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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Sep 23

We’ve been sleeping in a bit longer than usual lately as there isn’t always much to do when we do get up. At the moment, it can be nice and snug and warm in bed too. We usually get up and have a first cup of coffee then, a bit...

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Old Sayings from Appalachia’

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 23 Jul 23

We were discussing old sayings on mylot a few days ago and thinking of those that are familiar to us. So here are a few more I’m thinking of. Please add those that are familiar to you if you will. He’s lower than a snakes...

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mountains appalachian

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Waiting on tenterhooks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Mar 23

A myLotter today queried ‘tenterhooks’ as in ‘waiting on tenterhooks’. I guess it’s an old saying but one I’ve known all my life. So I googled it, as one does, and discovered that a tenter is a wooden frame used for stretching...

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Are your worms biting?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jun 22

MyLotter Eva James (@wolfgirl569 ) had to have a fasting test and mentioned how hungry she is. I asked if the worms were biting and wondered if that is another term that might have gone out of fashion. It means you are hungry and...

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I wonder why my new shoes squeak

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb 21

Have you heard the old saying that if your shoes squeak it means you didn’t pay for them? My folks used to say that. I think in the olden days, shoes made of leather would get a tiny air-bubble in the sole and this would cause the...

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Blind Freddy and the night parrot

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Oct 18

The night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is an elusive and mysterious parrot endemic to Australia. It has been rarely seen or photographed as it is most active at night. It was once thought to be extinct. In recent years there...

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Put it "on the cuff" I told her

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 10 Feb 18

Anne cuts what little hair I have and keeps me more or less presentable. She gave am a trim this morning and I told her to put it "on the cuff." That means "charge it." Of course, she does not charge me. I get buy on my charm...

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Old Sayings

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 16 Mar 17

You're so slow you couldn't catch a cold. He's three bricks shy of a load. She's as ugly as forty miles of bad road. You look like you was sent for and couldn't come. He's tight as Dick's hat band. You sound like a dying...

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You know that old saying about Brick Walls?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 14 Jan 17

I am sure there are several different variants, but the one I am thinking of refers to talking to someone and them responding as if they were a brick wall. Well last night I had a conversation with someone and afterwards posted...

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Old Sayings

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 18 Aug 16

Many of my friends said they had never heard the expression "If nothing breaks bigger than a frog hair" it's actually an old saying from Appalachia and I think other parts of the country. I heard these old sayings when I was...

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So you ain't supposed to throw stones huh?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 9 Apr 16

Stix and Stones and all that stuff. Yea I heard that. But we have better ways of breaking glass houses. The house of glass: I could see through the walls. It was like an MTV video on steroids. The city was all glass and with the...

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Have a good day? You talking to me?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 28 Mar 16

Last time a lady at a register said "Have a good day" I turned to her and said, "Okay, if I find a good day I will break off part of it and give it to you." Why do they even say this anyway? It's a saying and nobody really means...

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stuff we say

but dont mean

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A Lick and a Promise

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 25 Sep 15

Have you ever heard of this expression a lick and a promise. It means I'll do a quick job now and promise to do better next time. My father used to use this a lot, especially when I didn't feel like going through my usual bedtime...

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Do you find yourself saying stuff you heard a long time ago but never recently?

2004cqui @2004cqui (2812) • United States 20 Jun 11

Today I found my self saying something to the affect-"And if they think that's going to happen they've got another think coming". Have you ever heard this before? I surprised myself. I thought wow I haven't heard that since I was...

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"What goes around, comes around" so the old saying goes

missbdoll @missbdoll (1165) • Australia 23 May 11

Also often refered to as "Karma". Do you believe people get what they deserve, ( in this life). That if you do bad by someone it comes back on you ? Another old saying goes "Cheats Don't prosper " What do you think ?

honesty

karma

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Do cats really have nine lives?

suchi60 @suchi60 (912) • India 8 Aug 09

On what grounds was this phrase coined? Does any mylotter have an idea? I am truly curious.

nine lives

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An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth? what do you think?

latsmom @latsmom (824) 10 Jun 09

Hi, I love to hear the pearls of wisdom here on Mylot, especially when it comes to age old sayings such as this one. Although I believe that people do eventually get back what they give I think that a saying such as this would...

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stupidity

wisdom

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Funny Old Sayings

fasttalker @fasttalker (2796) • United States 22 Sep 08

Do you have any funny old sayings...You know like "Sing at the Table you'll cry before you go to bed" or "Waste makes want" or "No board is so flat that it doesn't have two sides"...My kids think I'm crazy because I am always...

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That Don't Make No Sense

thebohemianheart @thebohemianheart (8827) • United States 19 Sep 08

Yesterday, in one of my responses, I typed a phrase that I have not used in years. I sat there and looked at it, wondering where it came from. I mean, I knew I did it, I just wondered where the phrase came from, how it started....

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phrases

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From here to Timbuktu.....

warmweatherwoman @warmweatherwoman (2233) • Atlantic City, New Jersey 26 May 08

Ever wonder where the above saying originated from? Well I have, so I decided to look into it and anlighten my mylot fam with this little bit of trivia: Timbuktu means a place that is far away- many think it is an imaginary...

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origins of old sayings

sahara desert

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