Odd expressions you've heard now & then

[JBR]

Fill yer boots

I once worked for someone out here who used to say that.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I once worked for someone out here who used to say that.
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I haven’t any idea what it means.
It’s apparently a Canadian saying ‘eh.

 

[JBR]

I haven’t any idea what it means.
It’s apparently a Canadian saying ‘eh.

For the person I worked for, it seemed to mean 'take as much as you want' of whatever.

 

[jimintoronto]

I once worked for someone out here who used to say that.
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A very common phrase in the Canadian Forces in the 60's. Along with.....Muckle down on that job. Meaning get on with it, right now. JIM.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

For the person I worked for, it seemed to mean 'take as much as you want' of whatever.

That’s a nice way of thinking about it.

 

[Buckeye]

"There's more than one way to skin a cat."

My apologies if this is a duplicate.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I hate it when someone says "fixin" - - - "We're fixin to go to the store." - - - "We're fixin to come see you.

 

[jimintoronto]

I hate it when someone says "fixin" - - - "We're fixin to go to the store." - - - "We're fixin to come see you.

How about the expression...Let me get this done, real quick. Would the opposite be...I'm going to do this....Real slow ? A question, Why do you elect Judges, but not police officers ?

 

[Aunt Bea]

A whore’s breakfast was what my grandmother called a breakfast of black coffee and cigarettes.

 

[dilettante]

When I told my mother I was getting married she said "Burn your ass on the stove, you sit on the blister!"

 

[dilettante]

One of my grandfathers detested store-bought bread. He called it "foundry bread."