Have you heard these sayings?

[gailc]

How about "bit the big one" or "bit the bullet"???

 

[gingersmom]

Originally Posted by GailC

How about "bit the big one" or "bit the bullet"???

I posted 'bit the big one' earlier, and have heard of 'bite the bullet' but I thought that last one meant to do something that is very difficult. They used to give you a bullet to bite down on in field hospitals during war when they had no anesthesia, hence the phrase: bite the bullet.

 

[psjauntie]

Originally Posted by LuckyGirl

some others:

1 pea short of a pod
not the sharpest tool/tack in the shed
not the brightest bulb in the tree
like giving candy to a baby

one brick short of a load
eleavator doesn't go all the way to penthouse
lights are on but no ones home

 

[yosemite]

Oh, I though the parrot was "pining for the fjiords".

Love the one about the cheese shop and also the different wines.

Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom

I own entire books on this subject...

euphemisms for death are fascinating, "kicked the bucket" is one of my favs. And I just have to quote the infamous Monty Python dead parrot sketch:
"He's not pining! He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history. He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!This is an EXPARROT"

Raining cats and dogs is fun too.

KatieMae, really? I grew up in "A-HIa"

 

[yosemite]

Bites the dust - dies

Doesn't have both oars in the water.

 

[gingersmom]

Originally Posted by Yosemite

Doesn't have both oars in the water.

That's me, LOL!

And I was wondering why I kept going around in circles!

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I've heard em a million times. I have a friend who is great for using all kinds of sayings like thoes.

 

[zak&rocky]

Also no one said looking for a needle in a haystack.

"dumb as rocks"

the lights are on, but no one's home.

 

[arlyn]

The funniest sayings I have ever heard, I've only ever heard in the south, it's unfortunate that none are really repeatable

 

[catloverin_ks]

Originally Posted by babyharley

I've heard them all except 'bought the farm'

Me either....lol.

 

[dixie_darlin]

All spaghetti no meatballs
Elevator doesn't go to the top
Not the brightest crayon in the box
A few fries short of a Happy Meal
Dumber then dirt...

I have a few more but I too can't repeat them here and I'm originally from Ken-TUCK-y