Offer Up a Strange Expression...Yours or One of Unknown Origin!

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   lorlie6posted 12 years ago

   Well, you sure "Got my goat."

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   lorlie6posted 12 years ago

   Okay, how about "Crazy as a loon."

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   lorlie6posted 12 years ago

   Okay you hubbers-I KNOW you've some crazy sayings!  This is a fun game and let's see...I've always loved "Pig in a Poke." 
   Whaaaa?
   "Give it a go" is another I wonder about the original meaning-how this phrase came to be.  Linguistics can be so incredibly strange that it's fun to find out!
   
   Agree? 
   =^0^=

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   Shanna11posted 12 years ago

   Instead of 'For crying out loud!" my family has always said "For crying in the mud!" I don't know why, but it always made sense to me. Now that I think about it, it makes no sense.

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      lorlie6posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Okay...!  "For crying in the mud?"  Wow.  Pretty, well, different, as I'm sure your family is!

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   Brenda Durhamposted 12 years ago

   I used to hear the phrase "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!"  from people who saw or heard something unbelievable.

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      lorlie6posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle" is pretty out there, yes?    I'll never be a monkey's uncle, that's for sure! 

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   "Something seldom about that kid..."

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      lorlie6posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      paradigmsearch-"Something seldom about that kid..." is even further out there than Brenda's!  Seldom?  Hmm, I think I'll go nuts trying to figure how a kid can be 'seldom!'

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   Jonathan Jancoposted 12 years ago

   "Gag me with a spoon" is something my stepmom would say alot when my sister and I were little kids.

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   Lindy's Worldposted 12 years ago

   For me and mine "Like Grant went through Richmond" when things are really crazy.

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   Brenda Durhamposted 12 years ago

   I've described icy roads as "slicker'n'snot" (slicker than snot).
   And they sure are! ha.

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    timorousposted 12 years ago

    "I had that band worked up tighter than a frog's mouth stretched over a boxcar".
    
    I recalled this quote from the blues singer, Ronnie Hawkins, in reference to how well-rehearsed his band was at the time (circa 1964)...most of the members of this band went on to form "The Band".

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       lorlie6posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       No WAY, timorous!  "The Band" was a lucky change, indeed-it's always nice to evolve, yes??

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    lorlie6posted 12 years ago

    No disrespect meant to your family of course, Shanna11!

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    CASE1WORKERposted 12 years ago

    When it looks like rain, my husband says "It's black over Bill's mothers"

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       lorlie6posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       OMG, CW1!  "It's black over Bill's mothers?" I guess it must be black over Bill's mothers!  Or some such...!

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