Old family expressions--
 

The worst was when i would ask my Dad if we could go swimming or anywhere and he'd say:

"we'll see"

That meant ya had about a 10% chance. :(

Then there was one that's always kept me in good stead with other people. If someone was gossiping or putting another down he'd say:

"believe 1/2 of what you see and none of what you hear" :)

There are alot of good ones out there that are short and to the point.:hihi:

howza bout this one from my mother....."you little basstid!!!!"......of course I was one:jester:

I got that one from my mother and being the smart ass that I was a kid,
I would answer with "I thought you and dad were married" !!!
That allways went over well !!!

Garrison Kieller quote ".....and then my Mother made a buzzing sound, a sound that denied her own marriage..."

I heard that on the way home from work one evening and had to pull my car over, I was laughing so hard.

Be home [before] the street lights go on :::::

Come running home 223 mph....What did you do now?????? :hidin:

The day i got caught smokin, and my Dad says "when did u take up the sticks??" :hihi:

"Put a smile on your face and a song in your heart", just at the time when i was least apt to.

" money don't grow on trees "

dad at supper time ,,, "Eat it or I'll jam it "

the one
 

that all my family members remember was....
during dinner time (suppah)
when one of my brothers (or myself included) would ask...

whats for dessert?

and my dad would always answer "Royal Supreme"

the bad one i remember was....

where did you even get the "notion" to think that...?
(and i then knew just how pissed off he was.)

Bedtime; "time to wash 'em, brush 'em and flush 'em"

Did you say your prayers?


This could be at bedtime or if you were in a heap of trouble.

"FRONT AND CENTER " NOW!

VB

Whenever you fell down my father would always say "Stay up, I got a bet on you"

One I never understood or listened to... I was going to get the belt good for something bad I did....

While running around the house and sometimes out the door....

Stand still so you can get your punishment! Come here! Stop! :jester:

Then if caught....Hold still so I can hit you!

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Or the classic all purpose .... whether you like it or not!

i don't quite remember anything that was a goto for sayings but my grandfather always would say "put that in your pipe and smoke it"

my favorite day of getting yelled at was when my mom made me sit down because I had surpassed the height of 5-1 :)

"This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" (My fathers words as he was taking off his belt):whackin:

Bernzy

My dad had a bunch.

He'd give me a light tap to the arm and say, "That was for nothing, now do something". I was never under the impression that I had a freebie, tho ;)

"If a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn't bump his arse on the ground every time he jumped".

Whenever I tried to help him fix a pipe or install a sink, "You're as useless as teats on a bull".

His one talk to me about the birds and the bees: "Wear a rubber, you don't shoot blanks any more".

To my aunt and uncle, our place in South Plymouth was "down the river", referring, I guess, to the Canal :huh: My aunt: "Georgie, get your stuff together, we're going down the river tonight".

You went to the movies at the "the-AY-tuh". Someone who had a touch of a certain joint inflammation was suffering from "Arthur-itis".

Any kind of a gathering, a party, a banquet, a wedding reception, was a "time".

We ate "sangwiches" for lunch.

My dad used to say "I'd rather pay you than owe you."
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Or, "Matthew the police stopped by again today."
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"You wanted the dog, now walk it"
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My dad would get upset at the Sox, sigh and say "what a bunch of overpriced bums."

Dad--"Turn out the lights, whata ya think i got stock in Public Service." :D

Mom-- "Do that one more time and your going to get the wooden spoon" :hihi:

"don't give me any guff"
My dad at the top of his lungs yelling upstairs "Would you quiet down, your mother is sleeping"
"Chris, what is that smell?" :hee:

"Do as I say, Not as I do"

"Wait until your father gets home" was always a brutal one, if immediately followed by a phone call.

I remember the day my mother swore off buying any more wooden spoons because "They didn't make them like they used to." This all after my brothers and I had grown enough to laugh when they broke on impact.

those are my mothers EXACT words!!!!!! I was gonna put that up next!!! wait a minute....actually it was...." Keep it up, and your going to get the wooden spoon"

I clearly remember the day I took the wooden spoon away:devil:

good thread Dave:usd:

Or when you were starvin and eatin too fast-- "shovel it in boy, shovel it in"

you can shoot a horse that has a broken leg, but it still dont fix the leg.

"Clean your plate the kids in Europe are starvin"
" Smartin up, i can put you where you came from"

I'll 2nd "wait till your father gets here"..We spent summers down the Cape...Dad would spend the week back home and come down friday nights..If you got in the chit early in the week it was a long week...

Me being Italian and growing up not knowing there were any other people besides italians, there were lots of expressions that included
fangu !

and of course
 

"quit leaning back on your chair....."

only fate awaited you until their predictions
came true.....after you tested the balance until
that one final night the chair slipped under the table with
you still on it.... ..:jump:

yup...that was another one or........."stop shakin' your leg"

#^&#^&#^&#^&ey Demarest was the brain in the neighborhood. When i would bring

home my usual less than stellar report card,

my Dad would compare my study habits with his, point across the

street at #^&#^&#^&#^&eys lighted window and say

-"you see, there's #^&#^&#^&#^&ey, burnin the midnight oil"

ya #^&#^&#^&#^&ey burned the midnight oil //all right :hidin:

my Mom, "when your father gets home he is gonna kick your ass".

I always got "You can wish in one hand and $hit in the other and see which one fills up first" when asking for stuff.

He did????? what Sister Mary Laurita?? I’ll speak with him.. “Wait til your father gets home!!!”

My old man don’t do soup “This is sick people food, how about a steak?”

My mom god bless her all 4’7” of her was trained like a Navy seal, wooden spoons, sandals, pretty much everything within reach…

My mom god bless her, as she walked up to me with her hands behind her back..” Come here I have something for you” That worked til about age 7… Then it was cut and run from there on out…

“There are children starving in Africa, finish your pea soup!”

“Finish your liver!”

“Drink your milk”

More of an anecdote really” My mom used to collect porcelain clowns. I remember putting my sister on her trike and tying a rope to the cabinet then standing on the back of the trike then pushing away from the cabinet… She was’nt angry. I was scared. No wait til your father comes home.. months later.. Matts birthday invite comes in the mail.. OH COOL mom mom mom mom can I go “remember the clowns” shes says calm as can be…

“Go to confession, we saw you”

“keep it up and I’m telling the priest you want to be an altar boy” was one til I was 16…

My poor mother “who’s car is that?”

My old man “where’d those girls come from?”

Shop class “ The fasterer I go, the behinderer I get.”

My old man fishing on a party boat with my buddy, “ Lip the effin thing mikeyor you’re swimming, kid I know your old man I can take him”

Dad,,"pull my finger" :eek:

my dad would try
 

to put one over on me all the time
especially when i was real little....
........talkin ....tellen me about sky hooks
that ya throw up and hook a cloud
just in case you fell out of an
airplane... or sumthin... you could
swing down to the ground
like a monkey
with the most serious face
he had.... :jump:

It would start snowing in the afternoon and you were all pschyed about no school the next day.

You could always tell the intensity of the storm by lookin at the street light across the street.

About 9 pm my Dad would walk over to the window, look at the street light, and say "Looks like it's lettin up."

No, No, No.

---- "Ya can't make a silk purse out of a Sows Ear"

----- " Scarcer than Hen's teeth"

----- "She was all dressed up like Astor's pet horse"

----- "He's got the life of Reilly"