What phrases did your parents/grandparents use to say?

[mangudai954]

"Its hot as the dickens"
"Time to hit the sack, jack"


There's more but that's all I can think of right now.

 

[beast4ya]

*turns on southern accent*

"Good God!"

 

[amberelise04]

"Back in my day..."
"Useless as **** on a bull"
"A willow switch was the answer to adhd"
"I remember when that (insert product here) was 5 cents on Saturdays"

 

[amberelise04]

"that don't amount to a hill of beans"
"you aint got a lick of sense"

 

[beast4ya]

why does everyones sayings seem like their grandparents/parents lives in the south....?

*confirm*

mines do

 

[mangudai954]

lol because more than likely they were. Mad people got grandparents in the south, especially Black folks.

 

[aballin23]

"meznasne guh mornas"-armenian
when you get older you will forget about it

 

[guerillaunit]

"poo-tang-inah!" yeah i dont know how to spell it.
and "a'lah!" (like the angered Filipino version of "i told you so!")

 

[the fame]

Too many to list.

They use words like "heap" and "newmounia"

 

[corporatejp]

"keeping up with the Jones'" always had me laughing.

 

[gullydagreat]

"what you get out of life is what you put into it"

 

[atlien seeko]

"Gracious-a-lie"

...


That's not what they really were saying, but that's how I remember it for some weird reason..

 

[the fame]

"Get out them pots"

 

[marlsj]

"Back in my day..."

 

[angeezy]

aysus

 

[2o6]

ano ka ba?


parang abnormal bata ka.



pu tang ina mo!!


excuse my spelling.

 

[jordanhead2]

I don't ever remember my Grandparents having any type of phrases

 

[ellimacecyoj]

Oh my gulai
Anakanang
Bahala ka
Ay susmariosep
Do you want dah belt?
Da muu-muu will get you, sigeh

 

[krazy88s]

"Watch out for the cornhole, dude."

 

[munfy]

"that went out with the horse and buggy"
"that's a riot"

 

[primavera vills]

Get it together, buddy boy, or you're in for a ruuuuude awakening - Mom

I am NOT your [f]ing playmate - Mom

Play with me, I'll cave your [f]ing chest in - Mom

You [f]ers are gonna give me a nervous breakdown - Dad's mom

You obviously didn't think that thru - Dad

That boy's squeakin'!! - Dad [talkin' about my boy Mike who wore uniform pants that were too tight.....he said when he walked, his pants squeaked

]



A lot more...

 

[robaf1]

when I used to complain about food, like dirt or something, my dad would say "you'll eat a shovel full of *%%@ before you die"

"colder than a witches tit"

 

[boxer]

"understand rubberband?"

 

[jimmybeanz]

goodness gracious
stars and garters
you ain't gonna make my blood pressure go up (i know what this means know, LOL SMH)
6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other
god willin
come hell or high water

 

[amberelise04]

Originally Posted by Beast4ya

why does everyones sayings seem like their grandparents/parents lives in the south....?

*confirm*

mines do

I live in Mississippi...