# Need help compiling a list of expressions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255 "2022-01-05T12:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/21 "2022-01-06T17:27:51Z")
Heavens to Betsy! Heavens to Murgatroyd! ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/22 "2022-01-06T20:29:14Z")
Well, shit. ESL websites could be a good resource for compiling these. If there’s a truly comprehensive online source, I’d love to know about it. (Unlike the one I just found that says “The Complete List of English Idioms, Proverbs, & Expressions” and has about 75 of them, haha.) Here are, supposedly, over 1,500 of them. This is still barely scratching the surface: [https://7esl.com/english-idioms/](https://7esl.com/english-idioms/) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/23 "2022-01-06T20:33:09Z")
Oy vey! Great Caesar’s ghost! Sweet fancy Moses! Jumpin’ Jehosephat! Holy cats! Great googly moogly ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/24 "2022-01-06T22:46:13Z")
Shazbot! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/25 "2022-01-06T22:49:42Z")
Whoa! Holy fuck! Are you kidding me? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/26 "2022-01-06T23:58:27Z")
Great horny-toads! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/27 "2022-01-06T23:59:38Z")
My perennial favorite: Gad zooks! ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/28 "2022-01-07T00:04:23Z")
Holy Smokes! What the actual…? Egad! Said by a lady when she realized a vehicle ahead of her was about to be hit by a train: “Holy mother of moo-moo!” (From a youtube video; copied often into other videos) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/29 "2022-01-07T00:08:38Z")
```auto \A(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_‘{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_‘{|}~-]+)* | "(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f] | \\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*") @ (?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])? | \[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3} (?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]: (?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f] | \\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+) \])\z ``` ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/30 "2022-01-07T00:16:31Z")
Wait, was mmm asking for _regular_ expressions? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/31 "2022-01-07T01:40:26Z")
Jumping Butterballs! ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/32 "2022-01-07T01:43:23Z")
Blistering barnacles! Thundering typhoons! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255.md?page=1)