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This great question has aready been asked but it got so many interesting and fun responses, I needed MORE!

One of my favorites is from my Dad, "Fine as a frog's hair and twice as nasty".

The Bee's knees is a good one.

And I hate to admit it, but "dude!" is creeping into my vocabulary as an experssion of approval.

2006-09-16 09:30:10 · 19 answers · asked by Yim 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

19 answers

My Dad never cussed or swore anything stronger than "nertz" (I've never heard anyone else say it, or seen it in print, so maybe it's "nurtz" or "knerts" or some other spelling!) I have no idea where he got it!

When anyone in my family is asked the time, and they aren't wearing a watch or near a clock, they answer, "'bout a hair past a freckle."

The difficulty of seeing/finding something is described as "like looking for a black cat in the cellar at midnight."

One of my favorite expressions about the difficulty of controlling wild things or people ... "like herding cats." (It presents such a hilarious visual image!)

Aw, dude! The meaning of "dude" is determined by the tone of voice and the facial expression that accompanies it!! I've heard it used for extreme approval, excitement, disappointment, anger, sorrow ... it is definitely an all-purpose word!!

2006-09-16 09:49:15 · answer #1 · answered by baeb47 5 · 0 0

Here's one that I heard this morning at a gas station. An old man was at the register, and he said
"We've been busier than a cat covered in manure licking itself on a Sunday morning"
I'm still a bit confused by it, but he said it like he had said it a thousand times before.

Personally, I enjoy mixing the phrases up, and saying things like:
"treading in thin water"

When I get frustrated while driving, I call people whatever comes to mind, often to the amusement of my family. their favorite is when I call someone a "wiper"

2006-09-16 09:35:35 · answer #2 · answered by LEMME ANSWER THAT! 6 · 2 0

Stay out til the cows come home! As happy as a pig in the sunshine. (Pigs -in the olden days b4 refrigeration coulld only be slaughtered on cooler days because the meat would spoil.)
Can't see the forest for the trees. Catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

My sons original was "buzz away".

2006-09-16 09:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ahab 5 · 2 0

If his IQ was one point higher he'd be a vegetable.
Busier than a one-legged man in a ***-kicking competition.
You could write what he knows about ?????? on the head of a pin and have room left over for The Lords' Prayer'
SH#T on a stick ------- in answer to question ''what's for dinner?''

2006-09-16 15:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by rjr 6 · 1 0

"Older than dirt" when asked my age.

"I'm totally freakin"" or "I'm so freaked" when I can't handle whatever is or isn't going on.

"Down the tubes" for when something just doesn't work out (as in That project went completely down the tubes). I have NO idea where I got that from or its exact origins; someone once speculated that it comes from surfing but I've never surfed or been around anyone who seriously did.

2006-09-16 12:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by pat z 7 · 2 0

Here are some of mine:

Oh to humanity!
May God give you a brain!
Sometimes you just embarrass me...
My IQ just dropped.
Do I look like I care? 'Cause if I do, you're getting the wrong message.
Eureka!
Interesting...

P.S.: This is copyrighted material. Hehe.

2006-09-16 09:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by FairyGirl 2 · 2 0

I've recently started using the word Doozy.
Ain't that a doozy!
That's one heck of a doozy!

It's corny but that's what makes it hilarious.

2006-09-16 09:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by Dana ♪ 3 · 2 0

When asked how I'm doing, I respond "Peachy Keen"

Oops, was that my outside voice?

Sorry, did I look like I cared?

2006-09-16 09:48:45 · answer #8 · answered by Canadian Ken 6 · 0 0

How about... "He'd argue with an empty house" or...
"A sandwich short of a picnic" for slow people..... or
"Flash as a rat with a gold tooth"

2006-09-16 09:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by Ted 3 · 1 0

My husband always says "Gobsmacked" when he means stunned (It's an English expression) and I personally like "jeeze Louise" :)

2006-09-16 09:33:05 · answer #10 · answered by Tanya T 2 · 1 0

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