What is your favorite idiom ?

[OregonGuy]

idioms - What's the origin of "off the cuff"? - English Language ...​

Oct 15, 2012 · Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. It's fairly common for students today to write notes on their hands or wrists

Alas AI has replaced writing ...

 

[Paco Dennis]

"Off the top of one's head."

 

[Kaila]

I'm on the fence about it.

 

[chic]

10 cents short of a dime. Meaning someone is stupid.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Beating around the bush
A blessing in disguise
Biting off more than you can chew

 

[JBR]

(he likes to) "rake up the past"
"can't get his act together"
"subtle as a flying mallet"

I should share with you, OregonGuy, that we have a thread that relates to this topic. It's here...
Expressions you've heard

Some of them are regional, or more seldom heard.

 

[OregonGuy]

10 cents short of a dime. Meaning someone is stupid.

many others like that ...
brick short of full load
elevator does not reach the top
dumb as a (fill in the rest)

 

[feywon]

Said:

...Alas AI has replaced writing ...

Not for all of us. i've kept Journals off and on since my teens write poetry, and carried on voluminous correspondence with a half dozen friends thru the late 1960s and well into the 70s. I blogged regularly on Eons (the first Senior site i was ever on).

Still read a lot, mostly non fiction and prefer books by actual scientists and historians than reading clickbait articles on my computer news feed.

As for idioms, while there are times they get a message across i tend to prefer conversations that are more original and personal.

 

[Murrmurr]

A couple of fairly modern idioms I think are funny:

Hitting the ol' fart sack = Going to bed.
What's your earworm = What song is stuck in your head?

 

[Kaila]

Beating around the bush
A blessing in disguise
Biting off more than you can chew

I love those!...
Thanks for those.

And I notice that these are phrases that are said to somebody else, about them;

And NOT by the speaker about him or her self!

 

[Kaila]

Imagine if I used them referring to myself....

I'm beating around the bush to tell you I'm on the fence about your dropping in, being a blessing in disguise.

 

[rwb]

The Lord willing, and
the Creeks don't rise!!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I love those!...
Thanks for those.

And I notice that these are phrases that are said to somebody else, about them;

And NOT by the speaker about him or her self!

I don’t know. I can certainly beat around the bush , have a blessing in disguise or bite off more than I can chew.

 

[OregonGuy]

Proverbs 16:18, which says “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before the fall.”

 

[rwb]

Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite!

 

[Tommy]

"You don't have to attend every argument you're invite to."

 

[MarkinPhx]

"Sounds like a broken record"- This will probably fade away sometime in the future.

 

[vintageMo]

Two cards shy of a Full Deck...
or You're not the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

[ChiroDoc]

My favorite corporate idiom is, "Do you think you could sharpen your pencil a little?", meaning could you come down in price. Great way of putting it.

 

[Gardenlover]

Up the creek without a paddle

 

[Kaila]

"Sounds like a broken record"- This will probably fade away sometime in the future.

Very funny, Mark.

It was such a good and accurate descriptive phrase;

Now I wonder what the present age cut off is, for having heard the real thing.

 

[Paco Dennis]

"There is more to it than meets the eye." That kinda goes with my tag line....

 

[Knight]

He or she is about as useful as an ice hammer

 

[Kaila]

You can't tell a book by its cover.

 

[Mizmo]

Once bitten, rwice shy