Can you think of any well known american phrases?

Question

come on ... think

Answer 1

"Only the good die young."
"That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
"That will put hair on your chest."
"Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
"There's no business like showbusiness."
"A bird in hand is better than two in the bush."
"All good things must come to an end."
"There's a first time for everything."
"Don't kill the messenger."
"If it's not one thing, it's another."
"When it rains, it pours."
"No good deed goes unpunished."
"Don't let the bedbugs bite."
"Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!"
"Look before you leap"
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
"Those who can't, teach."
"Opportunity only knocks once."

Answer 2

"OKAY. So we never entered WW2 until attacked and left Britain to do all the work in saving the World, and lost Korea and Vietnam BIG TIME but did ok in Grenada, before getting our butt kicked in Mogadishu, and are getting it kicked in Iraq and Afghanistan..but HooYAaa we are led by the smartest man on the Planet" any good?

Answer 3

"I'm going to clean your clock"

Its an older one, but it confused my grandma when she came from Canada to the states. She just didnt get what it had to do with beating somebody up.

Answer 4

wazuuuuuuuuuuup, though not really a "phrase".

Answer 5

OK, howzabout "Kilroy was here"?

Click on http://www.kilroywashere/org/001-Pages/01-OKilroyLegend.html

Answer 6

ask not, what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country...........John F. Kennedy