Quips/phrases that we love!

[wolof7]

In response to the 'phrases that annoy you' thread, there are many quips that are fun and can make one seem smart and witty. here's a few; unsure if they all are official or if some are made up by my friends/colleagues....here's just a few I keep in my back pocket:

- He/she is lower than a snake belly in a wagon rut: a person of low moral standard

- them dogs'll hunt: to emphatically accept something/ I could go for that

- that's a horse of a different color: that's another thing all together

....and my all-time favorite which I've only used twice!
- So, (apart from that,) how was the rest of the play Mrs. Lincoln: A sarcastic phrase meant to downplay the complaint or misfortune of another person, similar to playing the world's tiniest violin with one's finger (about a complaint of an arbritaty thing/event/situation etc.)

[Paulie_Walnuts]

A South African colleague who was complaining of constipation once told my wife he was "three meals in front and two shits behind!"

[wolof7]

that's some good stuff there Paulie! 

[mjk73]

Wow Paulie. Nothing like playing the ace of spades right up front!

[Tracy 2112]

He/She could talk the ears off a field of corn

[Paulie_Walnuts]

There seems to be a bit of a theme running through my favourites but a couple of others are:

When referring to someone who is tight with money...."he'd skin a turd for a ha'penny."

Or when it's really cold and you see someone shivering......"he's like a dog shitting razor blades."

[Crispy]

My boss is the king of colloqualisms. One of my favorites, referring to telling someone a hard truth: "He really told him how the cow ate the cabbage."

[Crispy]

Another one I enjoy that I first heard from my ex, referring to a large quantity: "I've got more [insert thing you have a lot of] than Carter has liver pills."

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Not really a phrase, but Douchebag is the greatest word in the English language.

[TheBigChicken]

when my dad would say "it will be  too wet to plow" you had just messed up :-\

[Jon T.]

(she was/is) Sweeter than a plate of yams - with extra syrup.


damn, I miss OutKast.

[mjk73]

Sweating worse than a whore in Confession

[WSS2]

Jon T.

"cooler than freddie jackson sipping milkshake snowstorm"

[Taterbug]

" He/She  is so ugly she could scare a bulldog out of a meat truck "

Whenever I would screw up my Dad would tell me " Boy...you better get your shit all in one sock"

Or when it would rain real hard he would say " It's comin down like a cow pissin on a flat rock "

[WSS2]

her face looks like someone tried to put out a forest fire with a screwdriver

[Taterbug]

her face looks like someone tried to put out a forest fire with a screwdriver

Or   " it looks like her face caught on fire and someone put it out with a golf shoe "

[WSS2]

I like

[Tracy 2112]

He finished 2nd in a passive-aggressive contest but refused to accept his ribbon.

[Taterbug]

When referring to someone who is tight with money...."he'd skin a turd for a ha'penny."

Or
" He is so tight, he could shove a piece of coal up his ass and he would squeeze out a diamond "

[Taterbug]

He finished 2nd in a passive-aggressive contest but refused to accept his ribbon.

;D