Hey y’all how you doing all right here we go tell me “What’s one or two funny quotes or phrases your parents would say when you were younger that would just blow you’re mine or irritate you but you now say it to your kids or friends?”. WHY would they say it?
" one link of chain can’t rattle by itself"
ugh my mom said that when i would Fuss with my brother … like huh 
“you have to feed the chickens first”
My dad would say that when we didn’t do the important stuff first. He was right - but at the time we would say “dad we’re not farmers and we don’t have chickens!”
“You catch more flies with honey than vinegar” a reminder from my Dad that if you want life’s interactions to go smoothly, kindness helps. 
Wish in one hand,shit in the other, and see which one fills up first. Good ole dad!
There’s a time and place for everything. Usually a reminder for me to pick the right time for certain conversations
“ keep your nose clean”
My mom telling me to stay out of trouble all through high school.
Not every battle is worth fighting.
(Edit to add: this was my mom who told me that. She also said: some battles are worth fighting. Most are not, but some battles are worth fighting, and when you get one of those battles you fight it hard, until you get what you need.)
Measure twice - cut once.
Not from my parents, but I like it.
One is none and two is one.
It’s a survivalist saying for bush and hike survival.
Angel of God
My Guardian dear
To whom God’s love commits me here
Ever this night be at my side
To light to guard to rule to guide
Night time prayer said together with my mother and brothers for years.
My mother every time she entered mine and my sisters room (when we were a kids/teens): Only snakes are missing here!
Every-single-time
I know that my uncle, Dad and family friend Ed always said “the phone in the limousine is busted”! They were always saying that randomly Especially my dad and I just looked it up and I guess it’s from trading places jail scene with Eddie Murphy lol.. I don’t know why that randomly came to my head when I saw this thread but that was the first thing that popped in and I haven’t thought of that or heard that in a long time but I always heard it when I was a kid and didn’t know what the heck they were talking about. I’m still not totally positive where it’s from but I think it’s from a show. Honestly I was too young to care but I just know they were always saying it out of nowhere and laughing a lot
My paternal grandma was a complicated, moody person when my Dad was growing up, and he always remembered one of her phrases when she would suddenly change her mind on something she’d recently said or allowed, and Dad or Aunt would complain about it. She’d say “Well, I’m not a river, so I can turn back”. He said the unfairness of it would drive them wild.
My Grandfather describing someone or something mad.
“As nutty as a squirrels fart”
My dad being confronted with something unwanted or onexpected: “wat heb ik nou aan m’n kar hangen?” . For the non Dutch speakers: “What’s that hanging on to my cart?”
My grandfather says “when I was kid we walked to school barefooted up hills both ways, in the snow” why the snow 
and why up hill.
He would say it to us kids when we were being whiny. It was his way saying “get over it” 
When my dad doesn’t have the answer he says “don’t start me lying”.