Here's one for you:. OLD SAYINGS, meanings

[Wings like Eagles]

I am on that, like a fat kid on an ice cream cone.

 

[Wings like Eagles]

Dad used to say - don't make me get up and come over there - as kids we knew what he meant and acted accordingly

 

[Michie]

There's no accounting for taste.

 

[Michie]

I’m as full as a tick!

 

[returntosender]

Laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[returntosender]

I am on that, like a fat kid on an ice cream cone.

White on rice?

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

Southern US sayings

"You could drive a preacher to drink"

"They live so far out in the sticks that even the Presbyterians handle snakes"

"Bless your heart"

 

[Wings like Eagles]

"Bless your heart"

One of my favorites!

 

[Michie]

One of my favorites!

The Bless your heart phrase is a double edged sword!

 

[Michie]

Stop pulling my leg!

 

[Michie]

That dog won’t hunt.

 

[returntosender]

White on rice?

Like

 

[returntosender]

Southern US sayings

"You could drive a preacher to drink"

"They live so far out in the sticks that even the Presbyterians handle snakes"

"Bless your heart"

Hey, i use that all the time. I must one of those old fogies presbyterians, lol

 

[GodLovesCats]

All abortion opponents need to know and believe this one: "It takes a village to raise a child."

 

[FenderTL5]

All abortion opponents need to know and believe this one: "It takes a village to raise a child."

abortion opponents?? that has noting to do with abortion pro nor con.

It refers to the fact that as parents raise their children they will also need (and get) lots of assistance along the way.
Church family - pastors, sunday school teachers, schools - teachers, coaches, librarians, other family members, baby-sitters.. some are more direct than others but the 'village' participates

 

[FenderTL5]

(in repsonse to the question "How are you? or How's it goin'?)

"Some days are diamonds."

 

[dzheremi]

One of my favorites from my grandmother Maria (may God rest her soul) that I've never heard outside of my own family is "He's/she's got champagne tastes on a beer budget", which was her way of saying that someone (usually my dad, hahaha) was living beyond their means.

 

[FenderTL5]

"gettin too big for your britches"

 

[dzheremi]

Not really a 'saying' specifically, but what did your parents/grandparents/etc. say to describe when someone's house or a business or something was diagonally opposite to you? My mom used the term "kitty corner", which I think is pretty common but only sounds more ridiculous the more I think about it (what do kitties have to do with directions?). I know there are other terms for this in distinct regions of the USA (I grew up in northern California), but it's been so long since I've heard anyone talk about this that I no longer remember any variations.

Edit: Ahhh, an answer to the mystery of kitties and corners! Thank you, random internet page! I love etymology. That page has some other neat phrases, too. Can't say I've ever really thought of "Elvis has left the building" as a saying, but now that I think of it, my dad sometimes used to say that to get us kids to stop bothering him about changing his mind on something he'd already made a firm decision on, like if we wanted something for dinner that he didn't want. "Sorry, kids. Elvis has left the building." I'm surprised I didn't grow up thinking that Elvis decided everything important in life for our family! Instead, it was just one of a million 'weird' music-related things that my dad would say that I just chalked up to him being in the music business and that lifestyle frying his brain.

 

[FenderTL5]

stop drinking the Kool-aid