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The "Pleasing Phrase" Thread

dnjan

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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".
 

dnjan

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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.
 

Wally_Hood

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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."
 

nice hat dude!

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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.
 

jdbenson

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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

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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."
 

Herzen

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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...
 

Kishtu

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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.
 

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