Odd expressions you've heard now & then

@ horseless carriage
Sure have, it's the same as a knuckle sandwich.
Aussies have there own rhyming slang, no doubt it originated from Cockney rhyming slang.
The most modern is Stuart Diver, sole SURVIVOR of the Thredbo avalanche of 1997.
 

Murrmurr said:
During a pretrial hearing, the judge admonished an attorney and then said, "Don't look at me like 'I can't believe it's not butter'!"
Click to expand...
Something from an old TV margarine advert, perhaps? I like "Don't look at me like 'I can't believe it's not butter!":ROFLMAO: But I can't quite imagine the situation that evoked it from the judge. What, on the part of the attorney, was the judge responding to?
"
 

JBR said:
Something from an old TV margarine advert, perhaps? I like "Don't look at me like 'I can't believe it's not butter!":ROFLMAO: But I can't quite imagine the situation that evoked it from the judge. What, on the part of the attorney, was the judge responding to?
"
Click to expand...
A defense attorney tried using tactics that aren't allowed in court, not once but 3 times. And, actually, his tactics were doing more harm than good for the defendant, which made the judge even angrier.
 
When I was in my late 20s, I'd relocate in the Fall to the nearby small city to find work over winter, doing carpentry or handyman things. Of course, I met local people while l was living there. One woman, a primary-school teacher, had a mortgage on a house. To make the payments, she rented rooms to others (these people were also in their mid-20s to 30).

I used to visit the house. Occasionally, someone (either one of her renters, or someone visiting) was too clamorous or given to bizarre behavior or poor judgment. The school teacher would comment, to anyone within earshot, "Some people's kids!"
 
Last edited:
my late/great FIL would say... it's ok if people think you're stupid, but don't go opening you mouth and proving it.

my late/great grandfather-in-law mangled a lot of words/phrases. if someone went nuts, he said they went "berkshire"!
 
Last edited:
Used in the Canadian Army, when a SGT was telling a Private to get to work and stop sky larking .........Muckle on to it.

Second one, A useless youth who is unable to apply themselves to a job......Fairy cowboy.

Third one.......A man who is under the thumb of his wife at all times ... He is Buzzard battered, not just hen pecked. JimB.
 
ElCastor said:
Another of my fatherā€˜s Montana farm sayings ā€” Built like a brick shithouse. I believe it could be applied to any sturdy well built structure, and uh, sometimes a woman.
Click to expand...

That's well known in UK as well. In polite company the word 'outhouse' would be used instead. I always chuckle if I hear the Commodores song 'Brick House' on the radio... because we all know what they really mean :)
 

Back
Top