next bluemoon in the northern hemisphere, it will be on August 2nd, 2012. Don’t forget to set your calendars. HTH
Becca this is not one of the normal saying but it makes you eant to laugh anyway,
My brother who had a great sense of humour (and mother too) would say to my Mam was built like the Queen Mary and looks like the Queen Mother…Mam use to laugh and tell him not to be so cheekyReplyCancel
Judith -Overland Park, KSAugust 10, 2010 - 12:21 am
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” is one I heard. Thank you for a chance to win.ReplyCancel
“She went through the donut shop” – means she didn’t get the meaning or wasn’t listening. LOL LOL
I missed at least one word – Oh well what fun we have had doing this, Becca!!ReplyCancel
KathyAugust 10, 2010 - 12:39 am
A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.ReplyCancel
Janet CastleAugust 10, 2010 - 2:14 am
Better late than never…however, I prefer not to be late..LOL!ReplyCancel
LianneAugust 10, 2010 - 4:48 am
I found myself just today saying to my nearly 2yr nephew ‘it’s got bones in it has it’ when he coughed while having a drink of water. It is something my nana used to say, it’s funny how the sayings we hear as children come back to us!ReplyCancel
AnneAugust 10, 2010 - 4:51 am
Hi Becca
Just have to read all the new ones! What a gas! Hey does that count as one?!
When at primary school, I remember hearing an older boy saying that someone had ‘kicked the bucket’. Had no idea what that meant at the time.
An old country gentleman, when commenting on a couple who seemed to be driven by money and possessions, whispered in a broad Suffolk (English) accent –
‘Ain’t no pockets in shrouds’.
Thanks again for your generosity of talents, time and blog candy!
My new husband had a saying I’d never heard and really couldn’t quite believe … are you ready? “Wouldn’t THAT rot your socks?” it still kills me when he comes up with it, but now I’ve been known to use it myself. Well, wouldn’t that rot YOUR socks?????? Big grins.
LaurieReplyCancel
When I was a teenager, one of my friends would often say “He (or she) is older than dirt.”ReplyCancel
Deborah HooperAugust 10, 2010 - 6:18 am
I’ve been running late for work the last two days trying to read all of these. I’ve enjoyed it so much.
“No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap”.ReplyCancel
KaiaAugust 10, 2010 - 6:19 am
One of my favorite idioms is “You can’t judge a book by its cover”. It’s truly some words of wisdom.ReplyCancel
I guess I’d have to say it was when I first celebrated Christmas with my now-husband / then-boyfriend and his family. Someone gave my boyfriend a CD, and another person said, “Oh, it’s a fishbowl!” What they meant is, it’s plain to see, easy to see through. I had never heard that before!ReplyCancel
CathyAugust 10, 2010 - 7:26 am
Whenever my mom choked on something she was drinking or eating, she always said that “it went down the wrong hole.”ReplyCancel
Jo4HimAugust 10, 2010 - 7:41 am
This isn’t exactly an idiom, but my DH and I say this all the time when he’s looking for something and can’t find it……”he has male-pattern blindness”. Isn’t it true though! Women can always find things, while men can be looking right at something and not see it. We think it’s funny anyway. Thanks for offering the blog candy.ReplyCancel
PollyAugust 10, 2010 - 7:46 am
I worked with a woman who used to say we have to “nip that in the butt”…I always thought it was nip it in the bud…since she was my supervisor I didn’t think I could correct her. I had to try hard not to laugh though.ReplyCancel
When something was totally without value,
“It’s not worth the powder to blow it up”.
I think that dates to before the Civil War, when loose black gun powder was used.
rain rain go away little johnny want to playReplyCancel
MelanieAugust 10, 2010 - 8:22 am
What great blog candy!
One of my favourites is: “He had eyes like a caplin going offshore” … a caplin is a type of fish … but the saying means that someone has bloodshot eyes … haha! Don’t know how that makes sense!
Another good one is: “There’s no back doors about him” which you would say if someone was really outspoken.ReplyCancel
“Whatever floats your boat!” is a common phrase. I also say, “It is what it is!” Thanks for the opportunity to win!ReplyCancel
Heidi GoreAugust 10, 2010 - 8:41 am
“That dog’ll hunt.” As an example: if you hit a golf ball it will find the hole. I think. Maybe. That’s the meaning I gave it as it never was quite explained to me.ReplyCancel
yvonneAugust 10, 2010 - 8:47 am
This seems true of animals “a face only a mother could love” Have you been to the zoo lately?ReplyCancel
Meemee48August 10, 2010 - 8:47 am
Really enjoy your blog candy questions. They are so interesting and I like reading other peoples’ comments. My mother used to say, “Well, isn’t that the cat’s pajamas?” Go figure. Cats don’t wear pajamas!ReplyCancel
How about “there’s no smoke without fire” or having a ‘chin wag’ (having a chat). What great candy, very generous of you. Btw, I love your work.
Thks for the chance.ReplyCancel
its NoelleAugust 10, 2010 - 9:19 am
As a young girl, when we arrived at my grandmother’s home, being a proper southern lady she greeted her guests, she would walk out to the porch as say “Get down and come in.” Since we had nothing get down from, it always confused me. Later I realized it was from a time that you climbed down from your horse buggy.ReplyCancel
Love it when my mom says “that will rot your socks off” .ReplyCancel
TeresaAugust 10, 2010 - 12:04 pm
Becca, Thanks once again for a chance to win. I always laugh when my son comes home from a trip with my brother-in-law because he always has new sayings to repeat…the kids favorite and I think my brother-in-laws favorite is, “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye!”…luckily no one has lost an eye. TeresaReplyCancel
SuziAugust 10, 2010 - 12:14 pm
Definitely from a junior high boy. . .or my dad. . .”That’s just slicker than snot!” Ugh!ReplyCancel
Thanks for this chance to win. Another saying I thought of was
“come in and sit a spell.”ReplyCancel
mary stuartAugust 10, 2010 - 3:11 pm
an oldie but oh so true…..a stitch in time saves nine.
funny how this keeps coming back to me as the need arises – usually after i haven’t done the stitch in time and seeing how much more time it will take to fix!ReplyCancel
Diana N.August 10, 2010 - 3:17 pm
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Great blog candy! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyCancel
Ann I.August 10, 2010 - 3:26 pm
How about “you’re getting on my very last nerves..” thanks for another chance to win!ReplyCancel
janeyAugust 10, 2010 - 3:31 pm
Happy Tuesday! Our first grandchild (a girl) was just a young toddler when we could see she had similar personality traits as her mom. We would say “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. When she was almost four, she did something like her mom would do, and she quickly said “I know, the apple falls from the tree but doesn’t go very far”……she had it whether she totally understood it or not!ReplyCancel
Arleen LivelyAugust 10, 2010 - 3:47 pm
Becca
Your cards make my day I just love how you use pearls! My Dad always said “let’s say we do and don’t” if we wanted to do something and he didn’t.
what time is it? A freckle past a hair
It will cost you 2 bits
Becca,
It is fun to read all the different sayings. Thank you for the chance to win blog candy. My Dad used to say, “He is jumping from the frying pan into the fire.” meaning going from bad to worse.
MaryReplyCancel
Joanna JohnsonAugust 10, 2010 - 4:21 pm
Hi Becca and another I like a lot is biblical but has been used forever, “You reap what you sow,” a great lesson for teaching others how to make decisions on their actions. and words. I love “make hay while the sun shines” !!! in other words, don’t procrastinate. go for it!!
The biblical words of wisdom have been turned into many sayings, by different cultures such as do onto others…. a great blog subject!!! so fun to read these!!! thanks.ReplyCancel
One that always put a smile on my face is: “Good Grief” and someone would respond “and since when is grief good” My thought s it depends on who is saying it, and what the situation is.
I was on vacation since last Friday and just got back, and this is one of my first stops… love your creativity, and your punch art :0ReplyCancel
DeniseBAugust 10, 2010 - 5:25 pm
In a pig’s eye….
And speaking of pigs, I actually LOVE the one someone posted on her about the ham sandwich…. Had me ROTFL.
DeniseBReplyCancel
Kelly GAugust 10, 2010 - 5:36 pm
Of course I remembered one this morning I say all the time, but can I remember it now…NO!!! Umm, ok, how about I say more money than God all the time too. Don’t know how much that is though.ReplyCancel
CYNTHIA BEYNONAugust 10, 2010 - 5:52 pm
BECCA BECCA HERE IS A NEW ONE FOR YOU. WHAT GOES AROUND,
COMES AROUND. MEANING WHAT YOU DO WILL COME BECK TO YOU\
I SURE HOPE TOU ARE FEELING BETTER KNOWING YOUR FRIEND IS NOT
SUFFERING.
WHAT A SWEET PERSON GIVING AWAY BLOG CANDS AND ALWAYS GIVING
US THE DIRECTIONS SO WE MIGHT LOOK SOMEWHAT AS GOOD AS YOU
DO. WE SURE TRY.
I am feeling that these days!
Thanks Becca for the chance to win wonderful blog candy!ReplyCancel
EarlineAugust 10, 2010 - 6:15 pm
Hello Becca thanks for a chance to win some wonderful prizes another good one is, Don’t bite the hand that feed you. That one is good you no Becca life was so simply back then it didn’t take a hold lot of talking to make good sense. And I tell you parent knew what they was talking about.ReplyCancel
“He’s a sandwhich short of a picnic!” (ie not complete in the thinking department!)
Thanks for the chance.ReplyCancel
CorrieAugust 10, 2010 - 8:11 pm
Thanks for the chance, I have heard about wouldn’t have the foggiest, lately my husband keeps checking our son for a “hollow leg” because he eats so much and is so skinny he has to be putting it some where.ReplyCancel
I’ve been forgetting to leave my comment every day! I’ve got all of the words so far!
“When pigs fly”ReplyCancel
KaryleAugust 10, 2010 - 8:25 pm
Hey Becca,
Like I said on one of my previous comments I move to Florida from Utah so there are many southern idioms that just confuse me, as I am sure many of mine are confusing to someone raised in the south. I was at lunch with some of the women I worked with and they were talking about a club they had gone to the night before. One of them asked another did you see Jenny last night…”she was tore up from the floor up”. I had never heard that before and they explained to me it meant that Jenny had way to much to drink. It still cracks me up every time I think of it or hear someone say it.ReplyCancel
gltinnolaAugust 10, 2010 - 8:46 pm
Hey Becca, here’s one of my favorites when I get very angry: I’m so mad, I could spit!! Thanks for the great candy!ReplyCancel
kathy sAugust 10, 2010 - 9:09 pm
There are lots of idioms in Australia a couple of them are – It’s up “the back of Bourke” – which means it’s along way away; and “True Blue” or “dinky di”- these both mean “real” or “genuine” especially towards being patriotic to Australia- thanks for the chance to win some great candyReplyCancel
When I misbehaved my mother would say; I’m going to tan your hide, and don’t you jaw back to me. That meant that she was going to whip me and I had better not talk back. In N.C. we had a lot of switch trees and boy did they hurt your legs. When I was small and I would see her getting a switch off the tree I would run around the house. When she caught me boy did I get it.ReplyCancel
VioletAugust 10, 2010 - 9:29 pm
When my daughter’s boss was acting up like a jerk I told her too bad you can’t tell her to “go pound rock salt”. Huh??? Mom, what does that even mean????
Here’s the explanation that I was given:
In Newfoundland, instead of (or maybe in addtion to) being sentanced to prison, one punishment would have them go out and pound, with large wooden hammers, hard rocks made from salt from the sea. It was hard, brutal work and the worst punishment they could get. So if someone was acting like a jerk, we would tell them to go pound rock salt.ReplyCancel
LisaAugust 10, 2010 - 9:37 pm
what goes around, comes around. keeps one thinking to act acordingly…ReplyCancel
If someone is looking miserable quite often we would say they look as if they’ve lost a pound and found a tanner…I guess in America it would be “they’ve lost a dollar and found a dime’
“shot gun wedding”
Although no one is pregnant, my daughter’s wedding is coming up soon, and, we just heard from one son that he is forgoing a big, planned wedding and doing the justice of the peace thing this Sunday…yes, THIS Sunday!!ReplyCancel
TinaHAugust 10, 2010 - 10:55 pm
Two peas in a pod. Cut from the same cloth.ReplyCancel
Tanya PhillipsAugust 10, 2010 - 11:29 pm
My dad is full of them. One is when asked how is he doing, he might say,'”Fine as a frog’s hair, split three ways.” Oh my goodness :)ReplyCancel
Judith -Overland Park, KSAugust 10, 2010 - 11:49 pm
“It isn’t over until the Fat Lady Sings” – I never did quite understand that saying but I take it to suggest: I still have a chance to win. Thank you Becca.ReplyCancel
Bonnie GAugust 11, 2010 - 12:00 am
How about “the grass is always greener over the septic tank!”ReplyCancel
spatchAugust 11, 2010 - 12:54 am
Maybe someone can explain an expression I have heard more than once on English tv……Bob’s your uncle….even in context never figured in out so it remains in the limbo of my mind!ReplyCancel
One I have used a lot and always gets a wry smile -” As busy as a flea in a nudeist camp!”ReplyCancel
CindyAugust 11, 2010 - 1:23 am
Birds of a feather, stick together; there are so many. It’s hard to think of them.ReplyCancel
Jan LAugust 11, 2010 - 1:43 am
Sorry about the extra post. As my Grandmother used to say, I’ve got more troubles than a married woman! Ya see, I got me two rugrats and a red-headed stepchild, and for the umpteenth time today I’ve had to give my floors a lick and a promise, ‘cuz they won’t wipe thar paws. I finished my second cup of liquid courage while I jaw-jacked with my snaggle-toothed neighbor, but I kept a thinkin I should fetch her a brush so she could get all the rats out of her hair. Anyhoo, as she was takin’ a drag off her cancer stick, she was a havin’ herself a hissy-fit ‘cuz her better-half got drunk as a skunk and went a huntin’ himself some 2-legged dear. I told her she couldn’t see the forest for the trees (or is it trees for the forest?), ’cause with him a gone, she could burn her boulder-holders, cut the cheese, or shart whenever she wants! I guess I need to stop shootin’ the sh** for a while and hunt up some clean snot rags for the kids. They’re stuck in front of the boob- tube, and in a half past a hair we all gotta climb into the old clunker and go get my old man out of the hoosegow. Seems that he was a rubber-neckin’ and got into fisticuffs with the fuzz. They threw the book at him over a bunch of trumped up charges. we’re all going to celebrate over some gut-burgers at the Golden Arches. Once the kids are down we’re going to make up for lost time, and swing from the chandeliers. In the words of my wise, dearly departed, God-fearing friend, Martha, “All is well that ends”. Hope this wets your whistle.ReplyCancel
How about these “Three sheets to the wind”, “He or She is three bricks short of a load”, “The grass is always green on the other side but you better take your lawn mower with you” and My husband favorite “You have really mess in your mess kit this time. Thanks for the chance to win.
“Another day…. another dollar.”
I thought I knew a lot more… I’m scrapping the barrel now – lol!ReplyCancel
PollyAugust 11, 2010 - 6:27 am
I used to work for someone who always added “and all that good stuff” on to about everything she said…I got a bit tired of hearing that one.ReplyCancel
Magi DuncanAugust 11, 2010 - 6:33 am
In “Our Daily Bread”, the reading for yesterday, August 10th brought back words my Dad always said when we were little – “think how good it will feel when it quits hurting!” When I was small, I never quite understood that concept; but you realize as you get older, that with God’s help, you can survive anything life throws your way and come out a stronger, more compassionate person! Blessings to all . . . Hugs, MagiReplyCancel
Karen from OntarioAugust 11, 2010 - 7:03 am
I don’t know why, but when my Dad got frustrated he said, “for crying in the sink!!” ……guess it was better then swearing around the kids!ReplyCancel
Delores in VAAugust 11, 2010 - 7:20 am
I just love your great ideas!!!
My idiom…”Sick as a dog!!!”
Thanks again for sharing your many talents.ReplyCancel
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” is a common one.
I do prefer the saying that it’s not true though – not as long as you remember to water your own side :) Another word of wisdom :)ReplyCancel
Miss GAugust 11, 2010 - 7:33 am
In conversation I would hear my dad say ” apple tress don’t bear oranges” I didn’t know what he meant and I dare not ask because children didnot get in grown up conversations when I was growing up.ReplyCancel
BettyAugust 11, 2010 - 7:40 am
This one is the story of my life…..”A day late and a dollar short”. LOL Thank you for a GREAT site!!ReplyCancel
Cathy GreenAugust 11, 2010 - 7:41 am
My grandmother used to always say, “Busy as a cranberry merchant.” I don’t know why a cranberry merchant would be busy unless it’s Thanksgiving. But that’s what she said. The other grandmother would say, “Busy as a one-armed paper hanger.” That one I understood!ReplyCancel
MarlenaAugust 11, 2010 - 7:49 am
Thank you so much for all the fun, and the opportunity to win some great stuff!
The first time I heard, “Whatever floats your boat,” it was from my mother-in-law. I thought it was hilarious!ReplyCancel
When my middle son was in kindergarten he came home from school one day and was telling me about his day. I questioned him on something he said and he stood up straight, looked me right in the eye and said, “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do!” Where did that come from? I lost it. Thanks for the chance to think about all these wonderful expressions. Find memories of my kids when they were little. My son is flying home from Boston tomorrow and I can’t wait to see what my “little man” has been up to lately.ReplyCancel
DonnaAugust 11, 2010 - 7:54 am
An employee was once telling me how whacky his sister in law was, and he said, “She’s crazier than a run over dog!” Have a great day!ReplyCancel
When living in N.E. Arkansas, we would hear people say that is was “raining mosquitoes”. Because w/all the rice fields around, the rain just helped those mosquitoes to MULTIPLY!…ohhh…it was really bad.ReplyCancel
ChaunAugust 11, 2010 - 8:12 am
When it rains hard, we say it’s a “gulley-washer”, here in S. Central Texas.ReplyCancel
EarlineAugust 11, 2010 - 8:14 am
Hello Becca man this has been a fun one really enjoy the memories and the many imput of other I am sure that it put smiles on there faces and lots of good old memories spilling out of there hearts like mines. Another one I can think of is leave well enough alone,and if you cannot fix it then don’t force it. Becca thanks for a chances to win a wonderful prizes but thanks more for back down memory lane. Be bless you and your house hold.ReplyCancel
Chris BakerAugust 11, 2010 - 8:30 am
My Mom loved saying to my Dad “You’re grinning like a skunk eating onions”.ReplyCancel
Becky BowmanAugust 11, 2010 - 8:44 am
“if it isn’t broke – don’t try to fix it” is one my favorites…. has been fun going through and reading some of the comments, it’s like a blast from the past – whoops that’s another one….ReplyCancel
A Toss-Up:
A result that is still unclear and can go either way.ReplyCancel
CarolAugust 11, 2010 - 8:51 am
I like this one “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and keep hanging on!”
Lovely candy Becca, thanks for the chance to win!
Carol xReplyCancel
MarcieAugust 11, 2010 - 8:54 am
As kids I think we heard them all. Some of my Moms favorites were when you were pouting she would say ” if you stick that bottom lip out any further, you are going to trip on it”, or if someone was telling a tall tale or exagerating the truth, she would say ” your nose is going to grow”. If she didn’t believe in something that was said she would say, “and if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you”. At work when some one was gossiping or starting trouble, we called it “stirring the pot”.
