Old family expressions--

[Rockfish9]

I can remember my father on more than one occasion saying "a good run is better than a bad stand" it took a bloody nose and a black eye to realize it didnt apply to just fishing in a lightning storm!

[justplugit]

wise guy- "needs his ears pinned back"

haircut-- "ya had your ears lowered"

"don't put the cart before the horse"

"thats like lockin the barn after the horse was stolen"

[Slipknot]

You'll eat your food, and you'll LIKE it.

[Backbeach Jake]

Karl, I put lima beans in an envelope addressed "China" when I was a kid. Mom was not amused. I guess I shoulda been thinking of kids in West Virginia....

[justplugit]

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"

[Bob Senior]

You reminded me of my father saying, "You can lead a horse to water...," pause with a grin and then, "but if you can't make him roll over and float, ya got nothin!"

When my brother or I would complain that the steak was tough, my father would always respond, "It's tougher where there's none!"

Mother: "You look like death warmed over!"

Mother: "You can't turn a sow's ear into a silk purse," as someone said earlier.

Mother: "You kids'll be the death of me yet!"

Our town had a lady bus driver who was bow-legged. My father must have said a million times, "she's not bowlegged, she's pleasure-bent."

My father always called underarm deoderant, "Marine shower."

Any difficult task was, "... like pushing a boulder uphill."

[justplugit]

When it came to Politicians-

Yeah, a pot in every kitchen and a chicken in every pot.

They promise ya everything, and give ya Arpege.