I have been reading the nickname thread. Some are so funny. It made me think of things my family used to say. One of my grandmothers favorite sayings was somebody was grinning like a wave on a slop bucket. Do you know what a slop bucket is? I do! When I was young I thought my Mom's old saying "Beauty is skin deep, but ugly holds it own" was so funny. Then I went to a reunion and guess what? She was right.

Two of my favorites...My dad always said, "New day, new deal" because his job often made plans change at the last minute. My dh's grandma, if she didn't like something (like mayonnaise :-D ) would say she wouldn't dirty her mouth on it. I also like Judge Judy's "Beauty fades, but stupid lasts forever." :-D :-D

OMG you brought back memories ... never have heard either of those expressions!
It was the slop bucke that got me ... and in our home it was the "Pigs Pail"! :)


Some Mom'isms that still haunt me, though she has been gone for 20 years now
* Don't bite off more than you can chew!
* Don't try to burn the candle at both ends!!
* Eat with your mouth closed.
* Sing at the table, cry before you go to bed.

My dad used to tell me this all the time- it's not really a "saying" per se, but it stuck with me:
"If it's yours, take care of it, if it's not yours, leave it alone."

Actually, mine is one my husband brought from Germany-translated it says: If someone is born an a**hole, he can't die as a canary. . .(hope I haven't offended anyone)
Another (the German language is full of these)is: the soup is never eaten as hot as it was cooked.

The 1 I remember is What goes around comes around.

My mother always said you can't die when you want to.

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

One comes to mind "want some cheese with that whine" I you cant run with the big dogs, stay under the porch.

From quilting I like KISS keep it simple stupid.

My mother drives me crazy with. "oh I forgot what I was going to say, must have been a lie"

So excited you started this!!! I collect these old sayings. I have about 10 pages of them so far! Love it!

You have to live in the cold climes to appreciate my mom's frequent saying: It's slower 'n molasses in January. Her other is "It's a snare and a delusion"

What goes around comes around.
Slow obedience is no obedience.
Stupid is as stupid does. from Forest Gump movie

I find myself also saying, "It is what it is." Kind of on the same note, when we started our little quilting bee all of us were beginner quilters. Often when we worked on something the project would not be perfect. We would tell each other, "So be it." when it was time to find a name for our group we became the Sew Bee Its.

That dog won't hunt

From the teeth out

Like a hog on ice

If you don't stop crying I'll give you something to cry about
Can you tell I grew up in the 60's my mom's saying.

That's why I told you not to do it.

Knee high to a grasshopper

It's raining like a cow peeing through a screen door.

"If wishes were horses we'd all take a ride".....heard that that one ALL the time :) My grandmother always said when eating something good "so good it makes your tongue want to slap your brains out"!

My mother died when I was 1, and my dad and I went to live with his mother and his grandmother. So I have lots of old sayings that pop out of my mouth!

These are some of my favorites.

"He could charm the birds off the trees."

"Let your words be tender and sweet today, because you may have to eat them tomorrow."

"Use it up,wear it out, make it do, or do without."

"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride."

"Pretty is as pretty does."

Mine about house cleaning...."It'll be there when I'm dead and gone."
Also gym teacher in high school call us "rude, crude and unattractive."

One of my favorite old sayings is, "All in Good Time". I think it comes from the Bible; but it's my way of saying "Cool Your Jets!" to those folks who rush me too too much. Like baking bread, some things just have their own timing and ya cannot rush them!

My Dad always said If wishes were horses, then beggers would ride. Another was "it's better than a smack in the face with a wet fish" if something was not going his way.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes right to the bone.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!

She's one sandwich short of a picnic.

I come from such a confused family that I could go to a
family reunion with just me, a sandwich and a blanket.

She's so tough that she uses Ajax for a facial cleanser.

*funny****still laughing over your comment****, but it's true what you wrote about your mom...I say the same thing when I'm talking to my daughter.

My mother would always yell at us "If you fall off of that and break your leg, don't come crying to me"

Here's another...still haunts me "pretty is as pretty does"!

Patience is a virtue is my favorite.

One we heard all the time "If you can't say something nice ..you can keep your mouth shut!"

Every morning I lived at home my Dad woke us up with "Rise and shine!"

I always told my children "Sharing is Caring".
"If you steal something , It will never be yours. "
I have great kids so it must have worked.

"Barely by the skin off my teeth"

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

"What goes around, comes around"

"Dirtier than sin"

"Live and let die"

"What it is, is what it is"

"Like a grain of salt"

"Let bygones be bygones"

"Kicked the bucket"

My husbands grandmother used to say (when she knew someone was fibbing) "You're a liar and the truth ain't in you" I always thought that was kind of interesting from a Kentucky woman who had 11 or 12 children. She outta know!
Also "if its worth doing, its worth doing right"

We lived on the "other" side of an extemely busy highway and often had to wait several minutes before we could drive across it. My uncle would always say "All things come to those who wait." and then pause before adding "providing they wait long enough and in the right place." My sisters and I often say that to each other when we are waiting, waiting, waiting...

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

Jan in VA

In my grandmother's house, it was called a "slop jar" aka "chamber pot". No pigs involved.

What goes over a snakes back comes back under his belly. If you're going to be dumb , you've got to be tough. Little children are suppose to be seen and not heard.(I was a talker)

I brought him into this world and I will take him out.

From my grandmother:

"He can just get happy in the same pants he got mad in."

"If it had been a snake, it would have bitten you."

"Well, I never!"

"If you're big enough to eat it, you're big enough to fix it."

Another one we use often and joke about was, when cooking with her, if you asked her how much of something to put in or how long to cook something, her reply was, "Oh, whatever you think." I would say, "Give me a hint...do I use a teaspoon or three cups???"

When my boys were little and fighting in the house, I would tell them to take it outside...I don't want blood on my carpet!

I also like "A little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing!" "Even fat rats like cheese."

And..."Nobody cares how much you know until the know how much you care."

If you sleep with dogs you'll end up with flees.

I'd rather be a cautious for 5 minutes, than dead for the rest of my life.

I just read this one on the QB last week: "She thinks she's hot Sh** on a silver platter and she ain't nothin but a cold turd on a paper plate.

Well smear my butt with honey and tie me to an ant hill. (Pat's favorite) or "butter my buns and call me bisuit"

Hope for the best, plan for the worst!

If ya cant say something nice, say nothing at all!

My dad had some interesting ones ---

Stop throwing alligators in my swamp -- meaning I don't need any more bad things happening

Wish in one hand and Sh*t it the other and see which one fills up faster --- kind of like don't hold your breath waiting

See you later, alligator
....... after awhile, crocodile!
:)

A job worth doing is worth doing right.

I brought you into this world and I can take you out. (Mom was always kidding, but the 4 of us kids believed her)

I did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday.