Words or phrases you love (quote)

[artemis agrotera]

let the cat out of the bag

[Seagrape Grove]

Originally Posted by pig smoker

why that old alley cat

Tee hee.

[Seagrape Grove]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

Yes, it is an awesome phrase!

"Rode hard and put up wet" makes sense because it's something you do to a horse, so it's a play on a phrase about a horse. "Rode hard and hung out to dry" confuses me because I've never heard that phrase associated with a horse but I guess it could be used in that sense.

The fun of the phrase "rode hard and put up wet," is that it's an actual phrase describing a way a horse is poorly treated, but it fits some people, especially some women, very aptly.

I guess this is a good example of double entendre.

[Nomadicus]

Some days I'd like to stick it where the sun doesn't shine..................

[Nomadicus]

Buddy Roe

A phrase my father used among friends in the 50's to mid 60's that I can remember

[Bayarea4]

"He took off like a stripèd-ass ape!"

-- My mother, describing an elderly friend of my stepfather who made a pass at her, and what happened after she threatened to tell on him.

[Seagrape Grove]

"Knuckle dragger".

Saw this one in a book last night - "He was half a bubble off plumb."

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove

"Knuckle dragger".

Saw this one in a book last night - "He was half a bubble off plumb."

Oh, that's excellent - going to use it.

[Nomadicus]

I'm not a dirty old man, just a sexy senior citizen

[MarbleTurtle]

Originally Posted by Tantalust

A few at a time works well.

That it does.