Interesting or quirky expressions

I’m bored. So I’ll start a thread. Have any expressions that might be local or unique, funny, regional etc?

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Tits up in the ditch

Arse over kettle

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Hornier than a two-peckered billy goat

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My wife says torlet instead of toilet. South Texas. I don’t think this is actually a thing though. It’s just her.

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Dry as a dead dingo’s donger

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Born with a golden key in your mouth (it’s the Chinese equivalent of ‘born with a silver spoon in your mouth’; my wife is Chinese)

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I love the saying (as useful as a chocolate fire guard.

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Like a frog up a pump.

Sharp as a sausage

Thats how Archie Bunker used to say it, too. “Terlet”.

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fuck my old boots.

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Useless as tits on a bull, my grandfather used to say

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Calling something skookum (impressive, roughly speaking) is pretty regional. Western Canada/PNW as far as I know. Can’t think of expressions, though.

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My husband always says, “dude can’t help but step on his own dick,” when referring to people who get in their own way :woman_facepalming:

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@Jane.c :+1: I didn’t make it up. It was used a lot in my UK corporate days (80’s and 90’s), usually referring to a ‘team’ member :grimacing::sweat_smile::joy:

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Jeezum Crow, a replacement for Jesus Christ, when used as an oath. I’ve only heard it here in Vermont.

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Odd as two left shoes.

Ugly enough to scare a bulldog off a meat truck

Dumber than a box of hammers

Colder than my ex-wife’s heart.

Hotter than two ferrets screwing in a wool sock.

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It’s a very New England term. We used it as kids in Maine (1960s).

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I get the feeling I should spend more time in Maine.

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One that I use that usually gets me an odd look is “fill yer boots”.

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