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In reply to the discussion: Phrases you don't hear anymore: [View all]moniss
(6,155 posts)172. I have several such as
"standards of journalism", "service with a smile", "rule of law", "nobody is above the law", "work hard and you'll get ahead", "new, exciting automotive style", "clean water", "low, low prices", "affordable rent", "she wouldn't do that to me", "he wouldn't do that to me", "I don't know", "nobody is that crazy", "bring a bottle of milk from the store", "your condition is covered", "somebody will stop it", "new and improved", "this won't hurt a bit", "leave our kids a better life than we had", "peace and harmony", "the public good", "he's not like Hitler", "I'll paint any car $29.95", "it'll only be for awhile", "our company was not aware of the harmful effects".
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Holy cow. Never understood it but but always thought cows somehow deserved a phrase like that.
dgauss
Saturday
#8
I sold my Grand Baroque patterned sterling silver set I inherited from my mother. Nodody polishes silver any more.
CTyankee
Saturday
#81
I say Bull in a china shop quite often and yes I have not one but two sets of fine china
yellowdogintexas
Monday
#177
my mom had some weird sayings. Can't remember all them, but pants were britches.
LeftInTX
Monday
#186
Land o' Goshen! ... and "Republicans are the party of fiscal reasonability"
JohnnyRingo
Saturday
#36
In college in the late sixties we actually made fun of ourselves by saying "farm out" and "out of state".....
EarnestPutz
Saturday
#122
There's one I wish would go away, well a few, but " threw up in my mouth a little" takes the cake, so to speak.
yorkster
Saturday
#63
"Bless Your Heart will never go away as long as there are still Southern grand mothers. !!! nt
yellowdogintexas
Monday
#182
I have a neighbor that had a previous dog before it succumbed to an age related illness
Niagara
Sunday
#146
still say copacetic from time to time. It was a favorite of my grandfather! nt
yellowdogintexas
Monday
#181