Do you ever use old sayings when you're speaking? Wonder where they came from? Do you have some favorites?

[sage2021]

Like:
She was madder than a wet hen
He was knee high to a grasshopper
Don't put all your chickens in one basket
You get the idea...

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Got a raise once by ending the conversation with "men lie, women lie but numbers don't lie" lol

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered is another good one.

Or

Rolling stone gathers no moss

when I was a kid my grandma used to always tell me that you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Aparrently I'm very vinegary sometimes.

Does anyone remember how conservitaves used to say people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Damm there's a lot of these

The squeaky wheel gets the grease and then my dad would say "Actually the squeaky wheel gets fired and replaced" 😂

I'm gonna stop now...

[Lliam]

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
Don't count your chickens until they hatch.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Strike while the iron is hot.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
He thinks the sun shines out of his arse.
A penny for your thoughts.
Don't take any wooden nickles.
That's not worth a plug nickle.
Hello there, fart blossom.
You old goat.
That's swell!
Gee wiz!
Holy moley.

[sage2021]

@Lliam These are great!! Thanks!

[Lliam]

Thanks, Sage. I had edited that list, added an intro, deleted some of those and added some good ones. But somehow my laptop, with it's sensitive touch pad, had already submitted what you see here.
Anyway, it was a fun question. Once I got going, I kept thinking of others. LOL

[Likes2drive]

Hell in a hand basket

the whole nine yards

feel like a million bucks

[Surely]

Buy someone for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth. You would be a millionaire!

Throw the horse over the fence some hay!

Out-ten the light!

Pick me up some (blank)

[SnowedIn]

Occasionally, yes! Most came from my dad or my grandmother.

[exitseven]

Truth is like a dead skunk in the middle of the street. You can walk away from it, but it still stinks.

[Sixgunsound]

Look up the Shit Southern Women Say Channel on YouTube. Its worth it🤣🤣🤣

[LiamJHayden]

I do. Likely come from my parents and grandparents.

[sage2021]

@LiamJHayden would you please share these old sayings with us? Pease?

[LiamJHayden]

I make references to falling off the turnip truck. My grandpa said his dad used to say that, as in "Do I look like I just fell off the turnip truck?"

"She thinks she's the cat's meow." is a favorite when confronted by an egotistical lady.

I also like to use terms like "Boss" "Neato" and "Groovy"

[Fuentes]

Lol I don't think I do or I just don't notice

[sage2021]

She was here lickity split

[clampfan101]

I do sometimes wonder why certain phrases mean what they mean.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yes, quite a few.