MarcieReplyCancel
BettyAugust 11, 2010 - 9:03 am
“Monkey see, monkey do”. Thanks Becca for another chance at your fabulous blog candy!ReplyCancel
Sally J.August 11, 2010 - 9:05 am
We say “Easy come, easy go” whenever we spend more than we would like to on something.ReplyCancel
I remember a saying in my childhood but haven’t heard it in a long time. (may be because we don’t wear dresses anymore) but people always said if your dress hem turned up alittle “you are going to get another dress just like that one”
Thanks for the fun!!!!!!!!ReplyCancel
AnneAugust 11, 2010 - 9:15 am
This is so much fun, Becca! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to smile.
More from my grandparents!
‘I’ll have your guts for garters’
‘You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear’
In a broad Yorkshire accent – ‘Where there’s muck, there’s brass’
‘Much of a muchness’
‘Straight as a die’
‘Going like the clappers’
‘Right as ninepence’
And when clearing the table after meals, any cutlery which hadn’t been used was gathered up and replaced in the drawer and my grandmother would say
‘Count your blessings’ – we didn’t have to wash them up!
A rolling stone carries no moss….
Thanks for all your beautiful cards!!ReplyCancel
Mary L.August 11, 2010 - 9:45 am
Lets see**** Don’t rock the boat.
True Blue
A modern one is “Google it”.
Out of the mouths of babes.
You could write a book with this collection. Of course you would have to Google it to find the origins & meaning of most of them. lol
mary l.ReplyCancel
Mary LukemanAugust 11, 2010 - 9:52 am
Becca,
Thanks for the chance to win such great blog candy. You are very generous! One saying is king of the castle referring to an important person.
MaryReplyCancel
Diana N.August 11, 2010 - 9:56 am
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” is another “tried and true” saying.ReplyCancel
Linda B (NY Card Lady)August 11, 2010 - 9:56 am
Grew up hearing lots of idioms….How about doing something “until the cows come home…”..or….. “water under the bridge..”.
Love your ideas and cards. So inspirational.
Thanks for the opportunity to win some blog candy. Love to visit your blog.
LindaReplyCancel
Country folks in N.C. always said; don’t stir the fire and make it hotter. This is what you would tell someone who said something they should have not said and keep yur mouth shut before you made it worst. I know, tell me to go fish (get lost). By the way, I love your Christmas card. Thanks for the many chances to win.ReplyCancel
I like the ever popular: “It’s like finding a needle in a Haystack!” And sometimes I feel like it really is! LOL :)ReplyCancel
Carolyn McElroyAugust 11, 2010 - 10:53 am
I’m not sure if this is what you are meaning, but; when I went to work outside of the home, being from the south, I would say, “I’m fixing to go take a break”. Someone would look at me and say “what?”. It meant I’m getting ready to go. I had to ask my daughter what I could say instead of “fixing” because that’s just all we had ever said!! Thank you so very much for this chance for blog candy again!!! You are the best!!!! Hugs, C:o)ReplyCancel
MarisaAugust 11, 2010 - 10:56 am
One I recently learned is from my kids: I’m going to pone you. Means I’m going to beat you.ReplyCancel
Arleen LivelyAugust 11, 2010 - 11:24 am
Becca
You make me get in the spirit with your cute card today. I love everything you do my dad always used to say “it is always greener on the other side …until you get there!
ok, i think i forgot yesterday, so here’s 2 for today….
grandma’s “turning over in her grave!”
and “his bark is worse than his bite”.
sandyhReplyCancel
TinaHAugust 11, 2010 - 11:27 am
How about “tie the knot” – thanks again for your wonderful blog. Appreciate the chance at the blog candy.ReplyCancel
Jo4HimAugust 11, 2010 - 11:30 am
Not really an idiom, but “Dogs are man’s best friend”. We are having to put down our beloved 13 yr old dog in a few hours and we are remembering lots of good times. (Sorry to “rain on your parade”). Thanks for the blog candy.ReplyCancel
Meemee48August 11, 2010 - 11:36 am
Yes, you are getting me in the Christmas card mood. Just wanted to share one my husband always says, when someone isn’t real smart. “They are 2 tacos shy of a combo plate.”ReplyCancel
DarsiAugust 11, 2010 - 11:45 am
That’s the best thing since sliced bread, is something we have said a lot.ReplyCancel
Thought of another one that you may not have heard of, It’s from Southern Africa, we can some times talk about a “monkeys wedding” What is this, well it only happens when it is drizzling (raining) and the sun is shining!
I don’t know if this is something our family made up when I was a kid or not. It sure gets people looking a t me kinda strangely when I come out with it here in UK!!
We went camping a lot when I was a kid and one time a really nice 5th wheel trailer pulled into the campsite next to ours. Everyone in my my family had campers and pickups, with just enough beds and very little space to move around in. That 5th wheeler was brand new, really fancy and was so spacious. My Dad said ” Well if I had that 5th wheel and he had a feather we’d both be tickled”. I thought that was the funniest thing I had ever heard and I laughed until my sides ached. That was many many summers ago and my Dad is gone, it still makes me laugh and I use it often.ReplyCancel
“Put that in your pipe and smoke it”…..I miss two of the words and I thought for sure I had them all…..oh well……thank you Becca for the chance to win these awesome candy….ReplyCancel
RachelleAugust 11, 2010 - 12:32 pm
“To make a long story short!” My family says this when they are almost done telling a very “long winded” story! Too bad it doesn’t actually make the story shorter! LOL!
Thanks again for the chance to win Becca!ReplyCancel
Jessica S.August 11, 2010 - 12:41 pm
“Fine as frog hair”
Thanks for giving us a chance to win some of your blog candy.ReplyCancel
My Mother always said “Can’t never did anything”!
Have fun reading all these sayings Becca…I know I’ve been enjoying the ones I’ve read…simply amazing!
Jan CastleReplyCancel
Betty GoodsonAugust 11, 2010 - 1:39 pm
These are fun, wish I had time to read them all. thanks for another chance to win your Blog candy. I too have bought the same thing more than once. One stamp, I must have really loved, I bought three times. I just give them to friends. I’m from the south and we have an unending bunch of sayings.. A hard rain is called a “frog strangler”.
A not too bright person is accused of not being the ” brightest crayon in the box” or just plain dumb is someone who’s cornbread’s not quite baked” . My favorite swear words are “horse feathers” and “pshaw” and someone always says “huh” ? That came from my dad forbidding us to even use gosh or darn. His worst swear word was “by Ned”.ReplyCancel
Thanks again for the chance to win your blog candy! I know what you mean
about buying double. Many times I have gone to put away the item I had
just purchased, and there was the same item in the drawer!ReplyCancel
CYNTHIA BEYNONAugust 11, 2010 - 2:13 pm
BECCA BECCA THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN ALL THAT BLOG
CANDY. YEA IF I WIN AND BOO IF I DON’T JUST KIDDING. MY HUSBAND
WENT TO OKLAHOMA FOR A MONTH TO THE ACADEMY THE GOVERNMENT
HAS FOR AIRPORT PERSONAL AND HE CAME HOME WITH ALL SORTS OF
SAYINGS. ONE WAS A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE. HE IS ALWAYS
COMING UP WITH ONE OF THEM EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 20 YRS AGO.
“Deaf in one ear and can’t hear out of the other.” Seems like I heard that a few times growing up Ü Ooooh…crossing my fingers that I’m the lucky one!ReplyCancel
Joanna JohnsonAugust 11, 2010 - 2:41 pm
Hi Becca,
I used to believe “the early bird catches the worm”, still do for younger folk, but for me now that I am over 50 …. I say” let sleeping dogs lie” !!!
Truly, I used to fall asleep easily and wake at five am to do devotionals and then teach my children work in ministries, etc. and did that for years while having 13 different surgeries!! Now I don’t get to sleep till five am! So I do tend to sleep later than I like but I just cant seem to get my body to cooperate. I wish someone had a saying of wisdom for women in menopause!!! Thanks again for all your inspiration and creations!!ReplyCancel
Pat JandacekAugust 11, 2010 - 2:51 pm
I believe Jan L. entry #663 deserves a prize of some sort. It’s worth searching out and reading! A wonderful story, Jan. What a talent!
I’ve thought of a couple of things said by my parents: whenever any of us kids might say we didn’t know how to do something, Dad’s retort was “you can’t learn any younger!” How true.
And anytime we’d get scratched or bruised up the (kindly) remark would be “It’ll be well before you’re married.” And it was.
Another of Dad’s: “He puts his pants on one leg at a time.” (Meaning, he’s no different/better than you.) And another one directed to make us feel better is: “They may be richer, they may be better looking, but they’re no better!” Yay for my Dad!!ReplyCancel
Mom alway reminded my Sisters and I ” Pretty is as pretty does”ReplyCancel
Bonnie AramowiczAugust 11, 2010 - 3:26 pm
Thanks for your generosity. Would love to win!!ReplyCancel
mary stuartAugust 11, 2010 - 3:27 pm
I appreciate Pat for mentioning Jan #663 entry – it is a riot! no time to catch up with all entries today, i just sort of skimmed and missed it till i read Pat’s note.
Another one i love is ‘look what the cat dragged in’! Our cat seems to run to the door when my husband is coming home, so the two boys are often arriving home at the same time. Its so funny, and makes me appreciate that line!
Thanks Becca for the fun – new and old, they are fun to read.ReplyCancel
CathyAugust 11, 2010 - 4:01 pm
When I bugged my mom for anything or to go anywhere, she would say that I’d get it “the second Tuesday of next week”.ReplyCancel
If someone is being ‘smart/cheeky’ funny, they are often said to have ‘slept with the light o’n, or having ‘slept in the knife box’.ReplyCancel
ShirleyAugust 11, 2010 - 5:10 pm
Becca, this one has been not only fun to read, but to participate with. Being a Southern girl, we tend to talk in idioms. I think I’ve read all of mine here. Thanks for the fun time.ReplyCancel
Barb PAugust 11, 2010 - 5:15 pm
The one saying that makes me go “HUH?” is “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”. Still not sure about that one but I guess it means there is more that one way to accomplish something difficult. Love all your card and projects.ReplyCancel
DeniseBAugust 11, 2010 - 5:16 pm
Nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. At least that one makes sense!
DeniseBReplyCancel
I remembered what it was I was going to post yesterday. I always say sh** on a brick…don’t know where I got it from or what it means.ReplyCancel
crystalAugust 11, 2010 - 7:09 pm
Lately I feel like “I’m running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off”ReplyCancel
Tanya PhillipsAugust 11, 2010 - 7:12 pm
Another one from my dad, when we would get into the car, about 95% of the time he would say, “We’re off like a herd of turtles!” I still am not sure what this one is supposed to mean, LOL. I’m in my 30’s now and he still says it most of the time. :)ReplyCancel
NaomiAugust 11, 2010 - 7:52 pm
Of course, the old standby- “the pot calling the kettle black”
thanks for the chance of winning all that blog candy.ReplyCancel
corriewAugust 11, 2010 - 8:10 pm
Thanks for the chance, another one I was telling DD today was “up the creek without a paddle”, it means your in trouble with no way out.ReplyCancel
“All dressed up like a dogs dinner” is another saying for someone dressed up in new clothes…for the life of me I can’t think what a dogs dinner would look like dressed up.
My dad would always ask, “Do you walk to work or carry your lunch?” LOLReplyCancel
CindyAugust 11, 2010 - 10:05 pm
Love Mary for pointing out 663 – that was great!!! So many to choose from – how about – looking at the world through rose colored glasses! Another fun few days of Double Play! Thanks!ReplyCancel
Jenny BatchelorAugust 11, 2010 - 10:07 pm
Another one is “you’re not as dim as you sim” – meaning someone might appear to be a bit silly but when you actually talk to them, you realise they are really quite smart.
Thanks Becca.ReplyCancel
Sharon PartykaAugust 11, 2010 - 10:19 pm
Gee, Becca, I’m going to miss this daily activity…it’s been to participate and to read all the idioms. I’m “scraping the bottom of the barrel” now, but here are a few more:
“Wishing on a shooting star”…just heard this on the weather report tonight because of the expected meteror showers.
“Shooting the breeze”
“Barking up the wrong tree”
“Working my tail off”
“Marching to the beat of a different drummer”
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”
“One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel”
Thanks, again, Becca, for your blog candy and for sharing your wonderful creations with us. God bless,ReplyCancel
Here’s one I always thought was funny since it was my mother who usually yelled it, lol. “Where you born in a barn?”ReplyCancel
GiovanaAugust 11, 2010 - 10:54 pm
Well, since I grew up speaking Spanish I have so many of those crazy language sentences, LOL, here in the USA I don’t speak it as often I should, but when my daughter does or says something that is not good I say “muchachita malcriada” and she looks at me and knows I am upset :)
My husband says “i am so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider” Thanks for some chances at some generous blog candy. Hugs from Australia. TanjaReplyCancel
Mary L.August 11, 2010 - 11:37 pm
This has been The End to a perfect Blog Day.
I think I have read every one of them & enjoyed them all.
Thanks for the memories.
How about ‘he hid behind the door when the brains were passed out’.ReplyCancel
KelleyAugust 12, 2010 - 1:59 am
My last idiom for the blog candy!
‘Outen the lights’ meaning turn the lights off.
Thanks, Becca, for the fun read.ReplyCancel
CorrieAugust 12, 2010 - 7:12 am
its raining cats and dogs, when I was younger I never knew what it meant now I know it means its raining hard.ReplyCancel
JenCAugust 12, 2010 - 8:24 am
Another fun contest! The word part always keeps me on my toes!ReplyCancel
Joyce HAugust 12, 2010 - 9:22 am
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful cards with us. They are so beautiful and inspiring. My husband use to say “Plan your work and work your plan”. When I would take my children to places they
would like to touch everything, I would say to them “Please look with your eyes not your hands”.ReplyCancel
Meemee48August 12, 2010 - 9:30 am
Geez, I don’t know if this is over or not, but I keep thinking of all those sayings I heard when I was a kid. If wishes were horses, we’d all be riding.ReplyCancel
AnnAugust 12, 2010 - 2:58 pm
Becca I enjoy your blog so much! Your cards and projects are gorgeous. One of the idioms that I would use on my kids when they used the word hey was “hay is for horses and animals like that”. They would look at me as if I were strange. My oldest daughter came up with a whole verse (which I can’t recite for you) to go with that idiom that she would rattle off as fast as she could when her younger siblings said hey.ReplyCancel
jenniferAugust 12, 2010 - 3:54 pm
Your cards are amazing !!! one of my moms sayings when she saw somebody showing off was ” I wish I could buy her for what she’s worth and sell her for what she thinks shes worth “…. thanks for letting me stop by your blog…ReplyCancel
Hi Becca! I’ve been offline for a while recently due to a move, etc., and just saw that you had a double play. Regardless of whether you are having a double play, I visit your blog daily . . . one of the idioms my mom uses is, “I’ll bet you dollars to donuts” (for instance, “I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that he doesn’t do what he promised.”). I have NEVER understood that phrase or known its origins, and every once in a while I hear it from someone other than my mother . . .ReplyCancel
NaomiSeptember 28, 2010 - 2:19 pm
I can’t believe it’s Tues. already. Just a big thank you for all you do for us. You definitely inspire me. No knew frugal ideas.ReplyCancel
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This is the double play bonus- more double purchases!! Yes, can you believe it…I just got in on a good sale with Carpe Diem and purchased copics I already have…grrrr!! So the winner will get two new Copic Markers and a new punch.
My favorite idiom is “to pound sand in a rathole” to denote a hard job. I’ve always wondered what/who prompted that phrase. Maybe the same person who came up with “nailing jello to a tree”. I’m not sure which I’d rather try. Cindy 2
Slow as molasses in January
Hugs
Becky
I’m not for sure if this is what you’re looking for but I have a tendency to use the saying, “choke a horse.” For instance we have enough weeds to choke a horse!
My favorite was what my dad says if I’m not moving fast enough… Grandma’s old, what’s your excuse?
Thanks for the opportunity for blog candy
My husband always says “I’ll be back before you can whistle dixie”.
One of these days I will surprise him.
Thanks
How about “That Was the Last Straw”. Thanks for the chance to win.
A phrase I use a lot is one I picked up from a friend I met years ago. Instead of a “bad” word I say “rats in a ditch”.
The one I always heard growing up and have found myself using on my own children: “If you have time to do it over, you have time to do it right the first time”
My nana’s favorite~~”The Cat’s Pajama’s”—-huh???????????
An idiom that my husband use often is, “it’s raining cats and dogs”; here in Florida, we have many thunderstorms and rain, and I get scared easily with all the noise. He uses that phrase to make me laugh and forget my worries. Frances.
ok, I laughed, but I really don’t get it… ‘asked hubby for one and here is what he said:
some asks–> “where’s Jim? (or whoever)”
answer–> “up a hogs [butt] lookin’ for a ham sandwich”
I substituted so I could keep it clean…
hey, he’s a cop…I’m sure there will be more… sorry… :(
Wow! You give so much stuff away it’s unbelieveable. I still come here everyday whether you do or not. I love looking at your projects. As a nurse, when I used to work on the unit, one of our male nurses told me at the end of the day, “my dogs are barking”. He had to explain to me that he meant his feet were hurting.
In our family… a favorite idiom was was “he smokes like a fish”. This was to comment on a person who smokes a great number of cigarettes each day. A bit unique I think as fish don’t actually smoke.
I say to the kids ” You drive me up the wall” lol… Thanks for the chance to win the Blog candy!!
My dh likes to say, “fine as frog’s fuzz.” Thanks for the chance to win. You are sooo generous.
When asking about something that I knew I wouldn’t get or wouldn’t happen… “When pigs fly”….
when I was young and i wanted to know how much something my mum just bought cost – she used to say “money and fair words”. Another one was if you wanted to know what something was, adults would say “leo’s for meddlers” – I still don’t know what the latter one means or where it derived from!!!
Great giveaway by the way!
Paula x x x
This is going to get some good responses I am sure, one of my favorites is “its like trying to nail jello to a wall” (meaning its just about impossible).
When I was a young girl, an aunt asked me if “my ears had been burning” that morning. Then she explained that she had been talking about me that morning with someone else and that maybe “my ears were burning” because of that. Hmmmmmmmm. DMorgan
My Dad used to say “Father works from sun to sun, but Mother’s work is never done”. Of course, I have always understood that one, but it is definitely one of my favorites! Thanks for your wonderful blog Becca, and another great blog candy chance.
no much of an idiom-ist quoter.. hehe…
but i’ve heard my uncle say ” geez Louise” to a friend of his…so we all thought her name was Louise… hahaha … it was Ann…. doh!
thanks for the chance to win your doubles =)
juli
My family used to say “Oh, go jump in a lake!” (I’m from Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes – State motto) I thought it was funny until I heard it the Millionth time, then it was time to find a new one – LOL :)
Thank you for ALL of your AMAZING creations and Hard work, you really inspire me!! I wish I could take a card class with you/from you!!!
