Age-old sayings that make no sense?
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treehugger says,
Ex. "Slept like a baby".jene2008 says,
Happier than a dead pig in the sunshine.marymc says,
Laugh before breakfast, cry before noon. (Well THAT'S optimistic!)Out of everything bad, something good happens. (This is just Pollyana bullshit)
Everything happens for a reason. (Who's reason?)
Well, I'll be dipped in shit and hung on a line to dry. (Southern relatives... gotta love 'em.)
tonyglim says,
You can't have your cake and eat it too.accidentaltourist says,
I always heard "dipped in shit and rolled in corn flakes". Also, someone I know always said "useless as tits on a warthog"...which made no sense, until I realized the REAL expression is "...tits on a boar hog."treehugger says,
That's funny, I think I always heard warthog too... Never thought about it too much!maryjane31 says,
Put it where the sun don't shine!MO_Thoughts2 says,
"That's neater than a peter" -- was one aunt's expression. Ok, it makes sense, kinda.....but it's just odd.canadafreeze says,
My mom use to say, I'm so t-u-r-d tired I could f-a-r-t faint. Makes little sense but it makes me smile:-) to recall it.Believe says,
I don't give a fat rat's ass.EnMasse says,
Opposites attract.treehugger says,
It's always in the last place you look.TawnyPort says,
so and so is as smart as a box of warm rocks.NumbrOneAunt says,
piece of cake.NumbrOneAunt says,
treehugger - once heard a comic do a bit on this one: "it's always in the last place you look." there's a saying that makes NO sense! what - like after you find it you're gonna keep lookin'?JAD says,
Believe, I have one similar to yours. 'Kiss a fat rat's doodie gland'. Childhood friend would say that all the time.NumbrOneAunt says,
another one: cute as a button. i have nothing against buttons, but if someone asked me to make a list of the 20 cutest things i'd ever seen, buttons would not make the cut. :)Dhani says,
(If a saying is deemed 'age-old' it's most likely to conceal a kernel of wisdom. 'Everything happens for a reason' and 'Good often appears out of something bad' make perfect sense to this memoirist...)