The "Pleasing Phrase" Thread

[dnjan]

I have picked up a habit from my Mom. She is from Mexico. I don't know if that is a Mexican thing or just her habit, but she always says "the other day' to mean anything from yesterday to many years ago. I do think that Mexican culture may view time a little more loosely than we do here. Now i say it.

I frequently use the term "the other day", and have never thought it unusual.

I have even heard it pronounded "tyudder day".

 

[Gin&Tonics]

I frequently use the term "the other day", and have never thought it unusual.

I have even heard it pronounded "tyudder day".

I think what he's saying is unusual is that when they say it, it could refer to something that happened two years ago.

 

[dnjan]

So do I. Anytime between yesterday and recent memory is "the other day".

Now if you say "just the other day", that implies something probably within the past couple of weeks.

 

[scottyrocks]

I frequently use the term "the other day", and have never thought it unusual.

Same here.

 

[Tango Yankee]

My father-in-law will say, when asked how he is feeling, "Fine as frog hair!"

 

[Wally_Hood]

My father-in-law will say, when asked how he is feeling, "Fine as frog hair!"

When feeling festive I reply with "Finer than frog's hair," or "As rare as hen's teeth," or even "As rare as rattlesnake hips."

Sometimes when I wish fellow workers a happy weekend, I tell them "I want you to have such a great weekend that it's on the evening news."

 

[plain old dave]

Said "Pardon my boardinghouse reach" to the Missus the other day and she looked blankly at me. "Confound it" get odd looks too.

 

[dnjan]

My son gets a laugh when I begin a sentence with "Back in the day ...".

 

[nice hat dude!]

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat,usually said when you're whining about having to work hard.
Don't squat with yer spurs on.
There's two theories about arguing with a woman,neither one works.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

How's about "Anything free is worth savin' up for"

 

[jdbenson]

I've been tryin' to bring back the phrase, "Glad rags," as in, "Put your glad rags on baby, we're doin' the town tonight."

There's another good one: "Doin' the town."

 

[kiwilrdg]

Sometimes when I wish fellow workers a happy weekend, I tell them "I want you to have such a great weekend that it's on the evening news."

If they don't understand it you could update that one to "I want you to have such a great weekend that it's on COPs."

 

[this one guy]

"Everything will look better in the morning."

Almost without exception, this is true.

You betcha!

 

[countryclubjoe]

Sunday go to meeting cloths.

Pull up your boot straps.

How'd young fella.

 

[Quigley Brown]

I've always wanted to ask for change for a dollar as 'Bust this for me, Jackson' from the flick 'Out of the Past.'

 

[nice hat dude!]

Usually said prior to an altercation...."Don't let nothing but fear and common sense hold you back"

 

[Herzen]

Possibly not for use in polite company, but my father used to refer to certain politicians as being "Slicker than deer guts on a doorknob".

Also, after a particularly large meal he would often intone that he was "fuller than a maggot on a gutwagon". My mother would just sigh...

 

[AtomicEraTom]

"Slicker than deer guts on a doorknob".

My grandfather says 'slicker'n sh*t goin' through a tin horn.'

 

[nice hat dude!]

"Most folks are like a barbed wire fence they all have their good points"

 

[Kishtu]

So-and-so wants the penny and the bun - ie wants jam on it. (Er, that may be just as bad....) Wants everything.

"More faces than the town hall clock" - someone who says one thing to your face and another behind your back.