Thank you for the opportunity for Blog Candy! :) ~ Amanda H
My Mom’s favorite was “When pigs fly!”
I remember my Grandmother would always say this…”I’m older than those hills and twice as dusty”, this was her line for everything…
Karen
my favorite idiom is ” Lights are on…but nobody’s at home!”….which is what many people are guilty of at times including myself…when the tongue engages before the brain has a chance to think about what to say!
As always Becca your blogs and your projects are always amazing! Thank you for this opportunity to win this fabulous Blog Candy!
My mother used to tell me that I was “slower than molasses in January”. She also used to say “Graceful as a hog on ice” (I was a little clumsy). We certainly laughed a lot when I was young.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I remember so many, my Mother would always say that I was just “a chip off the old block” , her opinion that I was so much like my Dad. Another one she would say “slow as fog off manure on a cold morning”. As I grew up in the country with cows, I could understand that one at a young age.
Thanks so much for a chance to win, your cards are “eye candy” each day, hey there is another saying.
Darlene J
My dad used to say, “She/he could eat corn through a Venitian blind” , meaning someone has large prominent teeth. Not very kind, is it? Thanks for chance to win Blog candy.
My teenage boys think I am just weird when I say, “It’s half a dozen of one and 6 of another!”
Great blog candy and so generous of you. I have had double purchases before also. I love visiting your blog and seeing all your gorgeous creations. One that I have heard a lot and even used is “You are slower than Christmas”.
When an older friend of mine is asked her age, she replies “As old as my tongue and older than my teeth.” I always laugh.
I love all of your gorgeous creations and have to say I’ve been guilty of my share of double play purchases.
My mother (and many generations before her) was raised on a farm,
and from the time I was little, if anyone asked if she were ready to go, she would ALWAYS say, “I’m Ready’s calf”. I may have been slow, but it took me years before I “got” it. I say it for my family now. Some day they will post about this same quirky quote!
Our saying was “Everyone is kind of crazy, but thee and me, and sometimes I worry about thee!” Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy!
Being my hubby is in the Army, we’ve heard him say that he’s told some to “go pound sand”. Thanks for the opportunity to win some of your “doubles” :)
Some fun reading here. Always such good questions for your blogs. will be coming back to see what others have to say. My dad had some fun comments. One was when someone would ask what time it was…half a freckle past a hair…. No watch.
Or how much something cost…. A dollar three ninty five. That one had lots of people doing a double take.
A response to someone’s noisy question…. Nunya!… short for none of your business.
Thanks for having such fun blogs. Have been using quite a few of your ideas in cards and others have been eating them up.
Becca your blog candy is outstanding. Thank you for sharing. I can remember when I was little and we always had to dry the dishes (no dishwashers back then!!) If I dropped a knife my parents would say “oh, we will be visited by a man”. A fork was a visit from a women and a spoon was a young child. Can’t say if I remember someone coming to the house after this happened!!
I am Pennsylvania Dutch so we have alot of them. One I always use is, “Go outten the lights”.
Seems like my Granny always talked in idioms, one of them was you’re “Beating a dead horse” Being an animal lover, this was so confusing to me. Thanks for the opportunity to get some candy ;) You just happen to have the one pendant I don’t have yet, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed lol. Thanks Becca!
Love your blog. Love to win blog candy.
At work one day, just as my shift was over, I said “It’s time to fly the coop”. A couple young co-workers looked at me with that huh look. I had to exlain what I meant.
I will be back tomorrow with another one.
Between me and the fence post…. this is what my husband’s grandmother use to say all the time…. the kids now days – what is a fence post?
An idiom I used just the other day is “she will get her just desserts”. A friend of mine was relating to me how a co-worker of hers had gotten away with not doing her job for a very long time. Now all of a sudden the company is on to her slacking and she is being watched very closely. I remarked that in due time she would get her just desserts for not doing her job for so long.
Thanks for the opportunity to win another great prize.
Sally Gasparri
I love these kinds of phrases – one of the funniest one’s I ever heard was “I’m busier than a f*rt in a windstorm” (sorry I couldn’t think of a substitute word but it made the entire group at the dinner table snort their soda!)
LOVE your blog Becca. Thanks for a chance to win. :-)
Oh! I remember Laura’s silver wear one. lol
My Grandmother used to ask if you wanted a whole sandwich or a “Door Shut.” That’s just one slice of bread folded over the filling. I get some strange looks when I use that one.
mary l.
How about “you’re firing on all cylinders” !
I think my favorite idiom was “When Pigs Fly.” There’s a great children’s bool Tuesday just about this saying.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Shawn K.
When I first went to work in the engineering department of the telephone company, I was partnered with an older employee and his favorite saying was “Ain’t no hill for a stepper!” This had a definite double meaning for him. He walked faster than anyone I’d ever met, and now I walk just as fast, but it also could mean that whatever we were needing to design wasn’t that difficult. I have a ton of sayings that I use all the time.
My mom always says, “You’ll catch more flies with honey than vinegar”, meaning that you get along with people better if you’re sweet, but I always thought to myself, why do I want to catch any flies at all? Thanks for sharing your talent and your double purchases!
My favorite one was told to husband the day after we got engaged. “You boil the hog when the water’s hot.” It took some asking around before we were able to figure out what that meant.
I have never understood the saying “I need as bad as another hole in my head”??? Seriously? Some of the stuff we say is weird! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
When the 4 of us grandchildren would all get together at my grandma’s house during the summer you were bound to hear her say “I’m gonna box your ears!”. It was always a toss up as to who she was saying it to. Thanks for the chance to win.
My Irish mother always says “it’s teaming rain” when it’s raining heavily.
I had a biology teacher in high school who used to say, “Is a frog water proof?” That’s what he said when his answer to your question was yes.
Thanks for a chance to win some great blog candy.
Looks like you have some great candy yet again!
Here’s an idiom that rings true: A Picture Paints a Thousand Words.
(idioms are a fun topic–I tutor kids at the local high school who have come over from other countries with very limited English–idioms are particularly hard for them)!
Thanks for a chance to win!
Hope all is well with you and your husband!
At the end of a busy work day I often comment that I’ve been attacked by the brain sucker or that I’m working on my last brain cell.
I agree with your generosity. It’s unmatchable
My mother and now me and my siblings say ” Got to get back to my rat killin” just to say get back to work. I now have my sis-in-law tell me that over the phone. I must say it a lot!!
When we wanted to talk about something there was a lot of we’d say
“Well there’s more whatever out there than Carter has liverpills.”
I have no idea who Carter is or what a livepill is either but we always knew it meant there were a bunch. Thanks for the treats.
I’m not sure this is an idiom, but my Grandaddy always referred to things being as “stubborn as a Missouri” or “kicking like a Kentucky.” I never understood what he meant. He finally told me one day that this was the way to know what kind of a mule (or problem) you were dealing with. If it kicked you, it was Kentucky mule. If it just wouldn’t budge…well, then you knew it was a Missouri mule!
Wow! Another wonderful blog candy!
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater threw me for a loop when i first heard it. I think I was a teen.
My favorite idom is: You are the apple of my eye. My Father used to say it and I could never figure out how he got an apple in his eye.
Thanks for all the gifts. They are awesome.
My husband cut himself and said “I was bleeding like a stuffed pig” I had never heard that before
When everything seemed to be going wrong, my dad used to say “Nothings ever so bad that it couldn’t be worse”……
Thanks Becca for the interesting question. And of course, all the great goodies! One saying I’ve heard all my life and now pass on to my children and grandchildren is ” It’s not what you want that makes you fat. It’s what you get.”
You are so talented and creative. It is a joy each day, just to see what you have to show us. And thank you for all your Becca bits and tutorials. Wish I had just an inkling of your talent. Thanks!
Hi Becca,
Thanks for the opportunity to win some blog candy. It took me a while to come up with a huh but since we are from Penna dutch country it was then a litte easier. As kids we were always told to “pick up the floor” when mom wanted us to do some cleaning. My friends would do a huh when it came out of my mouth.
Blessings,
Kim
Sometimes when we ask one of our parents where he or she was going they might respond with “going to see a man about a dog” and the reason we didn’t understand what it meant is because he nor she would ever come back with a dog.
Mine is like Darlene J only with a little bit added. My dad always said,
I was a chip off the old block and the last splinter.
Thanks for the opportunity to win you awesome blog candy.
When we moved to OHIO many years ago, I had never heard the expression “the whole nine yards”. I had to have some one explain it to me!
Thanks for the oportunity to win more candy Becca,
one of my Mothers favourite saying was if you dropped something and it broke she would often say “that’s gone for a burton”
coming originally from Yorkshire in England I’m wondering if over the years the dialect has changed and perhaps the saying really was “that’s gone for a button”
guess I’ll never know
One of my favs is someone TRYING to sing… “They couldn’t carry a tune on a platter.” Thanks for the chance to win!! Love your work!
Hi Becca!
Thanks for the chance to win
because I am now a SAHM;;;I like…
“Father works from sun to sun, but Mother’s work is never done”.
The idiom that, always and still does, makes me go HUH??? is:-
“the bees knees”. I think it means something like:- “you’re the best” but…… I didn’t know bees had knees and have no idea what one thing has to do w/ another. Can someone enlighten me??? :-)
Thanks, Becca, for the chance to win your awesome blog candy!! :-)
“I’m not trying to be difficult it just comes naturally”
All you work is’t amazing tanks for share.
One I remember is Mum or Dad saying ‘stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about’ surely we were already crying about something???
Thanks for the chance to win.
Rene from OZ xo
My father used to say he was going to see a man about a horse. He never came home with a horse however…I think he just didn’t want us to know what he was doing.
Thanks for all you do.
What about, their elevator don”t go all the way up, they are a few bricks short of a load or few fries short of a happy meal! or they are not the brightest bulb on the tree.
Thanks for the opportunity to win blog candy. How sweet it is!
There was so many so one of them was you act like you have ants in your pants which mean you act like you could not be still.
Ages ago I worked in a care home for elderly people. The one that got me was “keep your pecker up!”
Which meant to the very dear and very proper englishwoman; “keep your spirits(nose) up!
That one made me do a double take the first time I heard it! Ha!
One I’ve heard was “finer than frog hair” Now really do frog even have hair??? Thanks for another chance at some yummy candy.
R/
Great blog candy, Becca. Here’s mine. Someone put a bug in his ear.
How about When asking timely question’s the answer would be When the Cows come home.
Thank you for the chance to win.
I get tickled every time I hear this one:
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometime.
My father was born and raised in Nebraska and when it got really cold,(even though we lived in Texas) he’d always say “it’s colder than a welldigger’s a## in Nebraska”.
my favorite is…you don’t pay for your raisin’ til you raise one of your own.
thanks for a chance Becca!!!
Becca
First of all thank you for your inspiration and sharing your talents with us.
When I was younger my Mom always said”you would argue with a fence post”.
I was always like, what??? Why would I talk to a post????
Now having kids of my own I understand the statement, but my boys just look at me like I am crazy when I say it to them! HA HA
Thanks for the chance to win such great blog candy
Pam
It took me a minute to understand what a former co-worker was saying when he said (about someone) – “She looks like the south end of a horse going north”! He REALLY didn’t like that woman!
My grandmother had many of them that I still use to day :)
about bad company to hang with “If you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas”..
Thanks for a yet another chance to win some goodies. Love the saying “dip stick doesn’t quite hit the oil” or “lights are one but no one’s home”.
How about “sicker than a dog”.
Thanks Becca for the chance to win more blog candy – you are so generous! And I have purchased the same thing more than once as well – guess I REALLY liked it. : )
My husband always drives me nuts when he says, “It is what it is!” I’m like…. what the heck does that mean?!!
Another fav of his is, “Six of one, half dozen of the other!” Whaaaaaat?? lol
This is great fun!
I am from North Carolina and both my parents came from the “mountains”. My Dad used to hate when someone called on the phone and asked who he was and his comeback was: This is me, is that you?? Always caught them off guard! My uncle was a drill sgt and his fav saying was always, Don’t blow smoke up my rear and tell me it’s windy!! His wife always shushed him when we kids would bust out laughing!! Seems North Carolinians are full of sayings like my grandmother used to refer to diapers as hippens!
The one I heard a lot now in South Carolina is “that’ll stop that dog from sucking eggs!”
Love the blog candy and even though I never win, I feel compelled to play along! Kind of like having smoke blown at me!!
My dad used to say, “I’m busier than a one arm paper hanger with the hives.” That always conjured up a funny picture in my mind.
My father always says “the nuts don’t fall far from the tree,” which has a perfectly clear meaning. More obscure was a saying from my grandmother, who was from the South. She would describe someone who didn’t have much going for him this way: “He’s as sorry as a mangy dog’s hind-end.” I could not figure out what she meant until I learned what a hind-end was as a little girl.
Becca, thanks for the inspiration and the wonderful blog candy. You are SO generous.
“A watched pot won’t boil.” I sat this a lot.
You’ve got the life of Riley is what my MIL says to our Dog. Makes me lol when she says that.
This is great word game. Thanks so much from such a wonderful person.
Working with international students, idioms are always fun to deal with. Years ago one of my students said “you’re in the pink today”, and then proceeded to tell me that it was an idom he had just learned – you’re looking nice/good/etc AND, he went on to say, it was also a true statement that day (because I was wearing a pink searsucker summer dress. I’ve remembered that all these years later (20+) Great blog candy, Becca, and fun as well! Thanks!
I think the most unusual saying was one my parents used when we asked where they were going – “Up a dry gully wheeling out smoke”!!
I will come up with a few others over the next week too – love this game as I am sure that with an international following you will get som wonderful saying.
Blessings
Maxine
The South has a bunch of wonderful idioms. My dad use to pull this one out when we complained about some little thing…”some people would complain if they were being hung with a new rope”. I love it and use it with my kids now, made them pause to think about what it really meant.
‘The elevator does not go to the top floor’…I could not figure this out when I first heard it as there were no elevators around…LOL!
Thanks Becca for the blog candy chance!
My favorite is “I’m your mother and I said so”. Remember hearing that a lot. Would love to win all the goodies. Loved your heart box you made.
Something I only heard from my husband and he still says it. ” Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?” What the ?? I still don’t get it, but thanks for a chance at some candy.
Thanks for a chance to win your blog candy, Becca.
I have read all the replies and have heard them all before. I was certain I wouldn’t be able to think of anything else, but I have come up with a few more.
My daddy used to say when he picked up the phone ” Your dime, my time “. You can guess that was 50 years ago LOL
He also used to say ” I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken”.
My grandmother used to say of someone who never stayed still ” she is like a fart in a mitt looking for a thumb hole”. Another one from Granny was if you had an itchy palm – that meant money was coming your way.
How about “it’s like water off a duck’s back”
Oh my so many funny things !!!
Hugs, Candy
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth…what?!?!
Oh Becca this is so up my alley!!! I love quotes, sayings etc,,and your prizes are wonderful, i just started to buy copics so this will be adding to the 12 random colours that i bought when i saw them, and non of them are complimenting each other, hehhee, found that out afterwards,, my b/day saying today,,, that made me laugh and say huh is,,, Hope you laugh until cake and ice cream come out of your nose! can you just imagine that , but i bet it can happen to some kids. chat again tomorrow.
Thanks for a great candy once again Becca. Even I never win anything, I love how you always gets people to tell something funny, and it just takes forever to read you blog, as I have to read all these funny stories inhere ha ha ha.
Here in Denmark we have a much used saying, that´s this: Don´t cross the creek for water. This means: don´t take unnecessary troubles.
have a great week-end.
Big hugs MAryann
my dearest mom had many idioms,one of which was-when you announced that you were hungry, she would say”go upstairs and eat the monkey!! or as a child, i would often say “its not fair” and she would say “well it must be dark then”
another was “my nose keeps running” and she would say “well tell it to walk”
my mum passed away 21 years ago and i miss her every day!!
but a huge thankyou becca for reminding me of these funny little things she used to say,and a chance to win some blog candy
xx
BECCA BECCA MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS
” HE DOESN’T HAVE BOTH OARS IN THE WATER”
AND I NEVER KNEW WHAT HE MEANT. NOW I DO.
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER CANDY BLOG. SURE
HOPE I AM LUCKY THIS TIME.
CYNTHIA BEYNON
One of my Mom’s sayings that I always liked is “If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.” Sounds much nicer than “fat chance”, doesn’t it? Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
One of my Mum’s favourite sayings when I was younger….”I don’t know if I’m on this earth or fullers”
she used to say it when she had a very busy day and rushing to catch up :0)
Thanks for the chance to win your lovely candy Becca :)
Have a wonderful day :0)
*hugs* Heather x
Thank you for great blog candy and your incredible talent. One of the saying I remember as a child when things went wrong was “Up a creek without a paddle.”
One saying I use all the time is “Whatever floats your boat!” LOL
Thank you so much for the chance to win your blog candy:)
Hi there Becca
My Gran was famous for her funny sayings, one of them was.
Get down those stairs and listen to the noise your making up there,
Well as Children I Thought this was hilarious as how could you here the noise upstairs when you came down to listen to it.
Loved reading the different idioms,, they bring back great memories.
Have a lovely weekend
Yvonne
Ireland
Some of these I have never heard of but one that always makes me laugh is “when pigs fly’. Good luck every one. As always Becca, TFS!!! :-D
Hello Bacca, love your double purchases, I have a few things I got double as well, but always just assumed I am a numpty *lol*
Hmm, not being a native english speaker I am not sure I get many of thse idioms, but this one is used by my hubby sometimes (hope I don’t offend anyone) “he is pissed like a rat’s a**e”
Love, Alex
Hi. This brings back memories of my dad saying “you can’t be stupider than stupid, so what’s your problem?” huh???? I thought the word stupid took care of everything so this was confusing. LOL.
When a job is hard, i usually say – ” its like pushing mud up a hill” or “swimming though jelly”
When buying something you don’t need- ” you need that like a fish needs a bike !”
“thats as useful as a chocolate teapot!”
Brill Candy! Thanks
How about “go take a long walk on a short pier.” Thanks for your creativity and generosity. “You’re the cat’s meow.”
Once again Becca, Thank U. What Wonderful blog candy.
Guess what I was told alot growing up was;
‘ button your lip’. Needless to say, I could never keep my mouth shut.
Also heard alot was ‘A day late, and a dollar short’.
Oh, I remember my grandmother saying;
‘A hitch in your giddy-up'(If you have a hitch in your giddy-up, you’re not feeling well.)
Sorry that I gave more then one, but once I get on a roll, I keep going. :}
Thanks again Becca
ColleenB.
my dad was raised on a farm when he was young then went into the navy when he was twenty so he had lots of ‘earthy’ sayings, most of which i wouldn’t be allowed to repeat. anyway, being a sailor he used to swear alot and my mom would shush him. one day he was so angry at someone, and us girls were listening, so instead of calling this guy an s.o.b. he said i hope your mother runs out from under the porch and bites you when you come home. we thought that was so funny picturing his mom trying to bite him. didn’t understand it ’til we got much older.
thanx for the beauty you create and share everyday with us. it always makes my day.
This is sooo fun reading through all of these. I worked in construction and heard many–some not able to print for all eyes to see, however. Two of them I heard often: tighter than a crab’s butt and that’s water tight and he still has his Communion money. Both of these referring to somebody cheap and stingy. WOW on the blog candy. You always have the best bowed projects and goodies to give away. Thanks bunches.
