Share your Idioms

[janiejoey]

Thought this might be fun to do. Do you remember any idioms?


Don't bark up the wrong tree.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.


Can you think of any more?


Janie

 

[Aquajock]

It is no sign of mental health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society. (Krishnamurti, I THINK.)

A-Jock

 

[Janis]

Actions speak louder than words.

 

[fitdeb]

Hindsight is 20/20.

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Debbie Russo

Wow sounds like I am a very bitter person...

so here is one more

Life is Good
(hey maybe I should put that one on T-shirts and hats and stuff!)

 

[spyrosmom]

"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger"

So I say to myself as I try to drag my arse away from the computer and go tackle The Viper. Its ONLY 80 mins, its ONLY 4 rounds.....

Nan

 

[bigfarma]

This just reminded me of those scenes in A Few Good Men where Tom Cruise and the old man selling newspapers banter back and forth exclusively in idioms. I love those scenes!

Only one I remember now is it ain't over til the fat lady sings

 

[Pearlstrand]

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

 

[upnorthchick]

My favorites are: "Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn" & "If 'if's and but's' were candies and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas".

 

[lala1]

There's more than one way to skin a cat

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Throw the baby out with the bathwater

 

[elliemom]

People who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones

 

[cataddict]

"If the dog hadn't stopped to take a &^%* he would have caught the rabbit."

Or my current favorite due to a particular situation at my job: "nut up or shut up."

 

[Liann]

"Finders keepers, losers weepers" - I use that one with my DH a lot. He's always leaving spare change around the house.

 

[carres1973]

The one I use a lot is "suck it up, sunshine." Meaning, just get on with it!

I liked when Mythbusters tested some idioms including:

It's like shooting fish in a barrell
Hit the ground running

I would love to see someone try "It's like taking candy from a baby." That baby will SCREAM!! It might be easy to take it but not so easy to get away with it.

Carrie

 

[hoffmasa]

"You get what you get, and you don't throw a fit."

(my boys hear that a lot)

 

[lainiefig]

I'm reminded of some sayings of my sweet old Granny that I've learned are true:
1. Redheads are boogers in the corn patch.
2. Keep your nose clean.
3. Pretty is as pretty does.


That woman was wise. She also said, "It don't pay to live long enough to get old," but I'm not old enough to know if that's true yet.


She also told me, "Keep your dress tail down," and I'm not convinced of that one.