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What saying or phrases did ur parents or grandparents use that u used to hate?

2007-02-28 12:01:58 · 33 answers · asked by purplegal 3 in Family & Relationships Family

33 answers

"i'll give you something to cry for in a minute"
"up the wooden hills"
"its for your own good"
"take your coat off,you wont feel the benefit"
the thing is i use these sayings with my children,and think "oh no,i've just said what my mum used to say.especially the first,i used to think i'm already crying,so why do you need to give me SOMETHING ELSE to cry about.oh well,we live and learn!

2007-02-28 12:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by stokies 6 · 8 0

These was around when I was a boy, and I still use most of them: 1) Looks like it's gonna come up a cloud (gonna rain) 2) I'm fuller that a tick at a blood bank 3) He's so low down, he has to reach up to touch bottom. 4) He's nervouser than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs 5) That would gag a buzzard on a gut wagon 6) Got my tongue twisted around my eye tooth and couldn't see a word I was saying. 7) I'll be gon til the cows come home 8) Don't that just crack yer yaller (egg yolk) 9) So stubborn you couldn't knock him off a fence in a windstorm 10) That's crookeder than a dog's hind leg 11) Looks like she's been beat with an ugly stick 12) He's so skinny, if he stood sideways, he wouldn't even cast a shadow 13) He ain't even knee high to a grasshopper 14) ...just between you and me and the fencepost 15) Good Lord willing, and the creek don't rise Papaw

2016-03-29 04:37:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

My Da use to say if you want to steal rob a bank and make it worth while I use to hate that saying but it worked and I never stole. Also never a borrower or lender be it will cause trouble between you and me. I used to hate that but never a truer word said.

2007-02-28 21:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Scotty 1 · 1 0

Dad saying "Go ask you mother". and mom would turn around and say "Go ask your father". They would do that a couple of times before saying NO.
Mable, Mable, if you're able. Get your elbows off the table. This is not a horses stable, but an elegant dinning table.

2007-02-28 12:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by srena 5 · 6 0

My mom used to tell me when I ran her totally nuts "I'm going out to the back 40 and not coming back!!!" Ohhh how many times I've said that since having a husband and children!!!!!

2007-02-28 13:21:54 · answer #5 · answered by fallingstar 4 · 3 0

My dad says one thing i hate 'how i will you survive in this world?' It was said at the smallest things.

My mom says things like proverbs and they rhyme. I dont understand any of it. LOL.

2007-02-28 12:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by sadloserlife 2 · 2 0

my mom would say - eggs in the spoon drawer - meaning she was flaky thay day and she wasn't thinking straight
visit aunt tillie - means she had to use the bathroom
i didn't hate it but i thought it was kind of weird. i wish i could hear her say those things now.
oh yeah, my dad would tell us how we had it easy."hell, i had to walk to school in 6 ft of snow. uphill, both ways"lol. you know what? he really did

2007-02-28 14:36:25 · answer #7 · answered by racer 51 7 · 1 0

I hated to hear, "A hard head makes a soft bottom!" Meaning if I didn't listen, I was getting whupped.

2007-02-28 13:12:38 · answer #8 · answered by sustasue 7 · 3 0

You all will love this one...my mom used to tell me that if i scrathed or played with my belly button that me bum would fall off...you can only guess i never ever touched my belly button until recently..lmfao...

2007-02-28 22:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

When my mom would call me outside she would say
Errob.
My little brother's name was Eric and she would correct her self half way through the word.

2007-02-28 12:07:20 · answer #10 · answered by rob u 5 · 4 0

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