Stay well,
AnnMarie
Good Morning Becca! Some of these are hilarious!! How fun!
One that I heard and always made my imagination go into over drive was the description of something with a large hole in it was that the hold was ‘Large enough to throw a cat through!’ How big a hole does it take to get a cat through it?
One of my favorite sayings in regards to someone that has no common sense is: if he/she had gunpowder for brains they wouldn’t have enough to blow their nose!
Dear Becca, I’m an italian fan of your blog, one of my favourite. I think is difficult, as like me, to understand an italian idioma for you. However, I share with you a nice exclamation to express a disappointment:” ACCI STRACCI” ( with the sweet “c”). In italian language have a pleasant sound!
Well, thanks a lot for the opportunity of my first blog candy.
Have a great weekend. Eulalia
P.S. Sorry for my bad english!!
One I have heard all my life is “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!”
One I have heard from my mother “Hold your horses” . Thanks for a chance to win.
Thanks for another chance Becca-you’re too kind!! I think most of the things kids these days say make me go hunh! Like the other day I heard skittling….had no clue what that meant. That’s probably not what you were looking for, but it made me go hunh
Hi Becca
At last I can tach you something. lol.
Here in the Uk gas cookers used to have larger burners on the front so you put the pan on to boil on the front burner then you pushed it to the back one and left it to simmer. Also gas cookers bring things to the boil faster than electric.
So it means we’re all fired up and ready to go.
How about when you see someone rushing around trying to do something too fast.
Slow down or you’ll meet yourself coming back.
Love your blog
Mal
‘Wind your neck in’ used to be a favorite of my Mom’s when we used to start getting a bit ‘mouthy’ or annoyed about something.
Oh my gosh… I can’t get over all these sayings…. Wow!!
“I wish I was a fly on the wall”
My Gma used to say”Well isn’t that the Cats Meow” Whenever she liked something a lot….
“I love you more than a whistle and a peck and a hug around the neck”…….Could that mean never ending love? It has been in my family for generations…
Great fun,
Thanks’
My favorites are “she’s not playing with a full deck” and “finer than a frog hair split 4 ways”
This is fun. Thanks for the smile and a change for free stuff.
One of my mother’s favorites: “Quit your whinin’ & pull up your bootstraps.”
But Mom, I’m wearing heels!
It’s funny that as I was getting to the bottom of the comments and thinking about sayings that have stuck in my head, that the “finer than a frog hair split 4 ways” was just above the spot I was to write.
We must be from the same part of the country.
Thanks for the blog candy opportunity.
Good morning, Becca! One of my favorite idoms is “that dog won’t hunt.” Can you tell I’m from the Deep South?
I have so enjoyed reading all of the sayings. The one my Mom used to say when we were children was “Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face” Thanks for the opportunity of Blog candy Your blog is my favorite and I always get inspired with your works of art!
“Fine as frog hair”
Thanks for being so generous with the blog candy.
money only spends once. is a favorite that my kids always hated to hear when they made a poor choice and wanted to be bailed out. thanks for the opportunity to win.
Thank you for the chance to win this awesome candy. I remember my Dad saying “Dumber than a box of rocks”. I still haven’t figured that one out.
Good morning, Becca! Thanks again for the opportunity to win great “candy”! My Dad always told us, “You’re not thinking with a full deck!” when we were about to make a foolish decision. Have many more, but will save them for the rest of the play time . . . Thanks to all of the other players – I loved reading all of yours! Hugs, Magi
One I use when we leave later then we planned on is, We are off like a herd of turtles, not sure where I heard it from. Thanks for another chance for some blog candy.
“What are you smoking?” confuses the kids today. Thanks for the chance of winning some wonderful blog candy and thanks too for sharing your talent with all of us.
Thanks for the chance at some blog candy!
The saying I remember is
“Everyone is entitled to my opinion”.
(Of course, it was actually “Everyone is entitled to their opinion”, but I much prefer the first version….
DeniseB
One I’ve used through the years when talking about following through with something is “You got to dance with the one what brung you.” It always puts a smile on a face.
I have heard people use the phrase, “Chip off the old block”.
From my Irish grandmother: “…going to hell in a handbasket.”
Mary
When ever we would say we had nothing to do my mom would respond “go run around the house”. When growing up on the farm if you had nothing to do you had to run around the barn. Thought it was funny till waiting for the school bus we all had to run around it.
My Mother use to say to us…Don’t end up the creek without a paddle!
If someone took seconds of food at dinner before they had finished their firsts, my grandmother would say “Someone’s coming hungry” meaning we could expect company to arrive soon… No idea where that one came from…
A dear friend of mine likes to use the phrase, “Oh my stars!” I enjoy hearing it! Thanks for the opportunity to win some yummy blog candy.
One we have used many times is “When life gives you lemons make lemonade.
You are an inspiration!
My Mum always used to “Y’s a crooked letter and you can’t make it straight” when we used to ask her why??? questions. I then used it with my kids, tee hee
Love your blog and always check it, you are a great inspiration to us our here. I have no idea how you come up with so many fabulous creations, but glad you do!!
I love these old sayings and have used quite a few of those mentioned already. Almost 20 years ago, I moved to rural Missouri and was talking with a co-worker when a rather unsightly young lady passed by. My co-worker popped out with “She looks rode hard and put up wet”. Those who know horses would understand. At the time I didn’t.
Becca, thanks for the opportunity to win your great goodies. Love your talent!
Hi Becca,
…when pigs fly..
Thanks! I visit daily to see all you
absolutely amazing creations.
Thanks for sharing you inspirations!
I had a coworker who always used the comment “is what it is”….I never did understand what she meant by that..
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Love reading all the saying.
As a kid my mother would ask me where something was and of course I would say I did not know. My mother then would say if it was up your (butt) you would know.
Your Friend in Christ
Christine
My Dad would say, its hotter than blue blazes! Thanks for all the inspiration!!
A fox smells his own hole first…my Grandma used to say this and I’ve said it to my son when he was younger.
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us (and for sharing blog goodies)
My dad used to say “Mind you P’s and Q’s. I know what he meant but I wonder where that one came from?
thanks becca for the great candy and for all of your wonderful creations.
My kids are always saying that someone is “a couple french fries short of a happy meal”.
My grandmother’s favorite was, “Two shakes of a lambs tail,” as in you better get up to the house in two shakes of a lambs tail. I always wondered how long that was since she lived on a dairy farm.
My ex, from E. Tennessee, had some interesting expressions. When something didn’t last long he would say “That lasted about as long as Pat stayed in the Army”. I asked him who Pat was, thinking it was a friend of his who got booted out of the Army for some reason, and all I got was a confused look from him. I didn’t ask again.
A late friend of ours had a very POSITIVE attitude, and when faced with a challenge, would say, “If that’s my ONLY problem, then I don’t have any!!”
I’ve heard “Out of the frying pan, and into the fire”. Meaning from one disaster or problem, right into the next! And boy, has that happened before! :)
Lately the words that come out of my mouth are, “It’ll allllllll come out in the wash”…I think it came from my NC great Aunt. :)
My Hubby always says…” Quit being a back seat driver”….lol
My mom always said when God closes a window he opens another. Thanks for the chance to win.
“Poetic Justice”… it was quite the court room I used to imagine. Now I’m “guilty” of using this idiom all the time…lol.
One of mt favs is “a few bricks shy of a load”.
One that I like a lot is “You snooz you loose”. Which is like He who hesitates is lost.
Love ya
Arlene
My favorite is his (or her) elavator doesn’t go to the top floor.
Hey I’m from NC too!!
One that my mom and dad would say when teaching me how to drive was “hit the foot-feed”…for the accelerator. Love your blog … you always come up w/the best giveaways! Thanks!
As a young girl I would ask one time too many ask where my parents were going my father would say, “I’m going to see a man about a dog.”
Another well used, and still used, one is “well isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black”. My kids look at me like I’m a crazy person every time I say it – “what the heck does that mean?!” is usually the response!
That’s quite a bounty of blog candy, Becca! My favorite idiom is:
“Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.” Then there’s always “That dog don’t hunt.” Or wait! How about, “Scarcer than hen’s teeth.”
Good stuff!
Wow! I had so much fun reading your comments & have heard most of the them in my childhood. I often heard “hold your horses” when I was growing up. :) Thanks for the opportunity to win such great blog candy!
My grandmother always said, “Stop burning daylight” which meant ‘Turn off the lights and quit wasting electricity (and money)’.
I use that on my kids now! Thanks for giving us the chance for such wonderful blog candy.
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Great bunch of goodies@ Hope I win.
Would you like a little cheese with that whine? (When someone is whining, of course.)
My uncle use to say that dog don’t hunt.
I forgot the sayings – I live in North Carolina, so they would probably be some you already know. Cooking on the front burner. (The front burner always gets hotter than the ones on the back)
Off the top of my head all I can come up with right now is “He’s a cool cucumber!” I guess meaning that the person was calm and not riled up.
Love the “cool” doubles that you have for blog candy – none of which I have:)
My father’s favorite idiom was “just put your ‘John Henry’ right here”, as the person pointed to where he should sign his name to a document. He loved it because he always signed “John Henry ____” and as he did so people who didn’t know him would look at him with their mouths open. He loved making them think he was not very bright. Then they’d all have a good laugh when he told them that his first and middle names were truly John Henry!
Enjoyed reading all the fun sayings and because my parents were older when they married & had us, my 3 brothers & I grew up hearing many of these! It’s like a walk down memory lane!!!
My daughter is fond of saying, “He/She’s not the brightest crayon in the box”. I used to always tell the kids when they were growing up that, “You get more with honey than you do with vinegar.”
I have always wondered about the sayin “break a leg” which I take to mean to do a good job or have a great performance!
Thanks for the neat blog candy post-love it!!
Becca, You always have such fun ways to participate.
My mother-in-law is fond of saying “Brand Clean” sort of like brand new but I never heard anyone else say it.
Thanks for your enduring creativity.
I never understood the word “tabernack” by my Dad until I was an adult, and over in Quebec visiting my birth mother.. apparently, tabernack was a way to curse without using foul language back in the day. Sad that it took me almost 30 years to get an answer to that word.
The other saying I still don’t really get is ” you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar”… why would anyone want to catch flies, unless to kill them?
This one is so funny. My mom always had weird sayings when I was a kid. I’ve used some of them on my younger employees, who cannot figure out what I am saying.
One of her sayings was… Whenever I asked my mom, “what for?” she would always say, “cat fur to make kitten britches.” It was a play on the words “for” and “fur.”
Hi Becca,
My family was full of idiots – oh, I mean idioms. When reading all of these posts, many of them were used frquently when I was growing up – as well as many, many more. One of my favorites was “You look like something the cat dragged in” when I would get up in the morning with my hair all a mess. Until I understood what it meant, I would always get excited when my father said he was “going to see a man about a horse” because I thought he was really going to get me the horse I so deperately wanted.
Hey Becca,
Being from the South, my favorite saying is “Well kiss my Grits!”.
Susan
When I met my husband 30 years ago, he would always say “Six of one or half a dozen of another” and “my dogs are barking”. We still use them and laugh at each other. Thanks for the inspiration every day. You are truly blessed with this talent and can’t start the day without you. Thanks for the chance to win some great blog candy.
Oh, this is a good one! My favourite idiom is one my grandmother and mother used to say to me. It is “You know what thought did, don’t you?”
Whenever I’d say “I thought …”, they’d say this to me. It took me until my 20’s to figure out the question and what it meant. Then I got the answer!
If you read this and want to know what it is, let me know and I’ll send you an email.
Lots of fun, here, always! Thanks from Ontario, Canada.
Well, I’ll be John Brown !
I say things like this all the time! A few my kids are like..huh? Then some time later they’ll start laughing and say OH I GET IT NOW !!
ROFL !
Thanks for the chance!
My dear late mother-in-law used to say, “Like buying a cat in a sack!” It meant buying or getting something you couldn’t see before you got it.
The unknown factor….
My father would say:”That’s slick as a whistle!” I only knew at the time it was a pretty good job! :)
As a kid my father would refer to a whacky person as “one brick short of a load”, or “not the sharpest knife in the drawer”. I still use those two sayings. Thanks Becca for your generosity. You are definitely a sweetheart and we do appreciate all you do for those of us that are not so gifted in the creative world.
Marcie
Hello Becca,
You are such an inspiration to me and I’m thrilled to have discovered your website! Thanks for the opportunity to win such generous blog candy.
My sister’s favorite comment when something just doesn’t come out right is “Well! I’ve cut it off three times and it’s STILL too short!” I sometimes feel that way when I’m making cards. : ) You know, like perhaps I’m not the sharpest tack in the box!
Love in Him,
Becca,
My mom would say gossip is like,, when you stub your toe, by the time it gets to the third person you broke your foot and your in the hospital. LOL
She was so funny!
Blessings Becca
Hi Becca,
My young daughter is funny she has just turned 12 and has really came out of her shell.
When she is hot she will say “I’m roasting like a chicken” and then when shes cold she will say “I’m frozen like a fish”.
She is just adorable.
Thanks for the chance to win
Linda x
“When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Thanks for the chance.
When my Mother would get upset or mad or confused instead of saying
bad words she would say ( What the bald head ) ? I know it
sounds crazy but it works.I am 66 have have worked most of
my life and retired 4 years ago to took care of her….she passed away
1 year ago last Jan.
I used that when I worked and allot of my fellow workers looked
at me like I was crazy…….but after a time allot of them started saying the same thing………..LOL. Better than saying something bad
Thanks for binging back memoies
Oh Becca, these are so much fun!!
I could explain many of them. Like the Carters Little Liver Pills.
They were little bottles of pills sold OTC probably forerunners of today’s vitamin pills & sold by the millions. One of the other saying about them my G/Father used to say was, A Baby in every Bottle. My G/Mother must have taken them, they had ten children. lol & she had many of them over a hundred yrs. ago.
One of my own, when my husband would get up & be out of sorts
I would say he had taken his “Here comes the Grump pills.”
mary l.
I usually say when pigs fly & chickens have lips.
This brings back many great memeories. Thanks.
One of my friends mixed his idioms when he said, “I’d like to be a mouse on the wall” when the boss finds that out. Thanks for another great chance to win blog candy.
“You can’y have your cake and eat it too.” If I have cake, you better believe I’m eating it!
“That’s a Corker” for something that is funny or unusual. I never understood how this came into being.
When pigs fly! I even own a cute little stamp from ages ago of a flying pig which I team up with a stamp of. dreams happen!
I recently transplanted to Georgia from Pennsylvania. so not only has it taken me a while to figure out what “ya’all is fixing to do” the locals look at me funny when I “updumped my poke”.
Hi Becca. One I have hear often is ‘madder than a wet hen.”
Becca, I love your creativity! This topic finally got me off the fence. I buy repeats more than my husband knows! I did that just yesterday, and told him how frustrated I felt, and needed it like I needed another hole in my head. One saying I’ve heard, and yes, said once to someone out of TOTAL frustration was, “You’re so full of sh** your eyes are brown.” Hard to keep this one clean.
My father would also use the expression ‘cooking with gas’. Wonderful!
How about ‘n’er cast a clout till May is out’
Don’t take warm clothes off until the end of May!!
What a fun “blog candy ” theme. I hear ” I’m between a rock and a hard place”.
My dad used to say of someone who ate too much: “She eats like a bird. . .a VULTURE!”
Great fun reading these!
What a trip down memory lane. A lot of these are familiar. I have heard different variations of some–“bleeding like a stuck pig.” Growing up my dad would always reply to where are you going with ” I’m going to see a man about a horse. I would get all excited as I really wanted to have a horse. I never did get one:(. I have heard ” If wishes were horses, we’d all take a ride.
Then there is “if it was a snake, it would bite you.” meaning it was really close, in front of your face.
I loved reading all the comments. Thanks. I would love to win the blog candy.
Becci, thanks again for your blog candy…
My mom would say…You are slower than molasses…
thanks for the chance to win!
I like” if i were a fly on the wall, the stories i could tell!”
heheee..
What fun! Everyone says I should right a book with the experiences and stories I can share :) Thanks for the chance to win blog candy!
WOWOW what a fun candy!
I like the idiom : “As cool , as a cucumber”!
Great way to win the candy. Love the idea.
This is so fun!
My Dad used to say-“Now we’re cookin’ with gas!”.
I heard that one alot growing up.
Thanks for the opportunity Becca!
I don’t know if this is unique to Scotland but my dad used to describe us kids when we were carrying on as “Daft as a brush and twice as hairy”
Another my gran said was “never cast a cloot ’til May is oot” meaning don’t expect good weather before then (you don’t stop spring cleaning until end of May because the weather usually makes mud up until then, cast = throw out, cloot = cloth, & oot = out).
And another, If you’ve got “a pig in a poke” you’ve got something no use to anyone or broken.
I’d better stop….
but this reminds me of my gran again saying “you’re a blethering skate and the ducks’ll get you” translation =I talk too much lol.
Thanks for the chance of these lovely goodies Becca.
Hello Becca…Hope to win this cool candy…my Mother when frustrated with me would sometimes say to me ‘ to bad you were hatched out on a stump’, it took awhile for me to figure this out, now I find myself occasionaly saying this myself, haha! Thanks for the opportunity. Lynn
I’ve always heard “I’m fit as a fiddle”….not sure what that means though. Thanks for the chance to win blog candy!!
Here’s another one from mom. “A leopard doesn’t change his spots.”
Thanks again.
From my grandma if we were taking to long “going around Moser’s slew.” Thanks for a chance to win some cool “stuff”.
How about “back to square one”? That is sometimes what I need to do when I am having a creative block – THAT, or wander through the great posts you share on your site, Becca. Thanks again for all you do!
My friend says” We were so poor we didn’t have a pot to pee in!!” You, Becca , are so kind to share all your insights into card creating… THANKS!!!!!!!
my dh loves to watch the s.f. giants baseball games on tv. so i sit with him and read or whatever. those announcers come up with the strangest things, but the one that got me was when a batter hit a fly ball to the outfield and the announcer said, “now THAT was a can of corn!”
hunh???
sandyh
I say this one a lot … “slicker than snot on a doorknob” LOL or “smooth as a baby’s bottom” or “closer than 2 peas in a pod” or “faster than spit in the wind” .. ok I’ll stop for now LOL
We used to have a saying in our office – No good deed goes unpunished.
When I started working full time, we all went out for lunch and I ordered …wait for this one ” lum-dum-fungaroos” !!!!!!
What is it? It is the only name my mom ever called … French Toast.
Betcha never heard that one before. Thanks so much for the fun, your blog candy looks awesome!
One saying I have heard many times is, “I don’t chew my cabbage twice” meaning I don’t repeat things.
Mary
When I was little and in the car with my dad waiting to turn, if there was a lot of traffic coming, my dad would say “Who opened the gate?” I would always look for a gate, lol. I was probably about 17 or 18 when I finally figured out what he meant. :)
Hello Becca! I remember being asked if I was “raised on a farm” – English was not my Mothers first language! My Mother also said ” I don’t know everybody” when we wanted to do something and told her everyone else was allowed to. Thanks for the opportunity to win your generous candy.
