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One Liners

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

She won't take yes for an answer!

Count your fingers after shakin' hands with him!

It'll turn on a dime and give ya' nine cents change.

Elevator don't go all the way up.

Hey! Watch where your going!

Is that a threat or a promise?

Well, it used to was.

He tap danced all around it.

Not if my life depended on it!

Yer outta yer cotton-pickin mind!.

Beats me!

Who knows.

Maybe yes, maybe no.

Don't pee into the wind.

Not for all the tea in China.

No way! / Yes, way!

No matter how much you cut it, it's still too short.

What do you make of this?

He's jus whistlin Dixie!

One hand washes the other.

that's like being a high priest in a low cult.

That and a nickel gets you on the subway. [well it used to was.]

Them days are gone forever.

Waddya' mean, "waddya' mean?!"

You heard me!

Crooked as a snake.

That don't make no sense, nohow.

He sure do run off at the mouth sometimes!

Keep your shirt on!

Hold yer horses!

Hey lady! Move it!

We'll stop at the next one.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.

Yeah, right! Go fight City Hall!

Pay the $2.

When the cows come home.

A wise man breaks outta jail, not in

That'll be the day!

It'll never fly!

Yes, officer.


See ya'!
Peder
 
Where there's a will there's a way.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

Don't cross your bridges before you come to them.

You can't tell a book by its cover.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Sleep Tight

Your eyes are bigger than your stomach

Ignorance is bliss

Patience is a virtue.

We'l cross that bridge when we come to it

Just out of interest do you call jam jelly in the USA?
 
Haha, that last one (Wadderya want? A medal?) reminded me of a line that used to have me in gales of laughter in high school:

Well, whoop-de-shit, have a cookie.
 
Don't count yur chickens
slower than molasses in January
a bee in my bonnet
knickers in a twist
calls 'em like I sees 'em
could've knocked me over with a feather

The pat answer to the question, "what's for dinner?"
"como chucata" and if anybody knows what that means, besides""eat sap," I'd love to hear about it. I'm showing off the mexican side of my family here.
 
bren said:
The pat answer to the question, "what's for dinner?"
"como chucata" and if anybody knows what that means, besides""eat sap," I'd love to hear about it. I'm showing off the mexican side of my family here.

Viva los mexicanos! MY standard answer to 'what for dinner?' is "pig slop!"
If they get surly, I tell them I added onions:D
 
Yes, ABC, don't you just love it when perfectly healthy, capable persons keep asking the same question? What's for dinner? Besides the spanish rejoinder, I may also be heard to respond, "ooh, you're making dinner?! I'm hungry!" Like the refrigerator is totally empty or something ... :rolleyes:

get a move on
thanks for the newsflash
run it up the flagpole
waste not, want not
sew buttons on a balloon
 
abecedarian said:
Viva los mexicanos! MY standard answer to 'what for dinner?' is "pig slop!"
If they get surly, I tell them I added onions:D


One of my friends replies to "What's for dinner" was "Bugs and onions" to which her daughter promptly replied "Oooo but I don't like onions."
 
Poppy1 said:
One of my friends replies to "What's for dinner" was "Bugs and onions" to which her daughter promptly replied "Oooo but I don't like onions."

yuuuuccck! EEEWWW! Kids are so gross :D
 
How bout:

Pissed as a poet on payday (apologies to any poets)

and (a favourite of mine from Friends

"Well slap my ass and call me Judy!":)
 
smooth move, Ex-lax.
don't call US.


A lot of these seem to cast grim aspersions on the poor petitioner ... :)
 
Arcane phrases ...

Can anybody shed any light on the origin of some of these weird and wonderul sayings? Can you add some of your own?

F'rinstance, my British stepmother used to say:


" ...and Bob's your uncle!" (meaning: it's that easy.")


and


"Your Aunt Fanny" (meaning: Yeah, right -- I'm going to believe that.)
 
I always liked the phrase: "A piece of cake " :)
Although it means an easy thing but never knew why...
 
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