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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/14650446

As I was growing up, my family had a couple of sayings I took for granted were universal, at least within my language. As I became an adult I have learned that these are not universal at all:

  • the ketchup effect. It is an expression meaning that when things arrive, they all arrive at the same time. Think of an old school glass ketchup bottle. When you hit the bottom of it, first there is nothing, then there is nothing and then the entire content is on your food.
  • faster than Jesus slid down the mount of olives. Basically a saying that implies that the mount of olives is slippery due to olive oil and Jesus slipped.
  • What you lack in memory, your legs suffer. An expression meaning that when you are forgetful, you usually need to run back and thus your legs suffer.

Please share your own weird family sayings.

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[โ€“] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

"Let me put my eyes on you," "I just wanna put eyes on you": I don't need anything, but I miss you and would like to visit

"Jimmy legs" : Restless legs

"Hotter than the devils draws (as in underwear) outsides" : It's hot. No one uses "draws" for underwear anymore I guess, so I've started saying "hotter than the devils asshole" but it's not as "poetic." (Edit: Realize now it's "drawers" but it always sounds like "draws" ๐Ÿ˜‚ TIL)

Edit: Forgot one. "Cabbgae story" : When I was a kid, my grandmother told me about the milk man and, for whatever reason, my next question was "and who brings cabbage?" The response was "the cabbage man" which my grandmother explained like it was gospel. When she would bring up something, we started going, "Oh, she's got a cabbage story." Now a cabbage story is some old folk's story. Like, "back when I was a kid, I walked up hill both ways!" would be a cabbage story.

[โ€“] rigatti@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"Hotter than the devils draws (as in underwear) outsides" : It's hot. No one uses "draws" for underwear anymore I guess, so I've started saying "hotter than the devils asshole" but it's not as "poetic."

It's actually "drawers" but I guess they sound the same in certain accents.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

When people spell what they hear, it's the countryside victimized the most. It's nearly the argument I had with Doctorov (a pointless effort, I'll tell ya).

[โ€“] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Ohhh! Thank you for the correction!

[โ€“] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The cabbage story is real cute. Might steal it

[โ€“] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Grams pulled an uno reverse when I was complaining about the lack of buttons on tech. She said, "Oh, a cabbage story?" shook my soul ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

"Put eyes on X" is pretty common that I've seen.

[โ€“] dotslashme@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

I've heard hotter than the hinges of hell, but can't remember the context.