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205. On a ship, the plate was called a monkey. It was made of brass. It had indentations for

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 03:24 AM

Apr 2017

the cannon balls. In extremely cold weather the brass would contract just enough that the cannon balls could roll off with the roll of the ship. Hence the phrase.

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Do you know any old "sayings" or phrases that are humorous or interesting? [View all] LOL Lib Mar 2017 OP

Trump makes me as nervous as a long tailed cat Dustlawyer Mar 2017 #1

That is awesome! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #3

My Swedish grandmother had one that I use quite often. Arkansas Granny Mar 2017 #2

Love it! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #4

I like that one. Iggo Mar 2017 #6

I like the "Bob" ones. Iggo Mar 2017 #5

Haha! Yes I have heard those for sure. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #8

Yessiree BobTAIL! trof Apr 2017 #176

Crazy as a Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2017 #7

Love this one too. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #9

Never teach a pig to sing... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #10

Awesome examples! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #11

Just remembered: "Hurry up kid, you are slower than Christmas and it only comes around once a year!" LOL Lib Mar 2017 #39

Lol! I haven't heard that one in eons. WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #42

Aww! That is cute! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #44

I've heard that one too but my dad... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #46

and a quarter to his balls Marthe48 Mar 2017 #150

Probably 'half -past'? trof Apr 2017 #175

Yes, that's right. I don't know why I messed that up... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #187

Two hairs past a freckle. (No watch) trof Apr 2017 #182

Cool... I've not heard it that way before. nt WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #188

Never 'TRY' to teach a pig to sing... trof Apr 2017 #177

That would probably be more accurate... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #186

"Pig in a parlour," or "a bull in a china closet," Alice11111 Apr 2017 #214

Another one I just remembered, "Trump is so ugly he would stop an 8 day clock!" LOL Lib Mar 2017 #12

If my dog looked like Trump, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards! n/t brewens Mar 2017 #155

That's a great one! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #166

If you can't say anything nice, MosheFeingold Mar 2017 #13

Yiddish wins the thread! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #17

"Come sit by me". - Alice Roosevelt trof Apr 2017 #181

Finer than Hayduke Bomgarte Mar 2017 #14

Very fine indeed! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #18

Spit three ways. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #106

My Mom's Favorite Bayard Mar 2017 #15

Ah yes, I'm guilty of this unfortunately. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #19

My grandmother said that a lot. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #213

I can guarantee that this is hardly used TlalocW Mar 2017 #16

Oooh those are very colorful. Thanks! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #20

Another version of the "Is the Pope Catholic?" reply is "Is a bullfrog waterproof?" pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #21

LOL, does a fat hog fart? LOL Lib Mar 2017 #22

Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back? OxQQme Mar 2017 #52

OMG!!! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #56

Does a goose go barefoot? Does a bear sh*t in the woods? Grammy23 Mar 2017 #48

Busier than a one-armed paper hanger frogmarch Mar 2017 #23

Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #24

:-D frogmarch Mar 2017 #26

Yes! whathehell Mar 2017 #72

Busier than a one armed man in an ass kicking contest! trof Apr 2017 #179

Haha LOL Lib Apr 2017 #183

With fleas (NT) amerikat Mar 2017 #154

My mom used to call me a frogmarch Mar 2017 #25

I have never heard that one! It is very appropriate when seen in the pic next to a huge horse! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #27

When my mom had had enough of her children's behavior TeapotInATempest Mar 2017 #28

My dad would tell us to go play on the freeway! Dustlawyer Mar 2017 #32

Is it terrible that this made me laugh? TeapotInATempest Mar 2017 #33

If the kids were running around my husband would tell them what his grampa used to tell him appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #65

Hahaha never heard that one! VOX Apr 2017 #184

my mom's version "Hells Bells and Panther Tracks" no I don't know why nt yellowdogintexas Apr 2017 #220

"Doomed if you do and doomed if you don't." pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #29

I still hear it, but damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #215

If I tell you a chicken has lips, look under her wing for a can of Skoal. brush Mar 2017 #30

One of my Faux pas Mar 2017 #31

"Sometimes you kill the bear, sometimes the bear kills you" oberliner Mar 2017 #34

the rooster crows, but the hen delivers the goods Skittles Mar 2017 #35

I'm totally going to be using this one! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #36

Every time Grandpa drove past the cemetery FakeNoose Mar 2017 #37

It is hilarious, I'm going to file that one away to use on my kids and grandkids. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #38

The old one GP6971 Mar 2017 #160

My uncle always said something like that. He said "the water around here isn't fit to drink. japple Mar 2017 #43

the compliment to the cemetery one is.... JCinNYC Apr 2017 #219

"It's colder than a well digger's ass in Alaska." LOL Lib Mar 2017 #40

Cold enough to freeze the nuts off a steel bridge. OxQQme Mar 2017 #53

Nice!! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #57

My dad always said "It is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #63

