# I need some terrible fake idioms/sayings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105 "2015-12-22T16:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/101 "2015-12-24T16:25:54Z")
When in France, find true north. A man with two horses never has to ride alone. Heed the bugle’s call, or find a closed mess hall. A man with a plan is superior to a man with a map You must always ask yourself: " are you heading to the desert, or out of it?" ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/102 "2015-12-26T04:46:09Z")
One of my favorites is by a nameless 8th grade student: I will no longer allow life’s lemons to bludgeon me. * * * And here are a few of my suggestions [ul] [li]I’m not saying he’s dumb, but he’s a few spokes short of a wheelbarrow[/li][li]He’s the type of guy you wouldn’t trust to hold your eel[/li][li]If the force isn’t with you, it’s against you[/li][li]It’s like they always say, one man’s badger is another man’s heather[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/103 "2015-12-26T04:58:19Z")
What do you get when you cross a caterpillar with a Japanese beetle? A kamikaze butterfly. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/104 "2015-12-26T05:00:30Z")
I say! Not the sharpest tool in the box/the brightest bulb in the chandelier, is he? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/105 "2015-12-26T08:37:52Z")
Rome wasn’t burnt in a day. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/106 "2015-12-26T13:44:34Z")
I say old boy, don’t just do something, stand there! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/107 "2015-12-26T19:42:20Z")
Even the potato has eyes. High tides bring shells, but low tides reveal them. There are no flavors in the tomb. The sky is always higher than the bird. It’s a new year on an old calendar. The ripest peach has the darkest pit. Breaking the mirror does not change the glass. Music dances with the ears of all but the deaf. Without a master the dog will choose his own chair. Laughter without humor is like coughing without a cold. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/108 "2015-12-26T20:09:21Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Even the potato has eyes. > > High tides bring shells, but low tides reveal them. > > There are no flavors in the tomb. > > The sky is always higher than the bird. > > It’s a new year on an old calendar. > > The ripest peach has the darkest pit. > > Breaking the mirror does not change the glass. > > Music dances with the ears of all but the deaf. > > Without a master the dog will choose his own chair. > > Laughter without humor is like coughing without a cold. Wow, many of those profound truths gave me chills. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/109 "2015-12-26T21:13:26Z")
I say! I know a chap so thick he thinks you need a boat to cross Lake Street/Chicken Cacciatore is an Italian movie actress/cunnilingus is an Irish airline! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105/110 "2015-12-26T21:15:31Z")
I say! I’d give my right arm to be bionic! I’d like to be bionic, if it didn’t cost an arm and a leg! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-fake-idioms-sayings/741105.md?page=5)