Random Phrases/sayings that you don't understand

[tickle_fan031]

Has anyone ever said a phrase to you that you didn't understand or you have said to your children etc to confuse them and to shut them up?lol.
For example, when I was little my mum used to say to me whenever I said "it's not fair!" she would respond "it's not fair, it's not raining."
An old workmate used to say to me, "You're not as green as you are cabbage looking!" when I came up wth a good idea. I asked her what it meant and she said she had no idea-she said her dad used to say it to her when she was little.lol.

So does anyone else use any other sayings that perhaps your parents used on you and now use on the next generation?

 

[Budweiserbob!]

"Act your age, not your shoe size."

... I mean, at my age I can understand but from a young age I usually had a shoe size that closely matched my age. 😛

 

[tk0]

:lol great topic idea. I've got a couple.

"You can't have your cake and eat it too"
What's the point of having it then?

"The grass is always greener on the other side"
The other side of what??

 

[dalekfire]

"The grass is always greener on the other side"
The other side of what??

"[...] the fence." It usually ends with that. 😛

 

[kopfhorer1]

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"

Well, why not steamed lobster with drawn butter and lemon?

 

[PurpleStyle]

"Sometimes you eat the mountain lion, sometimes you get covered in shit."

🙂

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

New and improved

is it new or is it improved...

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

"Life is like a pea stuck in your nose. Sometimes it's just hard to explain."

"Life is like a bald man's head. Sometimes you just get burned."

 

[Horus]

Heard by a JROTC cadet....

"It ain't trainin' if it's not rainin'." This was mentioned while we waited in a maintenance shed before during a downpouring rain. I was tempted to wrap a shovel around his hit. 1stSgt nodded not to do it, the cadet had enough brain damage from drill. It was Veterans' Day.

Oddly, it stopped raining for the entire ceremony. As soon as I finished the last notes of Taps, it started up again. UGH.

 

[jts963]

"The whole nine yards." I used to hear that at home all the time and of course it means everything involved in whatever but I didn't know the origin of the phrase. The first time I used it in a conversation with classmates, some knuckle-dragger gave me a smug look and said "You mean 'the whole TEN yards'" because for that yahoo, everything revolved around football. I had no answer, and of course this was before the Bruce Willis movie so nobody else knew what I was referring to. 😛issed

 

[jts963]

New and improved

is it new or is it improved...

Supposedly it's both. That doesn't annoy me as much as "stay tuned for an all-new episode of ...". As opposed to a partially new episode? :huh

Or how about "free gift"? Uh, if it ain't free already, it ain't a gift.

 

[jts963]

"You can't have your cake and eat it too"
What's the point of having it then?

I think this is referring to a decorated birthday cake, which looks very pretty. The saying is referring to the fact that you keep the cake and admire its visual appeal or you can eat it but you can't do both. Almost always used to describe a hard choice that must be made in non-cake situations.

 

[Relent<]

"He died for your sins"
But I haven't done anything...

 

[jts963]

"He died for your sins"
But I haven't done anything...

According to Christianity, you were born a sinner. It doesn't make sense to non-Christians but let's leave it at that before a religious argument breaks out.

 

[Relent<]

Now I'm just more confused, but I agree; we'll leave it be. Lol

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

There is one phrase I'd think makes no sense. It's more of a music number through:

(ahem)

You put your right foot in. You put your right foot out

You put your left foot in. And you shake it all about.

You do the hooky pooky. You give a little shout.

That's what it's all about.

IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!

I HAD MY LAPTOP DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON IT! I'VE ASKED CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MUSIC CRITICS ABOUT! NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE MESSAGE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE!

I SWEAR TO YOU...IT DOES NOT MEAN...ANYTHING!

Huff...puff...<_<...>_>...^_^

 

[jts963]

There is one phrase I'd think makes no sense. It's more of a music number through:

(ahem)

You put your right foot in. You put your right foot out

You put your left foot in. And you shake it all about.

You do the hooky pooky. You give a little shout.

That's what it's all about.

IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!

I HAD MY LAPTOP DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON IT! I'VE ASKED CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MUSIC CRITICS ABOUT! NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE MESSAGE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE!

I SWEAR TO YOU...IT DOES NOT MEAN...ANYTHING!

Huff...puff...<_<...>_>...^_^

Yeah music lyrics can get really crazy. A few of my favorite songs have lyrics that don't make a lot of sense, except to rhyme.