Old sayings or sayings from old folks

[Shifty One]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

“That boy is tough as nails”

Alternate: Tougher than a $2 steak.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by a.c.ward

my Dad used to say "I can explain it to you, but I cant understand it for you"

Originally Posted by special-K

Good one. I have heard some version of that

"I can teach ya , but I can't learn it for ya" That's the way I heard it.

[kingsolver72]

When asked the question “what do you think?”
“Too wet to plow”
“Takes a big dog to weigh a ton”
“Too windy to stack bbs”

[LONGHAIR]

I heard the big dog one several times many years ago and have repeated it quite a few times. No one seems to have heard it in any other place? It's good to know that this was not something so unique.

Never heard the windy applied to bbs, but I have heard the term "bb stacker" applied to someone who is not so smart. Same as the term "window licker"

[special-K]

Short and simple:

"Let it be"

"That'll do"

"Not too shabby"

"Same difference"

I have my own version or extension to "You don't look a gift horse in the mouth", usually when someone says it to me. I'll say, "No, but you better check it's ass for worms"

[Rich84]

A bird in the hand is better then 2 in the bush.

When my father would leave for work he would say "back to the salt mine". He worked in a factory.

My Grandfather would complain "youth was wasted on the young".

[kingsolver72]

There was a time when I had “all my ducks in a row.”
Then there was a time when I was “sitting back on my haunches.”

[special-K]

Ha ha, look at funny guy up there

Some old expressions:

"That'll work"

"By a longshot"

"Plum tuckered out"

"Too pooped to pop"

"All downhill from here"

"Far as the eye can see"

[KW5413]

Add just about anything you're going to do ''...right now, in a minute''

Like...l'm leaving, right now in a minute.

[KW5413]

My Dad used to ask me...''How old are you...boy? Not counting tomorrow?'' :0

Usually preceded by something I wasn't supposed to do, or say.

[Palf70Step]

Similar, but same scenario as above.

Me (to my daughter): How old are you?
daughter: Nine
Me: You wanna make ten?

[kingsolver72]

“Day light is burnin”

“We get more done by 0:900 than most people do all day”
Army commercial circa 1979

[LockDoc]

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I've always been a workaholic. A friend of mine used to say "You do more work by accident than most people do on purpose"

LockDoc

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

“Day light is burnin”

“We get more done by 0:900 than most people do all day”
Army commercial circa 1979

I do remember that, but could have never told you what year it was.

[72 tigger]

Grandma was a classy lady, she always looked nice. Her quote was “a little powder, a little paint, makes you look like what you ain’t”

[65truckowner]

When I was a kid and got hurt doing something dumb my Dad would ask if I learned anything. A friend of mine use to say that boy drinks his bath water>

[Boog]

"you chillins gonna be the death of me" !!

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by 65truckowner

When I was a kid and got hurt doing something dumb my Dad would ask if I learned anything. A friend of mine use to say that boy drinks his bath water>

I heard it as " I know you been drinkin' bathwater 'cause I can smell the bubbles."

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 72 tigger

Grandma was a classy lady, she always looked nice. Her quote was “a little powder, a little paint, makes you look like what you ain’t

That's neat. I heard a painter once say "Caulk and paint make a job what it ain't".

"Can't see it from my house"

"If he's a friend I'd hate to see your enemies"

"Taken once, shame on them. Taken twice, shame on you"

"You don't miss your water till your well runs dry"

[72 tigger]

When you send a boy out to do a job, it’s important to remember you only have half a man. When you send two boys out to do a job, you only have half a boy

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by 72 tigger

Grandma was a classy lady, she always looked nice. Her quote was “a little powder, a little paint, makes you look like what you ain’t”

I always heard that one as "A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't"

Originally Posted by special-K

That's neat. I heard a painter once say "Caulk and paint make a job what it ain't".

"Can't see it from my house"

"If he's a friend I'd hate to see your enemies"

"Taken once, shame on them. Taken twice, shame on you"

"You don't miss your water till your well runs dry"

Can't see it from my house gets quoted around about something that is just off enough that we see it, but the customer never will.

Gomer Pyle was known for "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." And there are likely guys reading this who have no idea who that is....

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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I've always been a workaholic. A friend of mine used to say "You do more work by accident than most people do on purpose"

LockDoc

The shop foreman used to say that about me, trying to get the others to get something done. "He gets more done...."

[1970 CST Short Wide]

Someone may have already said this one But I’ve told all 3 of my Boys at one time or another, “I brought you into this world and I can take you out”. I have 3 of the Best Boys a Man could have. LOL

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by 1970 CST Short Wide

Someone may have already said this one But I’ve told all 3 of my Boys at one time or another, “I brought you into this world and I can take you out”. I have 3 of the Best Boys a Man could have. LOL

I heard that one once or twice as a kid....but it literally makes no sense? Like that is somehow a legal stipulation?

[Boog]

That is an old Richard Pryor line. Still funny. My wife still uses it.

[special-K]

You could always reply, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"