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John Nov 3rd, 2003 01:05 PM


He/She wouldn't say shi* if he had a mouthfull!!!

QueenMab Nov 3rd, 2003 01:13 PM

One I've always found amusing is: "It does/doesn't make my socks go up and down." LOL

cd Nov 3rd, 2003 01:16 PM

Hells bells and cockleshells ????

Mary_Fran Nov 3rd, 2003 05:16 PM

My sister, a german student, likes to repeat what she says is a German saying, "I only know train station," which she translates loosely as "It's all Greek to me." For some reason, this saying amuses her greatly, but invariably, we look at her and say "Huh?" If indeed this is a German saying, some nuisance is missing in the translation. I always smile weakly when she says it, and then I change the subject.

Anyone ever heard of that saying in Germany?

indytravel Nov 3rd, 2003 05:20 PM

"Deer guts" reminds me of one in Indiana from my youth. "Slicker than snake snot on a glass doorknob."

MaryZ Nov 3rd, 2003 05:45 PM

'This is like being nibbled to death by ducks.'

icithecat Nov 3rd, 2003 07:05 PM

As a feeder of three cats, I can tell you that you do not herd them from the back, you lead them from the front. Try a bowl of kibble or electric can opener in front of the carriers.

The Canadian version of one brick short of a load usually involves something like 'one beer short of a six-pack'.

papermoon Nov 3rd, 2003 11:08 PM

Nothing to write home about!
and
Dumber than a door nail.

Knoel998 Nov 3rd, 2003 11:09 PM

"Don't let the door hit ya
where the good Lord split ya" :)
A military saying...."all ate up" as in "he's all ate up"..

parisonmymind Nov 4th, 2003 02:07 AM

for Patrick:
A half bubble off plumb.

Peep Nov 4th, 2003 02:11 AM

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

You can't beat that with a stick.

Colder than a witch's t*t in a hailstorm.

Randy Nov 4th, 2003 04:42 AM

He is so low, you have to pull down his socks to see him.

Kate Nov 4th, 2003 04:43 AM

Dpon't know if these phrases are just British or more international:

"She had a face like a bag of spannners"
(actually means "she wasn't very happy")

And admiring an attractive member of the opposite sex:
"You wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating crisps"

Marilyn Nov 4th, 2003 05:53 AM

I like "dumber than a box of rocks" myself, and "if his IQ were any lower they'd have to water him twice a week." Both came my way courtesy of Molly Ivins, from the great state of Texas.

Mathieu Nov 4th, 2003 08:45 AM



" He's/She's so narrow minded, he/she can peep through a key hole with both eyes at once. "

eric502 Nov 4th, 2003 09:23 AM

Here's one more: Your so skinny that you need to jump around in the shower to get wet.

dovima Nov 4th, 2003 12:45 PM

Apologizing in advance for the scatalogical content of some of favorite sayings!
"Built like a brick sh*thouse"
"Fine as frogs' hair"
"Knee-high to a grasshopper"
and my very favorite, incredibly descriptive expletive.....
"Sh*t on a stick with sugar on it!"

dovima Nov 4th, 2003 01:08 PM

Oh, just thought of another one, courtesy of a Liverpudlian pal:

Said of a very moody person "With him/her it's always up, down, up, down - just like a bride's nightie!"

ThinGorjus Nov 4th, 2003 01:15 PM

Righty-ho, Pat, you are correct. Grace Poole is Berthe Rochester's gaoler in "Jane Eyre." It has been donkey's years since I have heard my aunt use that expression, but whilst travelling from Philadelphia to New York via train, I did hear a woman use a similar expression. She was saying to her husband, "Keep at it, Colin, and up to the nursery you go with Grace Poole." I burst out laughing. The woman looked at me and said, "My dear man, you are either British or a teacher because no one in this country gets that one."

Beatchick Nov 4th, 2003 03:48 PM

"I've seen better legs on a piano."

From the South:
"Higher than a Georgia pine" (someone who's drunk)

"I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eatin' crackers" (someone handsome)

"Plime (plumb) blank" as in "She's plime blank like her daddy" (i.e. she's the spitting image)

"Crazier than a woodrat."

"Country as cornbread."

"Sweatin' like a whore in church."

"Slicker than a greased pig."

"Ain't worth the powder to blow his brains out."

"Sky's blacker than pitch."

"Dumber than a coal bucket."

"It's raining like a cow pissing on a rock."

"Rougher than a (corn) cob." (in reference to when corn cobs were used in lieu of toilet paper at the outhouse but means someone who has a rough manner)

"Can't hear thunder." (someone who's deaf)

"She'd do it if it harelipped Texas (or the governor)." (someone who's stubborn)

"As independent as a pig on ice." (again, someone's who's stubborn)

"Now that dog won't hunt." (what you've just said doesn't make sense)

"If it had been a snake it would've bit you." (looking for something that's right in front of you)

"Nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs."



And I'm still mulling this one:
"Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" (someone who's insincere)


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