Finding the origin of these old sayings is the most fascinating part to me. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #80

I thought it meant that brass didn't freeze oldcynic Apr 2017 #196

On a ship, the plate was called a monkey. It was made of brass. It had indentations for appleannie1943 Apr 2017 #205

Colder than the north side of a south bound polar bear. GoneOffShore Mar 2017 #142

"He's so stupid he couldn't piss a hole straight in the snow." The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #41

Colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra was the one I heard. ROFL! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #45

One really cold day this past winter, a friend of mine..... lastlib Mar 2017 #74

That is full of WIN! She sure looks and acts like a wicked witch! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #81

"Doesn't have the sense God gave geese". TuxedoKat Mar 2017 #47

Ooh that one is nasty but I like it! :D LOL Lib Mar 2017 #49

Oh go fry ice! . . n/t annabanana Mar 2017 #50

I used to fry ice cream!! SwissTony Apr 2017 #180

As Turbineguy Mar 2017 #51

LOL that's extremely fucked up. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #58

Sucks like a soup bean sandwich Marthe48 Mar 2017 #151

Very appropriate saying for the Trump supporters "They bought doc03 Mar 2017 #54

Ahh I have heard this one, but never understood what it meant. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #59

I quess back years ago when there was a shortage meat you could buy doc03 Mar 2017 #64

Pig in a poke might have originated in Western Pennsylvania FakeNoose Mar 2017 #70

Are yinz from Picksburgh? dchill Mar 2017 #107

Yep FakeNoose Mar 2017 #122

About 75 miles north. dchill Mar 2017 #137

One origin story I heard Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2017 #139

My understanding too . If it is in a poke look inside and make sure you got a piggie lunasun Mar 2017 #163

An old Bluegrass Kentucky saying - dinger130 Mar 2017 #55

Took me a minute, but I now I get it. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #60

Hustle your bustle mercuryblues Mar 2017 #61

It ain't over till the fat lady sings. appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #62

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" you can determine how old a doc03 Mar 2017 #66

Ah brilliant! Never quite understood this one until now. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #82

I read that if President Truman wanted to have a drink with someone. dubyadiprecession Mar 2017 #67

That is as good a reason to drink as I can imagine. :) LOL Lib Mar 2017 #83

If it ain't broke, don't fix it cos dem Mar 2017 #68

I use this one and believe that it is a wise creed to live by. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #85

to quote my old infantry platoon sergeant TEB Mar 2017 #69

Love it! Someone needs to send this to Drumpf! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #86

My chiropractor laughed out loud madamesilverspurs Mar 2017 #71

I have heard it but never really understood the origin. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #87

Lots I can't remember but one has always stuck with me rurallib Mar 2017 #73

The pork chop one is classic. I love them all. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #89

Rodney Dangerfield Marthe48 Mar 2017 #152

I think this is pretty southern, Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #75

I am from the south too! I have heard versions of that. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #96

I'm fixin' to be all over you like a rooster on a June bug luvMIdog Mar 2017 #76

Haha! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #97

Good quotes are as rare as rocking horse shit! Doodley Mar 2017 #77

That one is a keeper! I never heard it before and will enjoy using it! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #94

My mom would always say "I am mad about....."(insert something she applegrove Mar 2017 #78

That is actually very cute. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #99

She was scientific. A one and only. Her father was born in 1882. Her mom applegrove Mar 2017 #111

Tough titties, said the kitty, when the milk ran dry Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #79

I learned the tough titty one a little differently... LOL Lib Mar 2017 #92

My dad was a man of very few words, and never used profanity. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #84

LOL LOL Lib Mar 2017 #91

Mom had a few. Can only think of 2 right now: Panich52 Mar 2017 #88

Cat fur to make kitten britches! I have heard! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #90

Couple more... Panich52 Mar 2017 #117

Rofl LOL Lib Mar 2017 #123

New one. :) Panich52 Mar 2017 #143

"Raining like a cow pissin on a flat rock" pnwest Mar 2017 #93

LMAO LOL Lib Mar 2017 #95

Another southern sayin': Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #98

Laffy Kat, you just described Donald J. Drumpf to a tee! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #100

You're right! Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #110

"Every day above ground is a good day." Adsos Letter Mar 2017 #101

We had a retired Baptist minister that lived across the street when I was a teen. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #103

They put whitey on the moon, Rollo Mar 2017 #102

Drumpf "doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground." LOL Lib Mar 2017 #104

Shinola was a brand of shoe polish way back when Trailrider1951 Mar 2017 #109

Thanks! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #124

Remember the song "What a Wonderful World" Wolf Frankula Mar 2017 #161

It's now a wristwatch brand... VOX Apr 2017 #189

When you reach the end of your rope Lebam in LA Mar 2017 #105

Being born here doesn't make you a southerner; missingthebigdog Mar 2017 #108

The best cures for depression Jamaal510 Mar 2017 #112

My mom: " I only trust him as far as I can throw him" and "Handsome is as Handsome does" wishstar Mar 2017 #115

I like that ! lunasun Mar 2017 #170

learning is a series of mistakes Hamlette Mar 2017 #113

So true! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #126

He was shakin' ... sl8 Mar 2017 #114

That is such a good one, it paints a vivid picture! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #128

An old one I still use Wolf Frankula Mar 2017 #116

Haha! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #127

You'll shit pressbox69 Mar 2017 #118

Omg! I remember that but haven't heard since my gramps passed. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #125

Even a blind hog gets an acorn now and then Cairycat Mar 2017 #119

Great ones! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #129

A variant: Trump thinks he's hot shit on a silver platter... VOX Apr 2017 #185

Less civilized people "lived out in the tules." hunter Mar 2017 #120

He's an asshole from the word 'go'. mikeargo Mar 2017 #121

I have heard it and grew up down south. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #132

"He didn't know whether to shit or go blind so retread Mar 2017 #147

Some are personal, some I just like. Behind the Aegis Mar 2017 #130

Love them all! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #133

My Dad used to tell my brother redstatebluegirl Mar 2017 #131

Oh that's a good one! I heard a less colorful version... LOL Lib Mar 2017 #134

Geez, we & our grandparents weren't nearly the snowflakes of today. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #212

When someone gets you mad, tell them to... mikeargo Mar 2017 #135

Good one sir. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #136

Or to go pound sand lunasun Mar 2017 #164

Mean as a junkyard dog. More... Alice11111 Mar 2017 #138

Red or yellow, black or white... radical noodle Apr 2017 #204

Yeah, that too. Sorry. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #207

My mom and grandmother would be pleased radical noodle Apr 2017 #216

Oh good, grandmothers are the best. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #217

A new one that I heard somewhere: Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2017 #140

If one of us kids turned our noses up on some foods, especially if she went to lengths to make it, Thor_MN Mar 2017 #141

Where were you when the brains were handed out? ailsagirl Mar 2017 #144

Jackson...... fNord Mar 2017 #145

You're about as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle... Callmecrazy Mar 2017 #146

Can we go foreign? At a Bengali wedding, you wear a pith hat Recursion Mar 2017 #148

Courtesy of my Grandad Dakotacrat Mar 2017 #149

Yes, by cracky! "Squealin' like a pig under a gate" is one. I'll think of some more. n/t brewens Mar 2017 #153

By cracky! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #167

Action talks Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #156

I thought it was BS talks, and action walks. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #211

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. (NT) amerikat Mar 2017 #157

You're sweet enough to pour on a plate and sop up with a biscuit. wyldwolf Mar 2017 #158

One of my first camping trips I was told for the first of many times rurallib Mar 2017 #159

OMG!!! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #168

I don't think so - just a wee(hehe) bit stunned rurallib Mar 2017 #172

If Pigs had wings, they'd be pigeons. Wolf Frankula Mar 2017 #162

Land sakes! Marthe48 Mar 2017 #165

Great List! LOL Lib Mar 2017 #169

Slicker than snot on a glass doorknob. Jane Austin Mar 2017 #171

Variant: Slicker'n owl shit on suede shoes. VOX Apr 2017 #192

From me Irish mother after I did a not so good job of a chore... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #173

Watching "Mountain Monsters" & heard another one fm WV: Panich52 Apr 2017 #174

Lmao! LOL Lib Apr 2017 #178

Do my best to add to such lists :). Will try to chk back Panich52 Apr 2017 #200

just saw this on FB mattvermont Apr 2017 #190

Were you standing behind the door when God was handing out the brains? Still Blue in PDX Apr 2017 #191

Well, heres a few I recall. Jack-o-Lantern Apr 2017 #193

"I don't care if it harelips the governor!" VOX Apr 2017 #194

I'm so mad I could spit tacks! OrwellwasRight Apr 2017 #195

so many memories... oldcynic Apr 2017 #197

"Hitch in your getalong," means someone is limping or walking funny, Alice11111 Apr 2017 #210

My grandpa used to say Texasgal Apr 2017 #198

"I didn't how him from Adam's housecat" (my mom)...... steve2470 Apr 2017 #199

My grandmother had a New Glasgow, Nova Scotia accent. She used applegrove Apr 2017 #201

one my mom liked lost-in-nj Apr 2017 #202

Here Are a Couple Leith Apr 2017 #203

Has anyone said littlemissmartypants Apr 2017 #206

He's pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #208

"His/my give a shitter is broken." Alice11111 Apr 2017 #209

My wife has a girlfriend who knows the ultimate single woman's lament DFW Apr 2017 #218