# Favorite Idioms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497 "2011-10-23T02:00:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/41 "2011-10-27T20:07:58Z")

</div>

> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
>
> Also: “ **Give a hoot, don’t litter**.”

In the same general vein, I’ve been known to say, “I’m gonna make like a tree and get the hell out of here”.

Also partial to: “subtle as a flying mallet”.

A friend’s father had the most convoluted way of saying someone was thin that I’ve ever heard: “That boy hasn’t got enough fat on his ass to fry his ears.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/42 "2011-10-27T20:25:12Z")

</div>

“The cream may rise to the top, but gold’s pretty heavy.”

“Busy as a one legged man in a butt-kicking contest.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/43 "2011-10-27T20:42:06Z")

</div>

“Crooked as a dog’s hind leg”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/44 "2011-10-27T21:18:17Z")

</div>

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
>
> “Strong as an ox, and half as smart.”

I’ve heard it as “Strong as an ox and couldn’t spell it.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/45 "2011-10-27T21:32:49Z")

</div>

> [@elbows](#):
>
> It’s not a catch, it’s a ‘hitch in yer git along’, that’s how grampa said it anyways.

My pa said ‘he’s got a hitch in his giddy-up’

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/46 "2011-10-27T21:38:29Z")

</div>

Life’s hard. But it’s harder if you’re stupid.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497/47 "2011-10-27T23:06:36Z")

</div>

The first thing to do when you find yourself digging yourself into a hole – stop digging!

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-idioms/600497.md?page=2)