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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: mime
Date: October 8, 2021, 3:27 pm
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I don't know if this is regional or not, but it's something I
remember older folks saying: "dollars to doughnuts" it was used
to express that the chance of something was very high, like
"I'll bet dollars to doughnuts the store is out of toilet
paper".
From my understanding the phrase originated when doughnuts were
far less expensive, so a dollar was much more valuable than a
doughnut. I suppose now we should say "I'll bet doughnuts to
dollars..." instead!
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: Hmmm
Date: October 8, 2021, 5:25 pm
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^^
I remember dollars to donuts. I don't think I ever thought about
the origin or meaning!
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: DCGirl
Date: October 20, 2021, 2:14 pm
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My grandmother had a saying for an item of clothing, such as a
black sweater or skirt, that attracted and showed every little
bit of fluff: this sweater picks up everything but money and
men. I always thought that was rather daring for a lady born in
1908.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: chigger
Date: October 20, 2021, 3:33 pm
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--- Quote from: DCGirl link ---
>
> My grandmother had a saying for an item of clothing, such as a
black sweater or skirt, that attracted and showed every little
bit of fluff: this sweater picks up everything but money and
men. I always thought that was rather daring for a lady born in
1908.
>
--- End Quote ---
My Aunt always said that! So funny to hear it again!
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: Lilipons
Date: October 20, 2021, 4:08 pm
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--- Quote from: DCGirl link ---
>
> My grandmother had a saying for an item of clothing, such as a
black sweater or skirt, that attracted and showed every little
bit of fluff: this sweater picks up everything but money and
men. I always thought that was rather daring for a lady born in
1908.
>
--- End Quote ---
I never heard this one before but I love it!
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: Hmmm
Date: October 21, 2021, 7:49 am
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--- Quote from: DCGirl link ---
>
> My grandmother had a saying for an item of clothing, such as a
black sweater or skirt, that attracted and showed every little
bit of fluff: this sweater picks up everything but money and
men. I always thought that was rather daring for a lady born in
1908.
>
--- End Quote ---
Love this!
#Post#: 71094--------------------------------------------------
Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: STiG
Date: October 21, 2021, 9:09 am
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My mother had many colourful sayings:
Sticks like sh!t to a blanket
If clues were shoes, you'd go barefoot
Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a handful of
pea(nut)s
The only way to see [big city] is in your rearview mirror
Flatter than pee on a plate
It's better than a kick in the @ss with a frozen gum rubber
Go out to the garden and eat worms; two woolly ones and 1 juicy
one
Getting up at sparrow fart
Fart in a mitt
All muxed ip
Bass ackwards
As handy as a pocket in a shirt
Up and down like a toilet seat
A good, old-fashioned chin wag
Don't just sit there with your thumb in your bum and your mind
in neutral
I'm so hungry, I could eat the east end of a skunk going west
After my Mom passed, I put together a cookbook of her favourite
recipes and put all of these sayings at the bottom of pages,
where there was room. I asked a friend of hers if she'd cooked
anything out of her copy. She told me she hadn't but she'd read
it three times.
Edited to add: Mom grew up in the Ottawa valley.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: Wanaca
Date: October 21, 2021, 1:30 pm
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--- Quote from: STiG link ---
>
> My mother had many colourful sayings:
>
> Sticks like sh!t to a blanket
>
> If clues were shoes, you'd go barefoot
>
> Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a handful of
pea(nut)s
>
> The only way to see [big city] is in your rearview mirror
>
> Flatter than pee on a plate
>
> It's better than a kick in the @ss with a frozen gum rubber
>
> Go out to the garden and eat worms; two woolly ones and 1
juicy one
>
> Getting up at sparrow fart
>
> Fart in a mitt
>
> All muxed ip
>
> Bass ackwards
>
> As handy as a pocket in a shirt
>
> Up and down like a toilet seat
>
> A good, old-fashioned chin wag
>
> Don't just sit there with your thumb in your bum and your mind
in neutral
>
> I'm so hungry, I could eat the east end of a skunk going west
>
>
> After my Mom passed, I put together a cookbook of her
favourite recipes and put all of these sayings at the bottom of
pages, where there was room. I asked a friend of hers if she'd
cooked anything out of her copy. She told me she hadn't but
she'd read it three times.
>
> Edited to add: Mom grew up in the Ottawa valley.
>
--- End Quote ---
I would have loved to have known your mom! She sounds like a
real gem.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: STiG
Date: October 21, 2021, 9:12 pm
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Thank you; she was. I remembered another saying after typing
this that I can't remember now, of course. I'll come back and
post it when I remember again.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
DIR By: Snowfire
Date: October 21, 2021, 10:14 pm
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Bass ackwards was common in our house.
Someone has their tail over the dashboard. - Reference to horse
& buggy days, if the horse got it's tail over the dash of the
buggy, unhappiness was the result.
Couldn't stop a pig in a passage. - referring to someone who was
very bowlegged
I may remember more later...
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