Old Phrases your Parents Use

[Bird Boy]

I was wondering what kind of phrases your parents use (or..you use...). My mom says when it rains and the sun is shining that the "devil is beating his wife". Those wacky ppl and their phrases! :rolleyes:

What "old time" phrases do you use?

-Bird_Boy

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

"You're gonna poke sombody's eye out!" (when I would use a pointy object to annoy someone with)

But it is not a phrase, but my parents would pretend to use a violin when I was complaining about something....it was annoying as heck!

I hope I got the point o' this thread when I said that stuff...

[killercroc]

My mom says "grinning like a jackass eating sawbriars."

And what about when people are laughing together and they finish up by going aaaahhhhhhmmm....

[Jowy Blight]

They would always say "If ______ jumped off a bridge, would you?"

Then I would say "______ jumped off a bridge!? I'm there!"
It would always annoy them greatly.:)

[DR. BELCH]

--is "nekkid as a jaybird". Not sure why that particular bird is referenced for its nudity, though....

[The Mad Hatter]

Ah. My dad is the king of random country phrases that were antiquated even when he was a kid. I remember one time we were driving along, and someone on the road did something stupid and nearly hit us. Dad started to swear, but remembered that he had an impressionable kid in the truck. So, what came out was "God bless a moo cow!" I nearly hurt myself laughing.

Another country curse he sprang on me when I was older was "[expletive whose clean equivelent is "poop"] fire and save matches!"

[happyheathen]

'See you in the funny papers'

'the cat's meow'

'the cat that ate the canary'

'neither rhyme nor reason'

[Jack]

helter skelter (don't know if that's spelled right)


Jack:D

[joker]

"you cant just go around looking like a fool all the time." i dunno if thats old or not, but it sounds pretty old timey though

[Nightflower]

My mom calls me a banana, it's pretty common in Chinese culture. A banana is someone who is yellow on the outside, but white on the inside.

[I.R Joey]

That's jacked up NightFlower :(


Here's one My dad Always use to use.

"If you don't clean up your room, I'm going to go in there and whatever I don't like I'll throw it away..."

[TuffyCatt]

I'm not sure if this is an old phrase, but my mom always used to (and still does sometimes) use the phrase "same difference" after you correct her about something. Then one day in middle school, I said it without thinking...and then my friends and I got into this huge debate about whether it made sense or not...:p Anyway, now I still find myself saying "same difference" once in a while! :rolleyes: