Hey all.
We had a thread or 2 about old sayings your folks used to say. So this may be kinda the same. But anyway-- what old phrases have you heard of (that may be well before your time) that really have not aged well, and would lose you friends or get your @$$ kicked if you said them today?
One that really annoys me is "hither, thither and yon". Awful. As is "the bee's knees".
What can you contribute?
I kinda like ' the bee's knees', just because it sounds so silly. :bouncegiggle:
Don't know if it's antiquated, but "head over heels in love" comes to mind. My head's almost always over my heels.
You can't have your cake and eat it.
Yes you can. If you don't have a cake you can't eat it. If you eat your cake then you can't have it, but if you have your cake you can damn well eat it. Otherwise what is the point of cake?
'Cute as a bug'.
Huh? Ever look close at a bug?
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If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
This saying only applies to residents of Stepford I assume.
Here's one from movies of the 1940s (maybe even the 1930s): "Ahhhh, your mother wears army boots!"
He's a long drink of water.
Quote from: The Burgomaster on February 15, 2020, 08:34:22 AM
Here's one from movies of the 1940s (maybe even the 1930s): "Ahhhh, your mother wears army boots!"
A compliment among Klingons.
Throw his hat in the ring.....
"Catholic girls don't put out."
s**t, by the time we hit ninth grade Gina and I were practically the only virgins left in the place. Billy Joel was an idiot.
"He can't tell s**t from apple butter!"
Apple butter? Who uses apple butter anymore? Is it even sold in stores?
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 19, 2020, 08:58:44 AM
"He can't tell s**t from apple butter!"
Apple butter? Who uses apple butter anymore? Is it even sold in stores?
Yes, you can.
But try finding some Shinola shoe polish.
And probably not the best name for luxury wrist watches... Google it.
Quote from: LilCerberus on February 19, 2020, 12:52:10 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 19, 2020, 08:58:44 AM
"He can't tell s**t from apple butter!"
Apple butter? Who uses apple butter anymore? Is it even sold in stores?
Yes, you can.
I looked up Musselman's Apple Butter- It's made 5 miles from here in Paw Paw MI! :lookingup: