# Plant related phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521 "2008-08-01T19:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/1 "2008-08-01T19:22:18Z")
I’m looking for any phrases or cliches that are in any way related to plants or gardening. Stuff like “turn over a new leaf” or “a rose by any other name…” Got any? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/2 "2008-08-01T19:34:07Z")
One of my granny’s favorite adages: “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/3 "2008-08-01T19:37:43Z")
He’s a writer. His roots are in journalism. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/4 "2008-08-01T19:44:19Z")
a hard row to hoe ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/5 "2008-08-01T19:47:57Z")
He/she’s got a green thumb. They’re gonna be in tall cotton. Can’t see the forest for the trees. You reap what you sow. Grass greener on the other side of the fence. Strong like an oak. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/6 "2008-08-01T19:58:08Z")
Looking for plant phrases? I think you’re barking up the wrong tree. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/7 "2008-08-01T20:12:20Z")
Thanks guys! These are great. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/8 "2008-08-01T20:41:05Z")
She’s a hot tomato. She’s a shrinking violet. That’s an old chestnut. She’s fresh as a daisy. She’s a lovely English rose Her complexion is all peaches and cream. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/9 "2008-08-01T21:56:52Z")
Make hay while the sun shines. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/10 "2008-08-01T22:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=Elret] Thanks guys! These are great. [/QUOTE] Hey, by now you should have heard through the grapevine that we **Dopers** don’t let any grass grow under our feet! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/11 "2008-08-02T04:02:25Z")
Quit plowing up snakes. He’s growing like a weed. We mowed 'em down. Stacked up like cord wood (is that garden related?). ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/12 "2008-08-02T04:26:32Z")
There’s a bad apple in every bunch. It’s the Berries! Could also be berriest, it means something is really cool or good. (old 1920s I think). You’re a Peach! (meaning someone is being really good to you and/or doing something nice for you). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/13 "2008-08-02T04:31:52Z")
Tall poppy syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-related-phrases/458521/14 "2008-08-02T05:44:26Z")
These are all so corny.