Funny expressions from your family or childhood

[KayTheCurler]

Said of older women who wear lots of make up and 'young' clothes - Look at her - mutton dressed up as lamb.

 

[Redbaron]

What do you want? A medal or a chest to pin it on?

Another variation on completing a routine task: "Good job. Tonight after dinner, there will be the awarding of medals."

 

[BetteTheRed]

Said of older women who wear lots of make up and 'young' clothes - Look at her - mutton dressed up as lamb.

Also in my experience, used to describe 50 year old men who think they can play pick up hockey without injury.

 

[Luce NDs]

I had a elder ministerial type that thought it reasonable to hit the opponent with the hockey stick and then questioned why chaos broke out ...

He seemed to be ignorant about dissonance and its partner! Partner is a growing expression over spouse in some news! Reasonable given the corruption in legitimacy?

 

[JayneWonders]

My mom would say quit lollygagging

 

[paradox3]

Were you born in a barn?

Mom's question if you forgot to close a door.

 

[ninj]

Blocking the view when others are watching tv......"You'd make a better door than a window"

 

[paradox3]

Blocking the view when others are watching tv......"You'd make a better door than a window"

Are you calling me fat?

 

[Luce NDs]

May be the phat 've the Lann ...

 

[JayneWonders]

Just remembered one

Not worth a tinkers dam

 

[BetteTheRed]

How about,

"More haste, less speed"

 

[Waterfall]

"Boys won't buy the cow if they get the milk for free"
hahaha!

 

[paradox3]

Well tonight we used up the last of the stuffing from Thanksgiving. It had been frozen and we used it for two nights with pork chops. There was a little bit left to be thrown away and Mr Paradox said:

It doesn't owe us a thing.

Haha ha. This my family's expression. He learned it from me

 

[JayneWonders]

so many of these expressions bring back memories of family

 

[Nancy]

My Grandma once described someone as the ugliest thing God ever hung a gut in. That expression sort of stuck with me.

 

[Luce NDs]

"Boys won't buy the cow if they get the milk for free"
hahaha!

The the concept of some power milking it for all it has ... thus knock offs! Wordsmithing ...

 

[JayneWonders]

Not on your Nelly.

 

[paradox3]

You will be glad tomorrow you did it today.

 

[Jaebius]

One of my aunts had trouble pronouncing the word "margarine." She always pronounced it "marjeen." So, things like, "Please pass the marjeen" she'd say, despite us kids' many attempts to help her learn the right way

 

[Redbaron]

We always called it oleo.