Thread: What is your favorite old "saying"?

'finer than frog's hair'

Fancier than socks on a rooster!

Cool beans!

He worked me like a borrowed mule!

Time to get up, before all the good air is used up.

What are you doing?...mildewing

Originally Posted by Summer Spice

Our elderly aunt from Maine would say
"I haven't had that since Christ wore knee highs"!
My dad "Niether a borrower nor a lender be".

My grandmother who also lived in Maine, when she was startled would say: "My stars and garters!" and this was considered slightly scandalous!
JP

Originally Posted by Summer Spice

Our elderly aunt from Maine would say
"I haven't had that since Christ wore knee highs"!
My dad "Niether a borrower nor a lender be".

My grandmother who also lived in Maine, when she was startled would say: "My stars and garters!" and this was considered slightly scandalous!
JP

Originally Posted by Jan in VA

Mother to arguing siblings......"Never argue with a pig. You'll just get dirty and the pig likes it."

Jan in VA

i have something similar above my desk... never argue with a truck driver, you'll just get agrivated & the driver loves it.

I absolutely know what a slop bucket is!!! I carried many of them in my childhood whenever my brother and I spent the summer at Grandma's house!! :D Grandma also had a pee pot (hope it's okay that I said that :? ). I'm sure you can guess what that was!!!! :shock: It was only used late at night if you didn't want to go out in the dark to the outhouse. I had to empty that out several times, too in my childhood!!! YUCK!!!! :thumbdown:

Hmmm.....one saying that comes to mind is, "Like water off a duck's back."

Originally Posted by Joanie2

My favorite has always been "Patience is a Virtue".
Last year I found myself often saying "It is what it is."

My mom made a verse of the Patience:
Patience is a virtue; possess it if you can.
Seldom found in women -- never in a man!

How many heard my grandma's frequent comment, "Oh piffle!"?

Originally Posted by ljorange

How many heard my grandma's frequent comment, "Oh piffle!"?

I just remembered another one - Oh fiddlesticks

" if you are looking for sympathy , Look in the dictionary between sh-t and suicide."

***happens