Funny expressions from your family or childhood

[paradox3]

My mother would say someone was a bit thick.

Thick as a plank.

 

[Jaebius]

Whenever my family was going out somewhere, my father would first, at the last minute, have to go down into our basement and then return back upstairs. When he went down, our mom would tell us he'd gone down to "kiss the rabbit"

 

[paradox3]

Whenever my family was going out somewhere, my father would first, at the last minute, have to go down into our basement and then return back upstairs. When he went down, our mom would tell us he'd gone down to "kiss the rabbit"

Was there a bathroom down there?

 

[Jaebius]

Was there a bathroom down there?

Yes. A bathroom, a laundry room, a bedroom, storage space, and a magic room (where my dad kept all his magic illusions, practiced them before shows, and kept his doves and rabbit)

 

[paradox3]

Yes. A bathroom, a laundry room, a bedroom, storage space, and a magic room (where my dad kept all his magic illusions, practiced them before shows, and kept his doves and rabbit)

Ah, I see why your mom used the rabbit reference. It was a family joke that my dad always visited the bathroom before leaving the house. Always.

 

[Waterfall]

If you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all.

 

[paradox3]

It takes two to make a fight

 

[paradox3]

A related very wise saying is You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.

I learned that one as an adult though.

Most of the sayings I remember from my childhood started with my Irish grandmother.

My mom also said "Oh ye of little faith." Once in a while she even said it in a religious context.

 

[paradox3]

A watched pot never boils, of course.

 

[Luce NDs]

A watched pot never boils, of course.

Could it be that Kohl Ayer ... out there observing all ... that awesome sibling? What if not of the brudder hood ... that's out there! Ka Thy bates ... look what she did to the Russians and they are at it again ... going against Psyche and Sophia ... Trumped up they say ... a rare understanding!

 

[chansen]

"The cat's ass"

Something that was "the cat's ass" was, and still is to me, something very good and useful. A particular kitchen utensil could be the cat's ass. If you had to cut a large piece of wood, a big handsaw would be the cat's ass.

I thought everyone used that phrase. It doesn't come up often, but it was completely normal to me as I was growing up.

Until I met my future wife and called something "the cat's ass".

"What?!?"

Only then did I think critically about using a metaphor about a feline posterior to describe something as good. Later, I considered if that's the sort of imagery I want my children using.

So now Zach uses "the cat's ass", in perfect context.

I'm a good dad.

 

[Luce NDs]

"The cat's ass"

Something that was "the cat's ass" was, and still is to me, something very good and useful. A particular kitchen utensil could be the cat's ass. If you had to cut a large piece of wood, a big handsaw would be the cat's ass.

I thought everyone used that phrase. It doesn't come up often, but it was completely normal to me as I was growing up.

Until I met my future wife and called something "the cat's ass".

"What?!?"

Only then did I think critically about using a metaphor about a feline posterior to describe something as good. Later, I considered if that's the sort of imagery I want my children using.

So now Zach uses "the cat's ass", in perfect context.

I'm a good dad.

It just follows ...

Best way to learn is watching other's MS Takes ... improper givens? Consider the supporter of the card ... leaders without vision of pas t'Eire ... bed evil 'd they will be ... unless last instant impacts? Crashing truth ... I see Calvin on a blind downhill rush ... the cat bailed ...

Complexity of the tiger's aye ...

 

[paradox3]

We also said things were the cat's ass. Often in a kinda sarcastic way. Well, isn't that just the cat's ass?

 

[paradox3]

My family and Mr Paradox 's family had the same bit of folk wisdom about seeing the underside of the leaves when the wind blows.

It meant that a big storm was coming with lots of rain. We have often remarked how accurate this seems to be!

Skeptics point out that wind often comes at the beginning of a big storm

 

[KayTheCurler]

My mother would say someone was a bit thick.

As thick as two short planks was heard in my family.

 

[paradox3]

As thick as two short planks was heard in my family.

The late Princess of Wales, Diana, told some young people here in Toronto that she was as thick as a plank in school..

 

[Waterfall]

As thick as two short planks was heard in my family.

Or, "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer".

 

[Waterfall]

"The cat's ass"

Something that was "the cat's ass" was, and still is to me, something very good and useful. A particular kitchen utensil could be the cat's ass. If you had to cut a large piece of wood, a big handsaw would be the cat's ass.

I thought everyone used that phrase. It doesn't come up often, but it was completely normal to me as I was growing up.

Until I met my future wife and called something "the cat's ass".

"What?!?"

Only then did I think critically about using a metaphor about a feline posterior to describe something as good. Later, I considered if that's the sort of imagery I want my children using.

So now Zach uses "the cat's ass", in perfect context.

I'm a good dad.

I heard, "that's the cats pyjamas" from my parents. I think it was a slang invented from when they were young....as every generation invents their own language to be unique and cool.

 

[Jaebius]

Or, "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer".

"Not the brightest crayon in the box"

 

[paradox3]

Two bricks short of a load.