‘let the cat out of the bag’… so much for the surprize!
thanks for the op to win your excess stash, Becca!
my mom would always say a watched pot never boils which ment dont open the lid for else
I’m having fun reading all the idioms! ‘Colder than a tin toilet seat’ comes to mind. And I’d love to take your doubles off of your hands. Waiting to read more tomorrow!
What a fun “game”
A penny saved is a penny earned.
One of my best friends in high school once said that she had to pee like a race horse. Being an exchange student I’d never heard that saying before and I found it quite funny.. :)
I was using my walker some time ago going up a ramp and my husband lovingly said to me: “Watch out the snail is passing you”.
I didn’t have a clue/he had to explain it to me.
When I was very young I asked my grandfather why he wore a tie every day. His response, in his lovely Southern accent was:
“If you want to get to heaven when you d-i-e, then you gotta wear a collar and a t-i-e.” The words die and tie you have to spell out loud.
Another one that my mom would say,,,(She’s not dry behind the ears)… she had more sayings… It’s funny just thinking about all her different sayings..
My mother used to say about someone who was complaining. “She/he would cry with a loaf of bread under each arm. I love reading all of these, what a cute idea. I read them all. Thanks for the chance to win some of your doubles. I’m guilty as well.
Here’s one I always thought was funny – she’s got a bun in the oven. Fun reading all the idioms.
Someone once used this comment, apparently common for them… Believe it or die!
i was taken aback when i heard it, and figured i better believe it!!
My Mom’s “bless your pointed little head”. I saw my second cousin’s grandson for the first time a couple of weeks ago – anf the poot little thing must have had a hard birth, because his head was pointed. In my mind, I could hear my Mom and her quote!
My husband used to comment on some cars he drove as rentals–“It took off like a herd of turtles.”
My grandmother used to say “Practice Makes Perfect” when it was time to play the piano. While I hated to hear it at the time, the adage has proven true for lots of things over the years.
Sure has been fun reading all of these–thanks for the opportunity!
Here’s one I seem to use a lot:”She could talk the hind leg off a donkey!”
And my husband’s grandmother had a bunch of funny ones, like “That coffee’s so strong it would make a rabbit sit up and spit in a bulldog’s face!”
“People in hell want ice water too”…..I can still hear my mother saying that…..tfc
This is blog great reading today! My grandmother taught me this one. Nobody will notice on a galloping horse. I said that idiom to my granddaughter. Now she is a teenager and still asks for those old sayings. Every one who reads these idioms is a winner. But I wouldn’t refuse the blog candy. Thanks, Becca
Sharon L
“Hit a lick at a snake….” – just love that one!
Oh, yeah! I forgot one…very appropriate for the last two weeks in my region…”It’s hotter than the hinges on the back gates to hell.”
Another…I say this to my kid sometimes…usually in the toy aisle…
“You need another (insert toy name) like a fish needs a bicycle!”
I love “when pigs fly” – there’s something about that that just makes me smile. You know what it means, and when it’s said, it just hits the spot!
BECCA BECCA MY MOTHER, GOD RES HER SOUL, ALWAYS SAID
“BECAUSE I AM THE MOTHER” AND THAT USED TO GET ME SO MED.
THANK YOU FOR OFFERING BLEG CANDY AGAIN. YOU HAVE A GOOD
HEART.
CYNTHIA
Becca, you pick such wonderful challenges. I had to read everyone’s remarks and it’s so time-consuming…and this is just day 1. My father-in-law had several Czech expressions that we never really understood: “All things have an end, but a sausage has two.” Hunh.. well, yeah, but so? I no longer remember any context in which it was said.
If my parents did not think it appropriate to tell me what they were doing, I got the response that they were “making a wigwam for a goose’s bridle” – I still have to figure that one out!
Thank you for an inspiring blog and your generous ‘candy’
A FAVORITE I STILL USE IS ,WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN?
I just can’t stop…here’s another favorite…
“Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.”
tee hee
Hi Becca! I’ve never understood the saying to “hit a lick at a snake”!! I’ve even had people explain it to me, but I’m still confused whenever I hear it, LOL! ~Linda
So funny you would ask…..I just showed my DH a card I made that had “Hit a bend?” and he didn’t get it (run into trouble, having a difficult time, etc.). Thanks for the chance to win blog candy!
lately for me: “it is what it is”. I absouletly despise: “whatever”…
(there is a website to explain these strange collections! Quite interesting…) Oh when I’m typing, I like to use “…” (does that count?)
It raining its pouring the old man is sorning
I’ve always like the one, “He’s a sandwich short of a picnic basket.”
Thank you for a chance to win some beautiful blog candy. I can think of so many ways to use the great items! Your website is so much fun. Thank you for sharing you many talents.
My friend always says ” I’m sweatin’ like a pig in a hot pepper patch.”
She’s an aerobics instructor and we do some sweatin’.
My husband sometimes says that someone was a useful as a one legged man in an a** kicking contest!
Love the chance to win the candy. Thanks for the memories. I have heard my grandmother and my parents say lots of these.
My kids use to say they were going to do this or that amd I always told them, and sometimes still tell them to “fill your boots.” Which of course means to go ahead and do that.
Thanks for the chance to win…..you are so kind.
My Louisianna grandmother used to say “Well, I Swannie” when she wanted to curse but “was raised better than that”.
The cat’s out of the bag!
We would always get told when we had to many things going on at one time that we had “to many irons in the fire”. This contest has made some great reading.
Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy.
I still use “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”. I say it so much that anymore, I just say, “don’t count your chickens”. Also, don’t put the cart before the horse.
“That dog won’t hunt!” Thanks for the chance! Diane H.
When someone was taking the own sweet time with something (driving, playing a game, etc.) my grandma would say “Pea or get off the pot”. That one always made me snicker.
One of my favorites is- She’s a brick shy of a full load, or his elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top! I want to win!
As a kid growing up I remember my parents saying, He’s older than dirt”. Now that I am older I understand that was not a compliment.
Thanks for all the beauty that you share with us. I know my friends and I are in awe of your God given talent.
Oh rats!! I’m so sad. I don’t get to check e-mail in the evenings most nights so I missed the first word of the day since I was also gone all morning… so that blows the whole double play thing for me. Can’t even think of one idiom that I didn’t understand when I heard it, so will never have one a day through Wednesday! LOL!! Oh well… have to sit this contest out, I guess. But, thank you SOOOO much, Becca for your wonderful blog and all the beautiful cards and projects you share. You are so talented… your work is amazing!!!
My mom used to say to me and my brother when we were acting up “you’re cruzin’ for a bruisin'”.
My mother in law would say, Make a light,
I love reading all the sayings. Although I”ve only used this saying to get a stunned response from friends it still makes me cringe and laugh. Friends from Arkansas used this saying the first time I meet them and my head spun around so fast. I could not believe what I heard. We were cooking and the 13 yr. old girl said “I’ll cook so you can “go about your rat killing” HUH?????? The Mom saw my reaction and laughed. She said it means you can go about your regular chores. I have NEVER heard that here Iowa so I assume its just something that southerners say.
When we were kids, we would say “What Fer” and my Mom would answer, “Cat Fur for Kitten Britches”. We got the point we were not to use “fer instead of for” and we have remembered it into our more years…..and have passed it on to our kids.
Other fish to fry…compliments of Judge Judy!
Jan Castle
‘low hanging fruit’ – I heard this one in the business world and at first thought it was strange and must just be one person’s made up phrase. However, then I heard it in my travels to many different states visiting clients, etc. Basically means tackle the easy task and work your way up. :-)
What a fun way to give out blog candy. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Close the door, were you born in a barn?
I have a million of these….some not clean enough to share tho…..lol. My fiance gets so tired of my boys whining about how they “can’t Do something…..it’s too hard” So he tells them “can’t never could do nothing”
Meaning if you keep saying can’t and don’t try….then you’re right….you can’t!
Great question!!!
MY FAVORITE IS “CAT GO YOUR TONGUE”
Growing up, if anyone talked about a “fast” woman, my mother would always say, “Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free.”
This one is from my sister’s in-laws side of the family & I still don’t get it. ‘She’s crazier than pig sh*t”. They are from a tiny Texas town & they usually use it to describe one of the locals.
And as for those oops dups, I am the queen of that with one punch size only. I have bought & returned the same size one from my LSS so many times that my punch card & store file actually have an alert to make sure I’m not doing it again. LOL
Thank you for the chance to win your oops dups.
~C8>
When you are all standing around waiting for one person, one could say, “Let’s go, one monkey doesn’t stop the show.”
When I am being ungrateful, my husband likes to say, “You should be like the fat kid at the prom, just happy to be here.”
We have a dog that loves to get in his lap and he always says, “she’s all over me like I owe her money.” He is the king of idioms, I have a million but I will stop with these.
Oh, O.K. just one more. This one required explanation but when we first started dating I heard my DH tell a guy to “go pee up a rope” it’s kind of like, bug-off.
I am terrible at ideoms or sayings. My family teases me all the time because I get mix two together or plain just don’t say them right. In fact I did it tonight on the way home from a wedding when we went the wrong way I told my husband to “whip a louie”. He laughed and said it is “whip a U ie” I was also known to say “it ain’t over until the fat lady swings”. I know, I am really sad but true. I give my family a good laugh though! LOL
Thinking back to when I met my DH, I heard “if you are feeling froggy, then jump”. I had no idea what that meant…it means if you think you can hit me, go ahead and try. Oh, then there’s “d*mn skippy”… meaning – you’re right.
It’s raining cats and dogs
yeah?
One I like is “as happy as a pig in mud”…. always seems to have a sense of fun and freedom and not a care in the world.
“It’s time to hit the hay”. Actually, it will be for me in about an hour. : )
My Grandma use d to say “a penny for your thoughts”. What she wanted to buy my empty mind!
I live in Nashville, and I heard someone say, “She’s as mad as a hornet in hairspray!”
Your face is going to freeze like that……my mother would said…..
The one saying I remember my mom saying is ” You’re the cats pajamas!” I don’t know cats wore pajamas! Thanks for a chance at the candy.
neesey
“Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched”
Thanks for the chance to win your blog candy.
A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
Becca another saying that my friends use is,,, “Whatever blows up your skirt” or they say” Whatever bends your “boerewors”(sausage),,
have a lovely sunday.
hi becca
dont dily dally I love this
Today I haven’t read all of the replies – but I remembered –
A watched pot never boils
Hugs, Candy
If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything – that was a favorite I always heard and try to remember.
Nossy Nora! When you’re being nosey – lol!
Flat out, like a lizard drinking. Used went you are really busy.
My saying is. “The lights are on but nobody’s home”. meaning someone is silly.
Thanks Hilda
Another Huh!! expression that we used a lot in my family was “My Giddy Aunt” which was really an expression of amazement – don’t know the origins at all!
One i like to say to my grandchildren is “your eyes are bigger than your belly” and the look i still get from them is priceless.
thanks for the chance of blog candy.
margaret uk
When something was impossible or just was not going to happen my dad would say, “You are dreaming of fox eggs”. I actually found myself using it with my child and grandkids too.
Just found this blog and wow it is so cool.
CA from Canada
The one idiom that keeps coming back to me is something that my mother would often say to us four kids around the dinner table when one of us wanted a second, or maybe a third glass of milk … What do you think, we have a cow in the back yard?
My Grandma Ruth would say-you can attract more bees with honey than vinegar.
A hitch in your giddy-up
which means you’re not feeling well.
isn’t that cute!!
thanks Becca for sharing your lovely creations and offering these wonderful prizes!
Money doesn’t grow on trees. My mum often said it to us kids, and gosh it used to brass me off, but I now find myself saying it to my kids!
Thinking about my stamping supplies, perhaps I should be saying it to myself a bit more !! You too??? !!
Well I put my thinking cap on (more like trying to remember) and my DH used to say when trying to tell the children something important or make a point “Thats how the cow ate the cabbag!) Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy and enjoy the idioms!
If my father in law saw a woman who was a little on the heavy side, he would say “she’s big at the little and bottom at the top.”
How about “chew the fat”? That one’s kind of silly.
How about “A dime a dozen”…
This is so much fun. It’s amazing all the different ones!
Thanks again Becca.
“Get your head out of the sand”. My parents told me that when they thought I was overlooking the obvious.
I have heard people say, “Birds of a feather flock together” sometimes.
I used to think calling kids “curtain climbers” was kind of mean. Until the day I was babysitting my half brother, and he literally tried to climb up the curtains.
Water seeks it’s own level.
Similar people hang together.
I have really enjoyed reading all of these. Most I’ve used at least once. I realize now my boys must have gotten so tired of hearing me say some of these things over and over again. I can bet though, that they are saying them to their children. They’re just never going to let me know. LOL
I move to Florida from Utah, there are many idioms that make me go huh. One of the first ones I heard was “he/she’s a mess.” Where I come from a mess is something you clean up, in the south it has nothing to do with cleaning up a mess. I still haven’t figured out exactly what it means.
One of my favorites to use when someone tries to get me in the middle of something is “I don’t have a dog in this hunt.”
Wow, it’s been interesting to read some these. Many of them bring back memories.
One of my favorites comes from a coworker – a very funny lady. When you struggle to get something to work and you finally figure out how to do it, she’ll say “well, that worked slicker than snot on a doorknob” I had never heard that one before I met her, but it always makes me laugh.
How about…”If you don’t stop frowning your face is going to freeze like that” Hard to understand that one in the middle of summer!
Ooh Becca! Thanks so much for your generosity!
Until we had dogs, these idioms sometimes puzzled! Both my grandmothers used these a lot!
‘Like a dog in the manger’
‘It’s a dog’s life’
‘Let sleeping dogs lie’
‘It’s raining cats and dogs’
‘Done up like a dog’s dinner’
‘Looks like a dog’s breakfast’
‘Gone to the dogs’
‘As fit as a butcher’s dog’
Hugs
Anne (UK)
I don’t know if this fits with the category, but my Dad did a lot of carpentry work and he always said “measure twice, cut once”. Good advice for lots of things. Thanks for all your inspiration.
The cats pj’s
Lots of fun comments! One I use “you get what you pay for” and ” if it sounds to good to be true it probably is”.
One of the things I heard growing up was that face would stop a clock.
Thanks
Your Friend in Christ
Hugs
Christine
I used to work with a tiny little nurse who would say she was “as hungry as a b*t*h wolf in polk berry time”. (She was from NC).
When I went for my walk last night I was trying to think of a whole bunch of them and of course couldn’t … then I ended up using one at the end of the night…lol. When something costs “an arm and a leg”.
Just read the one above “measure twice, cut once”. My husband also uses that one. I wish my hairdresser would follow that rule. I just had a horrible experience this week. She said she cut off 3″ when in fact she cut at least 10″…..I’m trying to adjust UGHH
A saying I’ve used is “You are driving me up a wall”
thanks for everything Becca
My mother always used to say,”Don’t cut the tip of your nose off to spite your face.” & now of course I pass those wise words onto my kids.
Marianne/NY
My Mom always said “One hand washes the other.”
My E Tn ex also used to describe someone who had too much to drink as “Drunker than Cooter Brown” – and of course I asked who Cooter Brown was (I let go of the fact that drunker is not a word). The same confused look is what I got for an answer.
Living in the South for the first time in my life, I have been impressed with the abundance of idioms native southerners incorporate into their daily speech. It’s pretty fun, and I hear new ones all the time. One that made me laugh out loud was when an acquaintance ran into an old friend in the store and burst out with, “Oh Mary, I haven’t seen you in a hog’s age!” I still don’t know if I understand the “hog’s age” correlation (do hogs live an unusual length of time?), but it was lots of laughs!
Blessed Sunday, Becca. One idiom my mother used was “Wait until your father gets home!” Really dreaded that one.
My parents would say “Don’t let the cat out of the bag” meaning don’t share a secret about something.
Still enjoying reading everyone’s comments!
Here’s another one,, “You think you’re the cat’s whiskers”
I am having so much fun reading everyone’s comments. Thanks for the chance to win Becca – you are so sweet. My brother says “handier than a pocket on a shirt”.
“Whatever”!
I never quite understood “stone the crows”… perhaps a farming origin for this one?
Interesting how we just take these sayings for granted and don’t think about them too much.
When someone is being dense-All the lights are out,no body is home.
Thanks
I think my favorite saying for now is “when ‘h’ freezes over and penguins sunbathe on Miami Beach”. Yep, that’s about how long it will be. I love your blog. I love seeing the things you make. I get great ideas.
When things are just not going your way the saying “up a creek without a paddle” comes to mind.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
My sophmore English teacher/speech & debate coach, Miss Jasper Schlinker (yes, a female named Jasper!) would tell us, “That’s your little red wagon!” Whenever we’d forget an assignment, line or paper. She was in her 60’s in 1972 and drank a 16 oz bottle of Pepsi every morning! Keep the blog candy coming! But even more, keep the great ideas coming!
“No sense, no feeling!”
Thanks for the chance.
Kiss my grits!!! lol, not literaly of course
Becca,
Thank you for the blog candy offer. One saying I have heard a lot is, “That person is a brick shy of a load.” That means he is not too smart.
Mary
If anything was impossible to do my brother would always say “you as much chance as plating fog”
thanks for the inspiration and blog candy Becca
We had a cute saying a Costa Rica when it was drizzling really lightly: “esta yuviendo pelos de gato”. It’s raining cat hair.
the one that always gets me is you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
thanks for the fun!
Sandra
My daughter came up with this one when pressured by her friends to break my rules, “Rules were meant to be straight, not broken”. Never heard that one before….but made me proud!
When my son wouldn’t follow through with something, I’d say ” you didn’t go from A to B. Some of the sayings are so funny.
“you’re ears are on fire!”
Well, I’m just checking email after an absence of two days – annual family reunion – this year in Ohio….so I missed several words. No, problem, I can still enjoy the fun.
My father would say ” Lights are on but nobody’s home” if one of us (3 girls) would say or do something without thinking.
Now, with a 14 year old DGD, the message from her father is “the wattage must be a little low today”
How about…” Don’t beat around the bush” ..Have a great day :)
How about, “He has a chip on his shoulder.”? I was always looking for the chip.
My grandmother used to say, “if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.” Took me many years to figure that one out.
I heard this comment this morning at church — “loose as bb’s in a boxcar”. Never heard that one before.
What ever trips your trigger.
Darn! I was out of town all weekend and missed out on the double play already. Oh well. If you pick me it’s for sure two people will win! LOL! Mu daughter is autistic and when she was little every time we said “It’s rain cats and dogs,” she would run to the window to look outside. She took everything literally! Now when we say that she’ll answer, “Don’t step on a poodle!” Have a great day!
my husband says from time to time that it is “colder than a wells diggers butt” not sure where that originated….
One we hear alot these days seems to be “lights are on; no one’s home”. Nice way of saying what you’re thinking :-)
My mother’s favourite when anyone procrastinated, was, “This won’t buy the baby a new bonnet.”
I like this one too: “Raining cats and dogs”- when it’s raining very heavely ( like today )
Have a wonderful day Becca!
This is a wonderful idea for participation in a blog candy give-away. The comments make entertaining reading. Here’s an oldie for today: scootie-booger (it meansto go downstairs on your bottom as fast as you can).
Thanks again, Becca, for sharing your talent with us.
