Expressions or sayings from your part of the world 🌎

[Deleted User]ByeThankYouAll (deleted user)
edited January 27 in General

Hi 👋 wondering, if you have a saying or expression from your part of the world 🌎

One saying my great grandad ( mid /bit east side of EU:), thought me was the way he used to judge if he had enough to drink and was time to go home 🏡 from his village pub:

" If I can stand up, I will have another one. If I can not, I shall now walk home".

Local legend says that the pub people often put him onto his horse cart and the horses always found the way home🏡!!.

Do you have this saying in your country too, or some saying which is very typical of your area?

I'm any case, lovely day to you 🌞

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  • waynewvwaynewv

    That store is just up the road “ a piece “ , I often wondered just how far is a “ piece “
    That guy is “ dum as an empty coal bucket”, I often wondered could he be smarter if the coal bucket was full.
    In My home town, if you asked about a liquor store they would send you to the “ Polk store “
    If you did a favor for someone and they offered to pay you, you would say
    “ I’ll charge it to the dust in the road and let the rain settle it “

  • lonelytauroslonelytauros

    In my area ours would be the following:

    Freeze!
    Get on the ground!
    Put your hands behind your back!
    You have the right to remain silent!

  • [Deleted User]teerex (deleted user)

    Cut off the lights.
    It's hotter than a snake's ass in July.
    Shut the front door.
    Houston, we have a problem.

  • [Deleted User]ByeThankYouAll (deleted user)

    😁😎✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️ you guys made me smile and also laugh out loud from my heart❤️ 💙 💜 brilliant @Waynewv , @lonelytauros , @teerex 😍

    Have your good selves a Superb lovely Saturday 🤗🌄✅️🫂💖🙂👍🌞

  • TxTomTxTom

    This salsa is made in New York City?!?! Get a rope.

  • [Deleted User]ByeThankYouAll (deleted user)

    I just heard a good saying, but it was not from my area, but from an American story: ll best revenge is to live well"

    I always thought this means that that revenge kind of feelings destroy our mental, emotional, even physical selves, result in poor concentration...

    Learning from that, I guess, if we ever think or feel like someone "done us wrong" , perhaps best to never think of that person, but focus on how to get the best resolution without hurting anyone.

    We all humans, I heard " we do things through either fear or love.." ... uh, very philosophical for a Saturday..

    So, quickly let's focus back on @TxTom 's salsa in NYC saying, love it🌞👍😍🤗💖🇺🇸✅️🌄

  • TxTomTxTom

    Not mine. It actually comes from a Pace Picante Sauce TV commercial from the 1990s. But I like it.

  • [Deleted User]teerex (deleted user)

    I thought of some more...
    Happier than a pig in $#'t. 🐽
    So good it makes you want to slap your momma.
    Bless your little heart.
    That just burns my biscuits.
    Madder than a cat on a hot tin roof.

  • TxTomTxTom

    A local talk radio show host says this when calling out someone's BS:
    "That sounds like something that comes out of the North end of a South-bound mule."

  • [Deleted User]ByeThankYouAll (deleted user)

    @teerex now those made me laugh out loud 😀🤗👍😍

    @TxTom that's a very sophisticated way of saying it.. 😄✅️🌄🇺🇸💖

  • lesmis33lesmis33
    edited January 27

    Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung
    There is no bad weather. Only a poor choice of clothes.

    One of my favorite German idioms. It really resonates with me in many ways. The "function over form" motif speaks to my practical nature, but also there is an acceptance of things around you that are out of your control, in this case the weather, and focusing on the things you can control, your clothes. The choice you can control makes the thing you can't more pleasant. I think about it a lot when picking my daily battles.

  • lesmis33lesmis33

    @teerex I love southern sayings! My favorite is "like hell on a bug in a chicken coop." I usually heard it when someone is bringing a wrathful scorn but with a playful subliminal nuance.

  • TxTomTxTom

    @lesmis33

    "function over form"

    Totally.
    Probably why I always liked steampunk. And have always been a fan of the (prematurely retired) Space Shuttles.

  • lesmis33lesmis33

    have always been a fan of the (prematurely retired) Space Shuttles. - @TxTom

    It was disheartening when NASA did that. Now I fear for the ISS as well. I feel that until we can get cost effective mechanisms to break orbit, space travel isn't a high priority. :(

  • TxTomTxTom

    Cost isn't an issue, we've just given up the will. We have voluntarily given up our externalized explorer/conqueror ethos in favor of an internalized victim/grievance ethos. Can't explore space with that kind of collective mentality.

  • TxTomTxTom

    And to bring it back to the topic at hand, at NASA they have a saying, "measure twice, cut once."

  • JubalJubal

    Cost isn't an issue, we've just given up the will. We have voluntarily given up our externalized explorer/conqueror ethos in favor of an internalized victim/grievance ethos. Can't explore space with that kind of collective mentality.

    agree 100%

    Now, as to my favorite sayings round these parts

    "Well, bless your heart!" (Texan for "wow, ain't you stupid?" or variations thereof)
    "Get off my lawn!" no explanation needed
    "You can call a tail a leg, but that damn mule still only has four legs"

  • [Deleted User]ByeThankYouAll (deleted user)

    😄 never heard your 1st and 3rd one, @Jubal, made me laugh 😃 oh," bless my ❤️" 💙

    Love the "measure twice " one @TxTom I guess we could apply it to many things in life, eg think things well over before I act... 🌞

  • Sheena123Sheena123

    Canadian here 🇨🇦

    When we say yes, we say “oh yea no for sure”

    Gotta pay some toonies and loonies to get a Two Four and a double double

  • CuddleHugs01234CuddleHugs01234

    @lonelytauros 🤣🤣🤣 (sounds pleasant to visit🤣) (you’ll just need to come here)

    What came to my mind was “y’all”. It means “you all” of course. :)

    From a definitely southern girl, y’all.

  • TxTomTxTom

    @Sheena123 You Canadians put "eh" at the end of every sentence, eh?

  • NickWkNickWk

    Fine as frogs hair

    Happy as a puppy with two peckers

    And the coup de gras…

    It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.

  • TxTomTxTom

    It's not me. It's you.

  • Sheena123Sheena123

    @TxTom I do!!! 😂😂😂😂 I live down here in Florida every six months (snowbird here) and sooooo many people point that out 🤣🥲🤣

  • OhioMikeOhioMike

    @CuddleHugs01234 and Y’all 😂. I’m sure a lot of us have seen this tower on the interstate going thru Kentucky….

  • CuddleHugs01234CuddleHugs01234

    @OhioMike Love it!!!!

  • KPSMKPSM
    edited January 28

    In Colorado we have a saying "If you don’t like the weather, just wait ten minutes." It's usually true, we could get snow in the morning but it will probably be sunny by the afternoon.

    It's not really a saying, but people here tend to leave the "n" out of mountains, like "Oh I'm going up to moutains to ski this weekend" which drives me a little crazy.

  • JohnR1972JohnR1972

    A couple of I am familiar with…
    “He is educated beyond his intelligence” - code for someone who has an advanced degree but lacks common sense (trust me, such people don’t know who they are).

    “It’s about another half mile further up the trail” - response to any question from another hiker about any feature on the trail system (trail head, ranger station, etc..) 😂

  • KPSMKPSM

    @JohnR1972

    “He is educated beyond his intelligence”

    ROFL. As someone currently pursuing a PhD I can't properly express how true this is. Come to think of it, maybe I'm educated beyond my intelligence as well. 🤭

  • SungSherBearSungSherBear

    "The mountain is out!"

    It's our way of saying it's not raining in Western Washington.

    She's a beautiful beast!

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