Wait! This morning idiomatic expressions came flooding back to me. The block was that I am much too much of a lady to say things like, He is as useless as tits on a bull or useful as goose sh*t on a pump handle....
When is should be "AS a bull in a China shop." Except now people would say "Like, as a bull in a China shop."
Hedi Mitchell, I don't know if this one is an idiom either...but I say it quite often: He / she doesn't know s...t from shinola.
This one is probably strictly local and I’m not even sure if it’s ever used anymore, but it’s “Wake up, there’s ham in your pail.” It comes from way back when coal was king. Miners went to work with a metal lunch pail and ham any time was a special treat since it was served mostly on a holiday, so if someone had a hard time getting out of bed in the morning for school or work, it was said as an incentive.
"Six of one, half a dozen of the other".....when you can't decide between two concepts. "That's enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon!"....one of my dad's favorites. "It's dog eat dog and the devil take the hindmost "......another dad-ism.
I haven't read the whole thread. Has anyone mentioned that "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."? I'm learning the truth of that everyday.
"Rise and Shine" ---my dad would say this almost every morning to get us up out of bed to get ready for school, when we were young.
That was a nice trip down memory lane, haven't heard those in a long rime. Come hell or high water I don't give a damn, but if your real serious it was " I don't give a continental damn".