Ok, so this is what my grandmother used to tell me “why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free”. LOL. When I told this one to my daughter all she said was “huh”?
My mom (who is now in heaven) always use to tell me when life was hard, This too shall pass! Man, I miss hearing HER say it to me!!
How about “keep my fingers crossed for you”? Noticed it on your blog, and when you think about it – what does that really mean? I think that is a saying we have all probably used at one time or another. Thanks again for a very thought provoking challenge, Becca.
That and 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee.
Guess this Idiom needs a bit of updating changing the 50 cents to 5 dollars!!
so hungry that I could eat a horse
Thanks for a great blog!
a day late and a penny short
Look what the cat dragged in.
Hello Becca thanks for makeing me laugh and the memory that has come back to me another of the saying don’t let the green grass fool you I tell you they know how to hit the hammer on the head.
Well, I missed the Sunday morning word! Rats! But I can still play. . . .One of my dad’s favorites was that guy is “sharp as a mashed potato sandwich!”
Hope you’re having a great day! A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush????? What the heck does that mean? :)
Such fun. :)
When our much loved and taught children do something that you never thought they would do my husband says, “I know your mine but I’m not sure you belong to your mother.” I don’t have the heart to tell him it makes it sound like all the crazy things they do are inherited from him. So now I know they don’t get it from me.
Hi Becca, the comments are so good to read and I have heard so many of them. You sure like to take us down the old back roads with memories. One I have used is get off your high horses. Thanks for the fun.
Fit’s someone to a “T”.
I look like the wreck of the Hesperus.
I can’t beleive how long I’ve been sitting here. This is so much fun. Most of these are a blast from the past.
One I use all the time is “There’s more then one way to skin a cat.”
My Portuguese grandfather always said “Goats that bella lose time from eatin.” In other words shut up and eat.
For years Grandpa and Grandma would say two words in Portuguese when we sneezed. I always thought it was a blessing until I asked my father what it really meant. Translation was “You sound like a goat.” Go figure.
My father always said “Don’t spit up, it could fall back in your eye.” In other words don’t say something that could come back to haunt you.
Mom was full of sayings. If you smelt something she didn’t she’d say “You’re smelling your upper lip” and if something strange or unbelievable happened she’d say “Don’t be surprised if you see a jackass walking down the road without a tail.”
DH always says “The herd needs thining.” when ever he hears of someone doing something really stupid.
I always liked “The inmates are running the asylum.” And ” Nutty as a fruitcake.”
Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful candy and for making it so much fun I wont mind to much if I don’t win. Hoping I win though, especially those Nesties.
Hugs & Blessings
Bernie
your sweating like a pig
From my sister: “well butter my buns and call me a biscuit!”
How about “Don’t get too big for your britches”. This is soooo fun!
Thanks for the blog candy!
One that I modified from being ‘not family friendly’ was changed to ‘can’t tell their ear from their elbow”.
~C8>
When things would not go the way I planned, my Dad would always say “That’s the way the cookie crumbles!” I always wondered what that meant . . . Have a great day everyone! Hugs, Magi
Another saying that i have known from my youth is when something is dragging and I am impatient, the expession I use is that it is “As slow as a wet week in China” or “As slow as a wet month of Sundays”
Again neither rhyme nor reason to them. :-).
Blessings
What fun reading! My friend always says she’s “working on her last nerve” when she’s frustrated. Hadn’t heard that one before.
One of my favorites is “I might have been born at night but it wasn’t last night” I say that often when someone is trying to pull one over on me.
Thanks Becca this is so much fun hearing one’s I haven’t heard for some time.
My mother used to always say, “You made your bed, now you have to lie in it.” It meant that if I did a good job with anything, it would feel good, like a well-made bed. If I messed up in life or whatever, I’d have to pay the consequences.
When I did something helpful, my Dad said I was as useful as a button on a shirt. That still makes me smile…
Whatever floats your boat!
Thanks for the chance to win blog candy.
I was talking to my Uncle on the telephone and he said to me “Where are the Billie Lids?” This is an Australian term so you might not get and I have to confess I needed a translation but its rhyming slang meaning “Where are the kids?”
My favorite on is “That’s as useful as a screen door on a submarine”. Love your site……..
THanks for the chance to win, one of DH’s is “is a frogs butt watertight” the answer is yes because they apparently would sink/. I have no idea where he got that one.
I’d still like to win your blog candy.
Sarah
Something I always say when I hurt myself around the house – like mash my finger, stump my toe, etc., is “Ouch! That hurt like an epilady!!!” I said it at work the other day and had to explain it to one of my employees. That made me feel really old since he had no idea what an Epilady is. Remember that tortuous invention that everyone bought, used one time, and threw away! Wow, did it ever hurt!!! Thanks for the chance at this wonderful stash!
Looking at the world through Rose Colored Glasses.
It is prettier that way.
mary l.
There maybe snow on the roof, but there is
still fire in the chimney…
Thanks for the chance on candy , wonderful candy ..” I used to be young and foolish but now I’m just foolish”
I totally love “self praise is no recommend”. Grandma used to say that about people that thought too much of themselves and said so.
“Don’t let the cat out of the bag”. Thanks again, Becca!
I have 2 … “Happy as a clam at high tide” for someone who was extremely pleased. It’s pretty difficult to get clams unless the tides out… and “Yeah, and people in hell want ice water” for people who want and want and want something until you get sick of it.
“It’s a Horse apiece” I actually still use that one. There are several others I use and I am not sure if people know what I am talking about when I say these things. I just have to laught about it when they look all dumbfouned. Especially young people. ha ha ha
Thanks for the opportunity to win some more blog candy!
That’s the cat’s pajamas! I still don’t understand that one!!!
I have been “getting a kick” out of reading these little snipets. I especially like the personal stories explaining who used to say these things and what they mean
“What… cat got your tongue”
Here’s one: The road to heaven is built with good intentions.
When my Mom got caught in the rain or was hot and sweaty she always said “I look like a drowned rat!” I said that not long ago when our 7 year old granddaughter was with us and she thought it was so funny she had to tell her Mom & Dad about it when we got home. Thanks for all the inspiration Becca!
When growing up mom used to say, “I’m from Missouri… show me.” Never understood it as she was not from Missouri!!!
Glad to see that others make “double” purchases… ;-)
My Granddad used to say he was busier than a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs when he had too much to do. When I was little, I thought that was sooo funny. I could just picture that. Thanks for a chance to win your generous blog candy! I appreciate so much all your beautiful work Becca. And the fact that you teach us how to do these projects! Amazing! Blessings. Patty
Blood is thicker than water. I get that family ties are closer than other relationships, but who decided to compare blood to water?
Thank you, Becca, for a chance at the blog candy.
The one that stumped me was “handy as a dog in a meat house”. For years I thought it was sarcastic and meant that someone underfoot and a nuisance.
Eventually, I learned that a long time ago, dogs ate the scraps and cleaned up the floor in slaughter houses. So they meant the dogs really were handy, lol.
I heard this one in a George Clooney (sigh) movie, O’ Brother, Where Art Thou – “He’s as dumb as a bag of hammers.”
How about “found it the last place I looked”
A stitch in time saves nine. my G/ma said.
mary l.
Lots of these are familiar – my mom always spouts idioms .. ‘a few minutes late and a dollar short’ … my favorite in referring to my daughter ‘like nailing jello to the wall’ (describes her exactly!) or when describing someone dull-witted ‘a few bricks short of a load.’
Thanks for the chance to win!
wow there is sure a lot of saying around. Here in aussie land there is one …..As low as a snakes belly…. Boy you cant get any lower.
“sleeper hit” as in this movie is a “sleeper hit”…I know what it means but where did it come from??
Whenever we’d leave the door open: “Were you raised in a barn?!”
BECCa BECCA DIDN’T THINK I WOULD EVER GET TO THE END. MY
HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS “THAT WORKED BETTER THAN SNOT ON A
DOORKNOB” I ALWAYS SAY THEY ARE WEARING “HIGH WATERS”
MEANING THEIR PANTS ARE REAL SHORT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE BLOG CANDY. SURE WISH IT WOULD BE ME
THIS TIME.
HOPE YOU ARE FEELING MUCH BETTER WITH THE LOSS OF YOUR FRIEND.
CYNTHIA
Becca I have another 2 this morning,,,”He swears like a sailor”,,,, and “Don’t let the door hit you on your way out” This is such a fantastic blog candy “game” i’m enjoying it very much, very interesting sayings.
your goose is cooked!
don’t get your knickers in a twist
That would choke a horse used to be a favorite of mine.
Becca, You are such a blessing! So incredibly talented and as generous a person as I’ve ever seen! What amazing blog candy! Being from the South, I’ve lived with so many of these that I don’t realize some of our idioms and expressions are not common elsewhere. One of my favs is “whatever trips your trigger!” My daddy used to tell us to be careful “not to buy a pig in a poke”. Aren’t we interesting creatures?
Thanks for the fun!
Debra
One I always liked was “get your head out of the clouds”.
When I was a child and crying my Irish grandmother used to say “Your bladder’s too near to your eyeballs” and to my suprise when I went to see Ashes to Ashes the Irish grandmother told him exactly the same. Love your blog and reading all the others hope that this makes you laugh as much as some of them made me.
Regards
Ann
One I always heard was ” If you play the game you have to pay the piper”
Thanks
Your Friend in Christ
Christine
Here’s one that gets used a lot: “Water under the bridge”
Hi Becca,
Thanks for the chance to win the wonderful candy! These were really fun to read! I use “busier than a one armed paper hanger” and people say HUH! How about the one that came out a few years ago ” She thinks she is all that and a bag of chips too!
When asked “How are you?” we answer “Fine as a frogs hair split down the middle!” Now…that is fine! LOL Love, love , love your site!
My Mother In Law used to say about a fiesty person: “She is all spit and vinegar” Thanks so much !
I work in a plus size women’s clothing store. A few years ago, one of my customers liked a top, and she said, “that’s phat!” One of the older employees not knowing what that meant, said “well, if you didn’t eat so much, you wouldn’t be.”
Another saying Becca is “keep laughing and you’ll laugh on the other side of the face” some really weird phrases,
Have a nice day Becca and hope hubby is fine now after all his probs
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
Talk to the hand.
Let’s to to the mall and mitzy motzy. (from my mother in law)
“He’s high as a kite” if someone appeared drunk.
Still having fun reading. Y’all keep ’em coming.
“Penny wise and pound foolish.”
fooled once, shame on you
fooled twice, shame on me!
Love your work, Becca!
Thanks for sharing
“Knock on wood”….
This is so much fun…!!!
Another thing my mother would always tell me was, Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
‘land sakes’ is another I heard in childhood.
How about “rule of thumb”…that doesn’t seem like a very big rule considering the size of someone’s thumb..
She’s “all that, and a bag of chips”.
Not very nice but an old saying is “a face only a mother could love.”
Good morning Becca, come sit a spell and let’s chew the rag. This is somethng we use to say and still do in N.C. When someone is mad, you ask them who licked the red off your apple. Thanks for a chance to win the blog candy. It has a slew ( a lot ) of neat goodies.
Becca, you are “one smart cookie” for thinking this one up. When I moved to Indiana over thirty years ago, a saying I heard often was “What goes around, comes around.”
Becca, love your website and your generosity. You are a special lady. I’ve heard the expression “right as rain”.
Becca,
One saying I have heard since childhood is, “Now your goose is cooked” meaning you really messed up.
Mary
How about, “Chip off the old block”.
How about “fine as frog hair” which has to be pretty darn fine.
how about the one, can’t cut the mustard – I don’t get that one at all – mustard is not hard ….
Sandra
I’m still laughing at some of the comments. What fun. Thanks for the chance to win – can’t think of anything that hasn’t already been said.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you! So true
My parents used to always say, whenever there were two choices that were equally bad or equally good:
Well, that’s a horse apiece!
My husband also says when it’s cold “it colder than a witches t*ts in a brass brazier (bra – can’t spell anythign this am)
Thanks so much for the fantastic blog candy, I only wish I’d been here over the weekend to collect all the words! I still can’t figure out what “raining cats & dogs” is all about!
Thanks for the blog candy. Been there, done that with the double purchases!!!
Been there, done that with the double purchaes!!!
Hope you have a great Monday! Another one I heard growing up was “You made your bed now you’ve got to lie in it”. I still remember my mother telling me that many times. :)
Hi Becca,One that we use often if a thing is very rare… “It’s as scarce as hen’s teeth!”
Hugs,
Trish
One I heard a lot: He’s loaded for Bear!
Can’t wait to see who the winner is.
Use a little elbow grease!
Becca – this is so much fun! Just have to read them all and have a laugh! Thanks for the opportunity!
My grandmothers were full of quaint sayings which included names and which puzzled us as children:
‘As happy as Larry’ – had no idea who Larry was!
‘Gone for a Burton’ – was Burton a person?
‘Like Darby and Joan’ – who was this strange-named couple?
‘Heavens to Betsy’ – and who was she?
Hugs
Anne (UK)
Another say was it not over still the fat lady sing. Thanks for a chance to win so wonderful prizes.
We had moved to a new town and had joined a church there. I was working in the library and I asked one of the ladies if she would show me how to do something. She replied “I don’t care to”. I was quite taken aback but then she began to show me. I finally realized that she meant she didn’t mind doing it! It took me quite a while to get used to that statement.
My Dad always told me “Don’t take any wooden nickels”. I still have never seen a wooden nickel.
When I first moved to TX, I wondered what people meant when they said someone was “out of pocket.”
My mom always says “you silly goose”. It’s the translation of a Czech saying. Love it because my grandmother used to say it too.
One I heard my Grandmother say many times, “You need to lick your calf over” meaning you did not do something well enough such as cleaning your room. That would really confuse the kids nowdays!
I love reading these sayings!! So many of them I grew up with but there are still a few that I have to read more than once to get the jist of it! And I grew up with these sayings!! One that I think of a lot is when I used to try to reason with my Dad about “if” was “if a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn’t bust his butt every time he leaped!” I never won a debate with my Dad!! He came from a huge family of “26” kids and was the oldest so I guess he had heard it all!!!
How are you feeling?
“Fine as frogs hair”
This has to be done in a Yorkshire accent……….”there’s nowt so queer as folk”
roughly translated as You never know everything about someone.
Or how about a Scottish one “Lang may yer lum reek” which is may you live long and stay well.
Great inspirational blog Becca.
When my kids were little my in-laws would take them for a few days one at a time. My middle son was staying on time and it was bedtime and my father-in-law told him to “hit the road, Jack.” And he started crying and walked toward the door. he thought he was throwing him out of the house. Poor little guy. LOL!
I remember “if the shoe fits, wear it”. I don’t know what this really means. Would I wear a shoe if it didn’t fit? Is this a Huuh, or a Duhhhhhhhh?
luvglitztoo
Hi Becca,
Hope you are having a good day.
Another of my dad’s was – don’t take any wooden nickels.
How about- don’t cry over spilled milk.
Hugs, Candy
Snug as a bug in a rug.
“dropped the ball”
Thanks for the chance.
Don’t step on that crack…you’ll break your mother back…..
That joke, trick, dress, etc. is…
…as old as the hills.
…older than dirt.
Well I’m from New York so of course one of my favorites is “in a New York minute”!
“Fine as fiddle dust”.
Thanks for the chance to win blog candy!
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
Hi Becca
This is great. Some I know, some I don’t. Here are two (courtesy of my dad) which he found very useful when answering little peoples questions.
1 How old are you? As old as my little finger and a little older than my teeth!!!
2. Dad were are we going? There and back to see how far it is!
Thank you for a chuckle and for the opportunity to win some blog candy
Brenda P (Wales)
A former acquaintance said something quite nasty to me. I got pretty upset until my dear friend said, “Consider the source”. Now I use it in self-talk to calm down and put things into perspective.
This blog is certainly providing a lot of fun for your fans, Becca….”Thanks a bunch”!
My mother would say one must “take the good along with the bad” but my mohter-in-law’s version was “take the bitter with the better” .
Happy Monday! One ‘huh’ that I heard from a dear friend who has since passed away…..’The time to take peas is when they’re passed”…..I didn’t ask for many repeats from him.
If someone’s got themselves in a scrape, I always say “they can pull their own chestnuts out the fire”. It comes from mediaeval times when they roasted chestnuts on the open fire.
What a lot of stuff you have doubles of and what rude shops not to swop for you but thanks for the chance to win. Lynne.x
“He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed”
“Don’t get your panties in a wad.”
“Chip on his shoulder” and/or “chip off the old block”. Two different meanings for sure, but good ones none the less!
Here’s one I haven’t heard in a loooooong time—-maybe there’s a good reason. LOL “It’s as cold as a witches’ t*t in a brass brassiere. “
Hmmm, not sure I can think of another idiom….just my original of “hit a lick at a snake”. Still confuses me!!!
Something my mother always says when something is amazing is “my stars and garters”!!!
Thanks for all your inspiration and generosity. Can’t think of any more idioms.
My husband teases me, because I only “partially” know cliches. I am from Hawaii, so we had our own (which I am wracking my brain to remember…did I say that one right?). Anyway, his favorite I use is “You can’t pull the wool over my head!!!!”….vs “eyes” like it is supposed to be. I have the poor man so confused, HE messes them up now! :)
Ok we all know the saying “get your ducks in a row”.
Well I have a spanish friend that mixes words, saying etc.
She will say “make sure you have your feathers in a row”
So cute
drop a dime on you…….means to tattle!
sandyh
Wow this is so much fun! So many originals! Here’s a few more:
When someone did something despicable my MIL would was say “He’s lower then whale poop.” Now that’s low!
“Can’t tell his butt for a hole in the ground.”
“Does a bear do it in the woods?”
I cleaned up all three of those.
“Is the Pope Catholic ?”
“I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.”
Thanks again for the chance to win this awesome candy. And thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Hugs & Blessings
Bernie
My mom always says ‘WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN??” if anyone leaves the door open! LOL
for me it’s 6 of one and half dozen of the other.
I always say “bloods thicker than water”
Here’s a saying on a poster from long ago. I’ve often pondered the words: “Bridges built to the sun, they burn don’t they?”
Got up this morning and had to have a look,I am enjoying all these saying as we still use them a lot when we talk here in aussie land.We tend to talk in riddles so my English rellos say, as well as talk fast with an accent,they should talk!!!!!
So my next one is to do with my mum inlaw she was told to bring a plate to a party when she arrived here so of course she went along thinking that they didnt have enough plates. Needless to say she felt horrible when she realised that the plate was supposed to have some goodies upon it. They made her welcom just the same but she never forgot to load up whenever she was invited out again.
Have a great day everyone I have started mine of with a laugh reading these comments
Favorite idiom..killing two birds with one stone. I accidentally said “it’s like killing many birds” and my husband won’t let me live it down to this day.
“You made your bed, now you have to lay in it.” Who came up with this goofy idiom?!
Thanks for the chance to win. Here’s one, you’re up the creek without a paddle.
Once in a blue moon…. Is there really a blue moon?
DeniseB
one of my faves—when the moon turns blue
Mom always say “the donky talking about ears”.
Thanks so much for the chance to win
Becca,
“They are like two peas in a pod”. Thanks for sharing all your talents and for offering blog candy.
