# Have you ever heard these expressions?

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**Created:** [May 17, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-these-expressions/19777 "2000-05-17T18:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-these-expressions/19777/41 "2000-05-18T15:40:08Z")

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I’ve heard the one about “cow pissing” also.

Stephen King, in one of his forwars, says" I couldn’t give a flying fuck at a rolling donut". that one gives an amusing mental image.

Another one I’ve heard is “I feel like a million, and look like a refund”.

As far as fries: Ketchup normally, cream gravy sometimes, BBQ sauce on occasion.

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**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-these-expressions/19777/42 "2000-05-18T17:03:16Z")

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I live in NY state, but when I was living in Raleigh, NC, I heard quite a few phrases that confused me. When I was filling in for the receptionist at my office, one woman came back from lunch and asked, “Is anyone looking me?” and I thought she said “Is anyone licking me?”. It took a few tries to realize she was asking if anyone was looking FOR her.

A couple of my dad’s many oddball phrases (Dadisms–as I call them) is “Nervous as a whore in church” and “Busier than a cat covering sh\*t”. He’s got a million of them.

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-these-expressions/19777/43 "2000-05-18T17:34:31Z")

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Churchkey?! phouka, you must be older than dirt! (one of my faves.)

Had a friend whose dad would say, if someone audibly farted, “Who dropped the orange?” Never figure it out, but I use it to this day to confuse a whole new generation.

Fries don’t need nothin other than salt.

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