Reply
Highlighted
Respected Contributor
Posts: 3,669
Registered: ‎10-09-2023

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

Knee high to a grasshopper 

Honored Contributor
Posts: 12,711
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

My dads favorite saying to us kids was:

 

"Lay down with dogs you'll eventually get fleas"

"Don't swallow your gum it'll expand in your stomach"

"Don't swallow watermelon pits you'll grow a watermelon inside"

& many more ....

 

My sister and I laugh at some of the things he said😉 that we actually believed!😂

Honored Contributor
Posts: 24,743
Registered: ‎03-16-2010

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

From my mother:  I don't know if I'm washing or hanging out.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 17,665
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?


@monicakm wrote:

From my mother:  I don't know if I'm washing or hanging out.


@That's really cute. It sounds like something my southern grandmother would say.

I hope all goes well with youSmiley Happy

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"
Honored Contributor
Posts: 19,325
Registered: ‎03-13-2010

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

My Mom used to say "he or she has ideas like an old house".  

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin
Respected Contributor
Posts: 3,069
Registered: ‎04-25-2020

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

Don't bull$hit a bull$hitter

I would give everything I own just to have you back again.......David Gates of Bread
Respected Contributor
Posts: 3,069
Registered: ‎04-25-2020

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

There are 3 sides to every story....his, hers & the truth.

I would give everything I own just to have you back again.......David Gates of Bread
Trusted Contributor
Posts: 1,528
Registered: ‎03-11-2010

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

Fools' names and fools' faces are always seen in public places. 

So much for social media. 

Respected Contributor
Posts: 3,069
Registered: ‎04-25-2020

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

Drop back 15 yards and punt.

I would give everything I own just to have you back again.......David Gates of Bread
Esteemed Contributor
Posts: 7,461
Registered: ‎04-20-2013

Re: What old unique saying can you remember?

Two variations:
“He who laughs last laughs best”
“He who laughs first lasts longest”
Paint yourself in a corner
Bees in your bonnet
High as a kite
Drunk as a skunk
Knee high to a grasshopper
My grandfather used these sayings a lot:
Run to the roundhouse Nellie, they can’t corner you there ( have no idea what he meant & never asked)
A stitch in time saves 9
Bats in the belfry
Madder than a wet hen