I do have a suggestion for your double duty buying. I too did that way too often so I decided I was going to do something about it. If you have a cell phone or iPod, you can do the following: I got on my computer using the program Microsoft Word and I started listing items such as you have as blog candy under Company names, then listing them by number. It is very simple to do. It only takes time. Perhaps a friend would be willing to sit at a computer and get them all listed for you. Then I had to contact a person that was familiar with computers and programs and the phone/iPod and they showed me how to download all my listed items on my iPod. I just take my iPod with me to stores and Stamp Conventions and when I am looking at items I think I might buy, I simply get out my list and look up the company , in alphabetical order, then look for the number. It is quick and easy and it saves hassles at the stores. Of course you will have to come up with another reason for going back to the store. This list can be updated each time you make a purchase. Linda C.
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hi well mine is “another day another dollar” thanks for the chance of winning xx
My dad would use the phrase “as a crow flies” when giving an estimate on how far it was somewhere. Like it’s 5 miles as a crow flies to such and such place.
If you’re taking up too much room, on a table for example, then you say, “I’m all spread out like a picnic lunch”.
My G/ma (the same one who took the Carters Little liver Pills) used to say
“Gappin’s catchin’. Meaning if you see someone yawn you will too.
mary l.
becka, i think commenting here is how my inbox ends up filled with spam…
One which I hear a fair bit is “for goodness sake”. For example, if something goes wrong or falls out of a cupboard and creates a huge mess you might say “Oh, for goodness sake!”.
Thanks for the chance to win. Haven’t ever been successful yet but …. you’ve got to be in it, to win it!
I was not much of a morning person when I was younger & my Mom would often say I “got up on the wrong side of the bed”! Thank goodness I now know which side is the right side to get up from! LOL!!!
Pouring the rain… What does that mean? A roommate in college used this expression anytime it rained….
“Six of one, half a dozen of the other”
Thanks Becca for your creative mind.
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Just a stones throw away. Guess that means close.
A whistling woman and a cackling hen always come to a no good end is one that I always heard from my Grandmother. My sister could whistle but I cannot.
I’d love to win that great blog candy!
“She’s (or he’s) not the sharpest knife in the drawer”. Another amazing project you showcased with the T-slide card. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Becca,
“all dressed up like a dogs dinner” is another saying my Mother use to come out with…somebody certainly has a sense of humour when they came up with these sayings
have a lovely day or if your Irish in any way then the top o’ the morning to you
Hi again, My mother used to say “Oh my stars and garters” all of the time when something surprised her. I still don’t get what it means…
Hi Becca! My idiom is totally personal, or most it (I think) —- at least I have never heard it anywhere but from my father when I was growing up. Every fall/winter/early spring morning that was at least a bit on the cool side my father would wake me up for school on weekdays and chores on weekends, by whispering in my ear “Wake up Shawnie, the frost is on the pumpkin”. I wish, before he passed away, that I had asked him what that meant.
I like “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” Thank you for all the inspiration!
My dad use to say “even a wild boar gets an acorn once in a while”. He would always say this when something really good would happen to us after a lot of bad things. My son now tells me my daughter gives me lemons, and he’s turning it into cherry lemonade. I can’t help but laugh each and every time. It helps with the stress.
Carole Miller
“There’s more than one way to skin a cat.”
eeeww! who ever came up with this one?!
If a girls’ hips moved a lot when she walked my mom would say, “she needs a porch for that swing.”
I have a sweet friend who constantly says, “Now we’re cooking with goose grease!”. She is referring to getting things done in a timely manner! I just love it!!!
It took awhile before I understood the need to ‘red up.’ How cleaning up became redding up, I don’t know.
You are very generous with your blog candy. Just wish I had been able to get all the words.
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!!
Another good one is now ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black thanks for the chance to win a prize hope I do
One of my favorites is you’re like a cow looking at a new gate. I wasn’t sure what this meant until one time I was walking along near a field of cows. When they saw me, they just all stared at me. and stared and stared.
I always thought “raining cats and dogs” was a very strange idiom… ? Seriously, You gotta wonder who comes up with these things. LOL
“Now we’re cooking with gas” was a favorite of my mother’s. Took me a long time to get it. You are one amazing artist, Becca! And, so incredibly generous with your blog candy! Thank you for all the fun!
Debra
BECCA BECCA I SAT HER THIS EVENING AND HAD A GOOD LAUGH
READING ALL THE FUNNY SAYINGS. MY IS, HE’S NOT PLAYING WITH
A FULL DECK. MEANING THE PERSON WASN’T DOING THE JOB RIGHT.
HOPE YOUR FEELING BETTER A BOUT YOUR FRIEND.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO WIN AND IF WE DON’T
WIN, AT LEASE A GOOD LAUGH.
CYNTHIA
Here is an idiom that I started in my family when my son was less than enthusiastic about helping in the house ” housework has no sex!” That got a few looks, but it was my way of saying that he was not exempt from helping just because he is a boy!!
I like you can’t have your cake and eat it too (doesn’t hurt to try…) :-)
Becca, thanks for the blog candy offer. My mom always says “if it isnt broken, don’t fix it”
I work in a family friendly enviroment & my co-workers sometimes let slip a not friendly word. I created ‘fudgebunnies’ instead of the ‘other F word’. If nothing else it just makes you hungry for fudge. LOL
I can answer one of the idioms, the term ‘once in a blue moon’ refers to having two full moons in the same month. The 2ed moon is the blue moon. As for our next bluemoon in the northern hemisphere, it will be on August 2nd, 2012. Don’t forget to set your calendars. HTH
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If it seemed as if whatever I did was wrong- my dad always said” you’re up the creek without a paddle.
This is sooo much fun.
“thats the straw that broke the camels back”.
Thank you Becca for a chance to win the great blog candy and shaing your talents with us!
Pam
Haven’t got enough sense to come in out of the rain!
When something was really nasty we used to say “it would gag a maggot”!
Becca this is not one of the normal saying but it makes you eant to laugh anyway,
My brother who had a great sense of humour (and mother too) would say to my Mam was built like the Queen Mary and looks like the Queen Mother…Mam use to laugh and tell him not to be so cheeky
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” is one I heard. Thank you for a chance to win.
“She went through the donut shop” – means she didn’t get the meaning or wasn’t listening. LOL LOL
I missed at least one word – Oh well what fun we have had doing this, Becca!!
A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.
Better late than never…however, I prefer not to be late..LOL!
I found myself just today saying to my nearly 2yr nephew ‘it’s got bones in it has it’ when he coughed while having a drink of water. It is something my nana used to say, it’s funny how the sayings we hear as children come back to us!
Hi Becca
Just have to read all the new ones! What a gas! Hey does that count as one?!
When at primary school, I remember hearing an older boy saying that someone had ‘kicked the bucket’. Had no idea what that meant at the time.
An old country gentleman, when commenting on a couple who seemed to be driven by money and possessions, whispered in a broad Suffolk (English) accent –
‘Ain’t no pockets in shrouds’.
Thanks again for your generosity of talents, time and blog candy!
Hugs
Anne (UK)
I live by the K.I.S.S. priciple: Keep It Simple, SWEETIE!
My new husband had a saying I’d never heard and really couldn’t quite believe … are you ready? “Wouldn’t THAT rot your socks?” it still kills me when he comes up with it, but now I’ve been known to use it myself. Well, wouldn’t that rot YOUR socks?????? Big grins.
Laurie
How about “rise & shine”?? Thought that might be good for 630 in the morning….lol.
easy as pie – I don’t know about you but I find to make a good pie crust, it is tricky, not easy!
Sandra
How about “Like a duck on a June bug”?
When I was a teenager, one of my friends would often say “He (or she) is older than dirt.”
I’ve been running late for work the last two days trying to read all of these. I’ve enjoyed it so much.
“No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap”.
One of my favorite idioms is “You can’t judge a book by its cover”. It’s truly some words of wisdom.
“Your barn door is open”….meaning your zipper is open…..
My husband likes to say, “Not the brightest bulb in the box”.
This one is something my husband has said. She is so ugly she had to sneat up on a glass to get a drink of water.
Thanks
Your Friend in Christ
Christine
When someone can’t see something that is right before their face….”You are blind as a bat.”
Love your site…
My daughter had this to say one day and it totally cracked me up. “He’s not the sharpest pencil in the box.”
i’m fit as a fiddle and fit to be tied.
I guess I’d have to say it was when I first celebrated Christmas with my now-husband / then-boyfriend and his family. Someone gave my boyfriend a CD, and another person said, “Oh, it’s a fishbowl!” What they meant is, it’s plain to see, easy to see through. I had never heard that before!
Whenever my mom choked on something she was drinking or eating, she always said that “it went down the wrong hole.”
This isn’t exactly an idiom, but my DH and I say this all the time when he’s looking for something and can’t find it……”he has male-pattern blindness”. Isn’t it true though! Women can always find things, while men can be looking right at something and not see it. We think it’s funny anyway. Thanks for offering the blog candy.
I worked with a woman who used to say we have to “nip that in the butt”…I always thought it was nip it in the bud…since she was my supervisor I didn’t think I could correct her. I had to try hard not to laugh though.
The early bird gets the worm!
My dad used to say, “God willing, and the creek don’t rise!”
It takes two to tango.
When something was totally without value,
“It’s not worth the powder to blow it up”.
I think that dates to before the Civil War, when loose black gun powder was used.
mary l.
rain rain go away little johnny want to play
What great blog candy!
One of my favourites is: “He had eyes like a caplin going offshore” … a caplin is a type of fish … but the saying means that someone has bloodshot eyes … haha! Don’t know how that makes sense!
Another good one is: “There’s no back doors about him” which you would say if someone was really outspoken.
‘catch a falling star’
“Whatever floats your boat!” is a common phrase. I also say, “It is what it is!” Thanks for the opportunity to win!
“That dog’ll hunt.” As an example: if you hit a golf ball it will find the hole. I think. Maybe. That’s the meaning I gave it as it never was quite explained to me.
This seems true of animals “a face only a mother could love” Have you been to the zoo lately?
Really enjoy your blog candy questions. They are so interesting and I like reading other peoples’ comments. My mother used to say, “Well, isn’t that the cat’s pajamas?” Go figure. Cats don’t wear pajamas!
How I’d love to be a “fly on the wall” in that room right now!!! Hmmm, can flies really hear what we’re saying???
My kids will say, They are not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
A phrase my dad would say that I never figured out or where it came from was, “Well cut off my legs and call me shorty.”
Out west here in sunny (cool) Oregon we bypass the “raining cats & dogs” “it rains cows and horses”
Also “take the high road” or “which fork in the road do we take” which is a favorite of a great-nephew..
How about “there’s no smoke without fire” or having a ‘chin wag’ (having a chat). What great candy, very generous of you. Btw, I love your work.
Thks for the chance.
As a young girl, when we arrived at my grandmother’s home, being a proper southern lady she greeted her guests, she would walk out to the porch as say “Get down and come in.” Since we had nothing get down from, it always confused me. Later I realized it was from a time that you climbed down from your horse buggy.
“Long in the tooth.” Huh???
“Long in the tooth.”
OOPS! I posted twice! I’m sorry.
you made your bed and now you have to lay in it.
Thought of one I remember from Hawaii, “Broke da (the) mout (mouth)!” when you eat something really, really good!
Hi Becca! My idiom for the day is “a blessing in disguise.” Thanks for the chance.
quick as greased lightening…..
“Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!
Gotta love blog candy, especially when it has to do with Copic Markers and punches. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us.
Hugs, Sheila
The one that drives me crazy because it is said incorrectly is ‘they’ve got another think coming’. Most people say ‘thing’.
My husband’s favorite idiom is “You’re one fry short of a happy meal”.
My Father-in-law would say to my boys “You’ll be a man before your mother”. (You will grow)
Look on the bright side.
Love it when my mom says “that will rot your socks off” .
Becca, Thanks once again for a chance to win. I always laugh when my son comes home from a trip with my brother-in-law because he always has new sayings to repeat…the kids favorite and I think my brother-in-laws favorite is, “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye!”…luckily no one has lost an eye. Teresa
Definitely from a junior high boy. . .or my dad. . .”That’s just slicker than snot!” Ugh!
did you get up on the wrong side of the bed today?
this gets asked when i’m in a bad mood in the mornings..heheheheee
I think they’ve all been used!
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched!
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face ! ouch !
If you let the water run, it will get hot.
“Your crying wolf again”…. Thanks again for all these chances to win your blog candy :)
as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs…. :-)
“slick as a whistle”
“Let sleeping dogs lie”. Thanks again, Becca!
When explaining why he had been in a fight with his borther, the little boy said “It all started wshen he hit me back!”
My son, when he was about 3, found it funny that Santa had “Twinkies” in his eyes!
Others I haven’t seen above are: “Between a rock and a hard spot”;
“His word is his bond”,
“You can bank on it!”,
“Feather one’s nest”,
“Whopper-jawed” (meaning crooked or not properly placed)
“pickin’ ’em up and puttin’ ’em down” (meaning running very fast)
“toot (or blow) your own horn” (to brag)
“fat chance” (little likelihood of something happening)
I’m loving this trip down memory lane…thanks, Becca.
They “have more money than God.” Hmmmm. How much would that be?
Slick as snot…that grosses me out!
“Can’t see the forest for tree……my dad would say…..
Thanks for this chance to win. Another saying I thought of was
“come in and sit a spell.”
an oldie but oh so true…..a stitch in time saves nine.
funny how this keeps coming back to me as the need arises – usually after i haven’t done the stitch in time and seeing how much more time it will take to fix!
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Great blog candy! Thanks for the chance to win.
How about “you’re getting on my very last nerves..” thanks for another chance to win!
Happy Tuesday! Our first grandchild (a girl) was just a young toddler when we could see she had similar personality traits as her mom. We would say “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. When she was almost four, she did something like her mom would do, and she quickly said “I know, the apple falls from the tree but doesn’t go very far”……she had it whether she totally understood it or not!
Becca
Your cards make my day I just love how you use pearls! My Dad always said “let’s say we do and don’t” if we wanted to do something and he didn’t.
what time is it? A freckle past a hair
It will cost you 2 bits
Love everything you do with paper it is amazing
Love Arleen
Becca,
It is fun to read all the different sayings. Thank you for the chance to win blog candy. My Dad used to say, “He is jumping from the frying pan into the fire.” meaning going from bad to worse.
Mary
Hi Becca and another I like a lot is biblical but has been used forever, “You reap what you sow,” a great lesson for teaching others how to make decisions on their actions. and words. I love “make hay while the sun shines” !!! in other words, don’t procrastinate. go for it!!
The biblical words of wisdom have been turned into many sayings, by different cultures such as do onto others…. a great blog subject!!! so fun to read these!!! thanks.
Dead ringer….
One that always put a smile on my face is: “Good Grief” and someone would respond “and since when is grief good” My thought s it depends on who is saying it, and what the situation is.
I was on vacation since last Friday and just got back, and this is one of my first stops… love your creativity, and your punch art :0
In a pig’s eye….
And speaking of pigs, I actually LOVE the one someone posted on her about the ham sandwich…. Had me ROTFL.
DeniseB
Of course I remembered one this morning I say all the time, but can I remember it now…NO!!! Umm, ok, how about I say more money than God all the time too. Don’t know how much that is though.
BECCA BECCA HERE IS A NEW ONE FOR YOU. WHAT GOES AROUND,
COMES AROUND. MEANING WHAT YOU DO WILL COME BECK TO YOU\
I SURE HOPE TOU ARE FEELING BETTER KNOWING YOUR FRIEND IS NOT
SUFFERING.
WHAT A SWEET PERSON GIVING AWAY BLOG CANDS AND ALWAYS GIVING
US THE DIRECTIONS SO WE MIGHT LOOK SOMEWHAT AS GOOD AS YOU
DO. WE SURE TRY.
CYNTHIA
“The best of both worlds”
I am feeling that these days!
Thanks Becca for the chance to win wonderful blog candy!
Hello Becca thanks for a chance to win some wonderful prizes another good one is, Don’t bite the hand that feed you. That one is good you no Becca life was so simply back then it didn’t take a hold lot of talking to make good sense. And I tell you parent knew what they was talking about.
oh my stars
Killed two birds with one stone
Don’t count your eggs before they hatch.
Thank Becca.
An old favorite “that just rots my socks off”
Thanks Becca for the chance to win. You always have wonderful prizes.
Another favourite one for me is “that’s about as straight as a dog’s hind leg.”
Just stopped by to say Hi – I am all out of idioms today, I’m afraid.
Anyone heard of “Wouldn’t have the foggiest”. Meaning they had no idea about what the answer is to the question that was being asked.
Thanks Becca.
“He’s a sandwhich short of a picnic!” (ie not complete in the thinking department!)
Thanks for the chance.
Thanks for the chance, I have heard about wouldn’t have the foggiest, lately my husband keeps checking our son for a “hollow leg” because he eats so much and is so skinny he has to be putting it some where.
I’ve been forgetting to leave my comment every day! I’ve got all of the words so far!
“When pigs fly”
Hey Becca,
Like I said on one of my previous comments I move to Florida from Utah so there are many southern idioms that just confuse me, as I am sure many of mine are confusing to someone raised in the south. I was at lunch with some of the women I worked with and they were talking about a club they had gone to the night before. One of them asked another did you see Jenny last night…”she was tore up from the floor up”. I had never heard that before and they explained to me it meant that Jenny had way to much to drink. It still cracks me up every time I think of it or hear someone say it.
Hey Becca, here’s one of my favorites when I get very angry: I’m so mad, I could spit!! Thanks for the great candy!
There are lots of idioms in Australia a couple of them are – It’s up “the back of Bourke” – which means it’s along way away; and “True Blue” or “dinky di”- these both mean “real” or “genuine” especially towards being patriotic to Australia- thanks for the chance to win some great candy
When I misbehaved my mother would say; I’m going to tan your hide, and don’t you jaw back to me. That meant that she was going to whip me and I had better not talk back. In N.C. we had a lot of switch trees and boy did they hurt your legs. When I was small and I would see her getting a switch off the tree I would run around the house. When she caught me boy did I get it.
When my daughter’s boss was acting up like a jerk I told her too bad you can’t tell her to “go pound rock salt”. Huh??? Mom, what does that even mean????
Here’s the explanation that I was given:
In Newfoundland, instead of (or maybe in addtion to) being sentanced to prison, one punishment would have them go out and pound, with large wooden hammers, hard rocks made from salt from the sea. It was hard, brutal work and the worst punishment they could get. So if someone was acting like a jerk, we would tell them to go pound rock salt.
what goes around, comes around. keeps one thinking to act acordingly…
If someone is looking miserable quite often we would say they look as if they’ve lost a pound and found a tanner…I guess in America it would be “they’ve lost a dollar and found a dime’
thanks again Becca for all the shares
“shot gun wedding”
Although no one is pregnant, my daughter’s wedding is coming up soon, and, we just heard from one son that he is forgoing a big, planned wedding and doing the justice of the peace thing this Sunday…yes, THIS Sunday!!
Two peas in a pod. Cut from the same cloth.
My dad is full of them. One is when asked how is he doing, he might say,'”Fine as a frog’s hair, split three ways.” Oh my goodness :)
“It isn’t over until the Fat Lady Sings” – I never did quite understand that saying but I take it to suggest: I still have a chance to win. Thank you Becca.
How about “the grass is always greener over the septic tank!”
Maybe someone can explain an expression I have heard more than once on English tv……Bob’s your uncle….even in context never figured in out so it remains in the limbo of my mind!
I always hated being “up a creek without a paddle” or when there was “a fly in the ointment”!
Oh, Becca, You’re darn tootin I want to win this. If I had your candy, and you had a feather in your cap, we’d both be tickled!
One I have used a lot and always gets a wry smile -” As busy as a flea in a nudeist camp!”
Birds of a feather, stick together; there are so many. It’s hard to think of them.
Sorry about the extra post. As my Grandmother used to say, I’ve got more troubles than a married woman! Ya see, I got me two rugrats and a red-headed stepchild, and for the umpteenth time today I’ve had to give my floors a lick and a promise, ‘cuz they won’t wipe thar paws. I finished my second cup of liquid courage while I jaw-jacked with my snaggle-toothed neighbor, but I kept a thinkin I should fetch her a brush so she could get all the rats out of her hair. Anyhoo, as she was takin’ a drag off her cancer stick, she was a havin’ herself a hissy-fit ‘cuz her better-half got drunk as a skunk and went a huntin’ himself some 2-legged dear. I told her she couldn’t see the forest for the trees (or is it trees for the forest?), ’cause with him a gone, she could burn her boulder-holders, cut the cheese, or shart whenever she wants! I guess I need to stop shootin’ the sh** for a while and hunt up some clean snot rags for the kids. They’re stuck in front of the boob- tube, and in a half past a hair we all gotta climb into the old clunker and go get my old man out of the hoosegow. Seems that he was a rubber-neckin’ and got into fisticuffs with the fuzz. They threw the book at him over a bunch of trumped up charges. we’re all going to celebrate over some gut-burgers at the Golden Arches. Once the kids are down we’re going to make up for lost time, and swing from the chandeliers. In the words of my wise, dearly departed, God-fearing friend, Martha, “All is well that ends”. Hope this wets your whistle.
Having a “frog in your throat” when you have a hoarse voice from a cold is another strange sounding one.
Hello Becca,
If a person was bow legged we would say “they couldn’t stop a pig in a passage”
don’t hear many of these phrases today
have a good day and keep well
“A closed mouth gathers no feet”, I tend to say some dumb things occasionally so I should heed this one and talk less!
How about these “Three sheets to the wind”, “He or She is three bricks short of a load”, “The grass is always green on the other side but you better take your lawn mower with you” and My husband favorite “You have really mess in your mess kit this time. Thanks for the chance to win.
Your Friend in Christ
Christine
Good morning! Nice to read all that was written since I was last here. Becca, have you ever gotten this many comments from a post?
“Another day…. another dollar.”
I thought I knew a lot more… I’m scrapping the barrel now – lol!
I used to work for someone who always added “and all that good stuff” on to about everything she said…I got a bit tired of hearing that one.
In “Our Daily Bread”, the reading for yesterday, August 10th brought back words my Dad always said when we were little – “think how good it will feel when it quits hurting!” When I was small, I never quite understood that concept; but you realize as you get older, that with God’s help, you can survive anything life throws your way and come out a stronger, more compassionate person! Blessings to all . . . Hugs, Magi
I don’t know why, but when my Dad got frustrated he said, “for crying in the sink!!” ……guess it was better then swearing around the kids!
I just love your great ideas!!!
My idiom…”Sick as a dog!!!”
Thanks again for sharing your many talents.
it’s a long far from here.
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” is a common one.
I do prefer the saying that it’s not true though – not as long as you remember to water your own side :) Another word of wisdom :)
In conversation I would hear my dad say ” apple tress don’t bear oranges” I didn’t know what he meant and I dare not ask because children didnot get in grown up conversations when I was growing up.
This one is the story of my life…..”A day late and a dollar short”. LOL Thank you for a GREAT site!!
My grandmother used to always say, “Busy as a cranberry merchant.” I don’t know why a cranberry merchant would be busy unless it’s Thanksgiving. But that’s what she said. The other grandmother would say, “Busy as a one-armed paper hanger.” That one I understood!
Thank you so much for all the fun, and the opportunity to win some great stuff!
The first time I heard, “Whatever floats your boat,” it was from my mother-in-law. I thought it was hilarious!
When my middle son was in kindergarten he came home from school one day and was telling me about his day. I questioned him on something he said and he stood up straight, looked me right in the eye and said, “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do!” Where did that come from? I lost it. Thanks for the chance to think about all these wonderful expressions. Find memories of my kids when they were little. My son is flying home from Boston tomorrow and I can’t wait to see what my “little man” has been up to lately.
An employee was once telling me how whacky his sister in law was, and he said, “She’s crazier than a run over dog!” Have a great day!
When living in N.E. Arkansas, we would hear people say that is was “raining mosquitoes”. Because w/all the rice fields around, the rain just helped those mosquitoes to MULTIPLY!…ohhh…it was really bad.
When it rains hard, we say it’s a “gulley-washer”, here in S. Central Texas.
Hello Becca man this has been a fun one really enjoy the memories and the many imput of other I am sure that it put smiles on there faces and lots of good old memories spilling out of there hearts like mines. Another one I can think of is leave well enough alone,and if you cannot fix it then don’t force it. Becca thanks for a chances to win a wonderful prizes but thanks more for back down memory lane. Be bless you and your house hold.
My Mom loved saying to my Dad “You’re grinning like a skunk eating onions”.
“if it isn’t broke – don’t try to fix it” is one my favorites…. has been fun going through and reading some of the comments, it’s like a blast from the past – whoops that’s another one….
A Toss-Up:
A result that is still unclear and can go either way.
I like this one “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and keep hanging on!”
Lovely candy Becca, thanks for the chance to win!
Carol x
As kids I think we heard them all. Some of my Moms favorites were when you were pouting she would say ” if you stick that bottom lip out any further, you are going to trip on it”, or if someone was telling a tall tale or exagerating the truth, she would say ” your nose is going to grow”. If she didn’t believe in something that was said she would say, “and if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you”. At work when some one was gossiping or starting trouble, we called it “stirring the pot”.
Marcie
“Monkey see, monkey do”. Thanks Becca for another chance at your fabulous blog candy!
We say “Easy come, easy go” whenever we spend more than we would like to on something.
I remember a saying in my childhood but haven’t heard it in a long time. (may be because we don’t wear dresses anymore) but people always said if your dress hem turned up alittle “you are going to get another dress just like that one”
Thanks for the fun!!!!!!!!
This is so much fun, Becca! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to smile.
More from my grandparents!
‘I’ll have your guts for garters’
‘You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear’
In a broad Yorkshire accent – ‘Where there’s muck, there’s brass’
‘Much of a muchness’
‘Straight as a die’
‘Going like the clappers’
‘Right as ninepence’
And when clearing the table after meals, any cutlery which hadn’t been used was gathered up and replaced in the drawer and my grandmother would say
‘Count your blessings’ – we didn’t have to wash them up!
‘Namby pamby’ – duh!
‘Stop shilly shallying!’
Oh, they’re tumbling out of my memories!
Hugs
Anne (UK)
A rolling stone carries no moss….
Thanks for all your beautiful cards!!
Lets see**** Don’t rock the boat.
True Blue
A modern one is “Google it”.
Out of the mouths of babes.
You could write a book with this collection. Of course you would have to Google it to find the origins & meaning of most of them. lol
mary l.
Becca,
Thanks for the chance to win such great blog candy. You are very generous! One saying is king of the castle referring to an important person.
Mary
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” is another “tried and true” saying.
Grew up hearing lots of idioms….How about doing something “until the cows come home…”..or….. “water under the bridge..”.
Love your ideas and cards. So inspirational.
Thanks for the opportunity to win some blog candy. Love to visit your blog.
Linda
Country folks in N.C. always said; don’t stir the fire and make it hotter. This is what you would tell someone who said something they should have not said and keep yur mouth shut before you made it worst. I know, tell me to go fish (get lost). By the way, I love your Christmas card. Thanks for the many chances to win.
Well Summer vacation isalmost over for my kids so my idiom of the day is “hit the books”!
“Did you just flip me the bird?” lol
I like the ever popular: “It’s like finding a needle in a Haystack!” And sometimes I feel like it really is! LOL :)
I’m not sure if this is what you are meaning, but; when I went to work outside of the home, being from the south, I would say, “I’m fixing to go take a break”. Someone would look at me and say “what?”. It meant I’m getting ready to go. I had to ask my daughter what I could say instead of “fixing” because that’s just all we had ever said!! Thank you so very much for this chance for blog candy again!!! You are the best!!!! Hugs, C:o)
One I recently learned is from my kids: I’m going to pone you. Means I’m going to beat you.
Becca
You make me get in the spirit with your cute card today. I love everything you do my dad always used to say “it is always greener on the other side …until you get there!
Have a blessed day
Arleen
ok, i think i forgot yesterday, so here’s 2 for today….
grandma’s “turning over in her grave!”
and “his bark is worse than his bite”.
sandyh
How about “tie the knot” – thanks again for your wonderful blog. Appreciate the chance at the blog candy.
Not really an idiom, but “Dogs are man’s best friend”. We are having to put down our beloved 13 yr old dog in a few hours and we are remembering lots of good times. (Sorry to “rain on your parade”). Thanks for the blog candy.
Yes, you are getting me in the Christmas card mood. Just wanted to share one my husband always says, when someone isn’t real smart. “They are 2 tacos shy of a combo plate.”
That’s the best thing since sliced bread, is something we have said a lot.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!
Hi Becca
Thought of another one that you may not have heard of, It’s from Southern Africa, we can some times talk about a “monkeys wedding” What is this, well it only happens when it is drizzling (raining) and the sun is shining!
I don’t know if this is something our family made up when I was a kid or not. It sure gets people looking a t me kinda strangely when I come out with it here in UK!!
Many thanks again for a chance to win the candy.
Brenda P (Wales)
We went camping a lot when I was a kid and one time a really nice 5th wheel trailer pulled into the campsite next to ours. Everyone in my my family had campers and pickups, with just enough beds and very little space to move around in. That 5th wheeler was brand new, really fancy and was so spacious. My Dad said ” Well if I had that 5th wheel and he had a feather we’d both be tickled”. I thought that was the funniest thing I had ever heard and I laughed until my sides ached. That was many many summers ago and my Dad is gone, it still makes me laugh and I use it often.
“Put that in your pipe and smoke it”…..I miss two of the words and I thought for sure I had them all…..oh well……thank you Becca for the chance to win these awesome candy….
“To make a long story short!” My family says this when they are almost done telling a very “long winded” story! Too bad it doesn’t actually make the story shorter! LOL!
Thanks again for the chance to win Becca!
“Fine as frog hair”
Thanks for giving us a chance to win some of your blog candy.
tough as nails!
dumb as a doorknob!
“The world is your oyster.”
Thanks for your talents and the chance..
Wonderful Wednesday! How about ‘cutting your nose off in spite of your face” or ‘nothing like jumping from the frying pan into the fire”….
This has been fun, Becca. Stirs up a lot of memories.
“Let sleeping dogs lie.”
our crying wolf again
Love this Becca,
It has brought back a lot of fun memories!
The grass is not always greener on the other side, it may be growing on the septic tank!
Thanks for the chance to win.
My Mother always said “Can’t never did anything”!
Have fun reading all these sayings Becca…I know I’ve been enjoying the ones I’ve read…simply amazing!
Jan Castle
These are fun, wish I had time to read them all. thanks for another chance to win your Blog candy. I too have bought the same thing more than once. One stamp, I must have really loved, I bought three times. I just give them to friends. I’m from the south and we have an unending bunch of sayings.. A hard rain is called a “frog strangler”.
A not too bright person is accused of not being the ” brightest crayon in the box” or just plain dumb is someone who’s cornbread’s not quite baked” . My favorite swear words are “horse feathers” and “pshaw” and someone always says “huh” ? That came from my dad forbidding us to even use gosh or darn. His worst swear word was “by Ned”.
Thanks again for the chance to win your blog candy! I know what you mean
about buying double. Many times I have gone to put away the item I had
just purchased, and there was the same item in the drawer!
BECCA BECCA THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN ALL THAT BLOG
CANDY. YEA IF I WIN AND BOO IF I DON’T JUST KIDDING. MY HUSBAND
WENT TO OKLAHOMA FOR A MONTH TO THE ACADEMY THE GOVERNMENT
HAS FOR AIRPORT PERSONAL AND HE CAME HOME WITH ALL SORTS OF
SAYINGS. ONE WAS A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE. HE IS ALWAYS
COMING UP WITH ONE OF THEM EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 20 YRS AGO.
CYNTHIA
“Deaf in one ear and can’t hear out of the other.” Seems like I heard that a few times growing up Ü Ooooh…crossing my fingers that I’m the lucky one!
Hi Becca,
I used to believe “the early bird catches the worm”, still do for younger folk, but for me now that I am over 50 …. I say” let sleeping dogs lie” !!!
Truly, I used to fall asleep easily and wake at five am to do devotionals and then teach my children work in ministries, etc. and did that for years while having 13 different surgeries!! Now I don’t get to sleep till five am! So I do tend to sleep later than I like but I just cant seem to get my body to cooperate. I wish someone had a saying of wisdom for women in menopause!!! Thanks again for all your inspiration and creations!!
I believe Jan L. entry #663 deserves a prize of some sort. It’s worth searching out and reading! A wonderful story, Jan. What a talent!
I’ve thought of a couple of things said by my parents: whenever any of us kids might say we didn’t know how to do something, Dad’s retort was “you can’t learn any younger!” How true.
And anytime we’d get scratched or bruised up the (kindly) remark would be “It’ll be well before you’re married.” And it was.
Another of Dad’s: “He puts his pants on one leg at a time.” (Meaning, he’s no different/better than you.) And another one directed to make us feel better is: “They may be richer, they may be better looking, but they’re no better!” Yay for my Dad!!
Mom alway reminded my Sisters and I ” Pretty is as pretty does”
Thanks for your generosity. Would love to win!!
I appreciate Pat for mentioning Jan #663 entry – it is a riot! no time to catch up with all entries today, i just sort of skimmed and missed it till i read Pat’s note.
Another one i love is ‘look what the cat dragged in’! Our cat seems to run to the door when my husband is coming home, so the two boys are often arriving home at the same time. Its so funny, and makes me appreciate that line!
Thanks Becca for the fun – new and old, they are fun to read.
When I bugged my mom for anything or to go anywhere, she would say that I’d get it “the second Tuesday of next week”.
8 days aweek. also fit as a fiddle.
If someone is being ‘smart/cheeky’ funny, they are often said to have ‘slept with the light o’n, or having ‘slept in the knife box’.
Becca, this one has been not only fun to read, but to participate with. Being a Southern girl, we tend to talk in idioms. I think I’ve read all of mine here. Thanks for the fun time.
The one saying that makes me go “HUH?” is “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”. Still not sure about that one but I guess it means there is more that one way to accomplish something difficult. Love all your card and projects.
Nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. At least that one makes sense!
DeniseB
Hey Becca,
“Work smarter not harder”…..
My motto to WORK!!!!
Susan
I remembered what it was I was going to post yesterday. I always say sh** on a brick…don’t know where I got it from or what it means.
Lately I feel like “I’m running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off”
Another one from my dad, when we would get into the car, about 95% of the time he would say, “We’re off like a herd of turtles!” I still am not sure what this one is supposed to mean, LOL. I’m in my 30’s now and he still says it most of the time. :)
Of course, the old standby- “the pot calling the kettle black”
thanks for the chance of winning all that blog candy.
Thanks for the chance, another one I was telling DD today was “up the creek without a paddle”, it means your in trouble with no way out.
“What in the world”
Thanks for the chance.
Hi,
He/she is as slow as molasses in January.
“All dressed up like a dogs dinner” is another saying for someone dressed up in new clothes…for the life of me I can’t think what a dogs dinner would look like dressed up.
thanks again Becca
My dad would always ask, “Do you walk to work or carry your lunch?” LOL
Love Mary for pointing out 663 – that was great!!! So many to choose from – how about – looking at the world through rose colored glasses! Another fun few days of Double Play! Thanks!
Another one is “you’re not as dim as you sim” – meaning someone might appear to be a bit silly but when you actually talk to them, you realise they are really quite smart.
Thanks Becca.
Gee, Becca, I’m going to miss this daily activity…it’s been to participate and to read all the idioms. I’m “scraping the bottom of the barrel” now, but here are a few more:
“Wishing on a shooting star”…just heard this on the weather report tonight because of the expected meteror showers.
“Shooting the breeze”
“Barking up the wrong tree”
“Working my tail off”
“Marching to the beat of a different drummer”
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”
“One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel”
Thanks, again, Becca, for your blog candy and for sharing your wonderful creations with us. God bless,
Here’s one I always thought was funny since it was my mother who usually yelled it, lol. “Where you born in a barn?”
Well, since I grew up speaking Spanish I have so many of those crazy language sentences, LOL, here in the USA I don’t speak it as often I should, but when my daughter does or says something that is not good I say “muchachita malcriada” and she looks at me and knows I am upset :)
Thanks for the chance to win.
Giovana
‘Worked all day in a bushel basket’
Well lets see, how about “Lucky as a dog”
Imagine winning Becca’s wonderful blog candy!
Thanks
My husband says “i am so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider” Thanks for some chances at some generous blog candy. Hugs from Australia. Tanja
This has been The End to a perfect Blog Day.
I think I have read every one of them & enjoyed them all.
Thanks for the memories.
Blessings to all.
mary l.
How about ‘he hid behind the door when the brains were passed out’.
My last idiom for the blog candy!
‘Outen the lights’ meaning turn the lights off.
Thanks, Becca, for the fun read.
its raining cats and dogs, when I was younger I never knew what it meant now I know it means its raining hard.
Another fun contest! The word part always keeps me on my toes!
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful cards with us. They are so beautiful and inspiring. My husband use to say “Plan your work and work your plan”. When I would take my children to places they
would like to touch everything, I would say to them “Please look with your eyes not your hands”.
Geez, I don’t know if this is over or not, but I keep thinking of all those sayings I heard when I was a kid. If wishes were horses, we’d all be riding.
Becca I enjoy your blog so much! Your cards and projects are gorgeous. One of the idioms that I would use on my kids when they used the word hey was “hay is for horses and animals like that”. They would look at me as if I were strange. My oldest daughter came up with a whole verse (which I can’t recite for you) to go with that idiom that she would rattle off as fast as she could when her younger siblings said hey.
Your cards are amazing !!! one of my moms sayings when she saw somebody showing off was ” I wish I could buy her for what she’s worth and sell her for what she thinks shes worth “…. thanks for letting me stop by your blog…
Hi Becca! I’ve been offline for a while recently due to a move, etc., and just saw that you had a double play. Regardless of whether you are having a double play, I visit your blog daily . . . one of the idioms my mom uses is, “I’ll bet you dollars to donuts” (for instance, “I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that he doesn’t do what he promised.”). I have NEVER understood that phrase or known its origins, and every once in a while I hear it from someone other than my mother . . .
I can’t believe it’s Tues. already. Just a big thank you for all you do for us. You definitely inspire me. No knew frugal ideas.