that was interesting about "catch my drift"

"kicked the bucket"
"pushing up daisies"

People sure seem to avoid using the words "dead" and "died"

"Six, one-half dozen, or the other"

QBeth I love your avatar! So cute!

Thanks. That's my Squeaky. She's a cutey!

"You can't swing a dead cat without hitting [whatever]."

I said this once and an Egyptian guy I worked with was appalled! It's a way of expressing that you are being overrun with something, usually something unwelcome.

I have never swung, and will never, actually SWING, a dead cat -the idea makes me wince - and I still use the term from time to time.

"Ups-a-daisy" and it's various forms.

"An exclamation made when encouraging a child to get up after a fall or when lifting a child into the air. ... The 'daisy' part is a fanciful extension of 'day', perhaps alluding to the child being on the ground amongst the daisies. Of course, the name daisy itself derives from 'day' - the flower, which closes at night and exposes its yellow centre in sunlight, was thought of as the day's eye."

Egads! I'm learning too much here.

How 'bout bite the dust, meet the reaper, buy the farm, passed the mortal coil, ashes to ashes/dust to dust, passed over.

That should take care of that, eh? Edie

One phrase, used to sum up a situation, is one my father brought back from WWII -- "outhouse in distress!" He brought back some more but usually declined to share. :-)

Looks like she is inspecting the underside of her step!

We lost our cat a few months ago and I do miss her but I don't miss the litter box!

Saved by the bell

graveyard shift

In the nick of time

scarce as hen's teeth