family sayings

[Elennare]

"You make a better door than a window."

Used when blocking someone's view of the TV

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

My friend's mother would say this every time someone sneezed, "God bless you, may the devil take you."

Whenever I was moaning about something, my dad would say,"sad on ya."  It would make me so mad, I'd just about "spit bullets."

[Baron Frederick]

When we were little my Mom always said" remember you can catch more flies with molasses than vinegar"

Also my wife aunt once said to me " I'll bet your stomach thinks you throats been cut'' when I said something about being hungry

[Merlin the Elder]

To take a fall was to "go arse over teakettle."

[Bob of the Lake]

  It would make me so mad, I'd just about "spit bullets."

My mom would often say this without the "bullets" as in "I'm so mad I could just spit!" As a kid, I never really understood what that meant. I mean, you don't have to be mad to spit. If she had added the "bullets," it would have made more sense but in the end, I guess it didn't really matter what she said because we knew she was mad!

[Rogue Hidesmith]

When we were little my Mom always said" remember you can catch more flies with molasses than vinegar"

Have you ever actually tried this? (apple cider or balsamic) Vinegar is a way better fly trap than molasses or honey.   

[Mairte]

When we took a fall, it was "head over heels".

[Auryn]

Hehehe
I love this thread.
A very common one that my mom used a lot when I was growing up- I still hear it once in a while- used when talking about "what ifs" and "if things were different".
Its in Italian so the translation is a little rough.
"And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a wheelbarrow".

[morganne]

My Grandma would say "I shall see you anon." 

Then there's my favorite 'Dadism', which is 'second favorite thing'.  This is based on a dinner conversation, during which my Dad said he had done his second favorite thing at work that day - hung track lights.  My mother asked "what's your first favorite thing", and he replied "Getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick."  Needless to say, my brother and I lost it. 

[The Rabbi]

When hungry it was normal to say My backbone and bellybutton are on a first name basis
When trying to get my oldest son to do something the easy way over the proper way Theres the right way the wrong way and the way that works. Kinda like nailing jellow to a tree.

[Baron Frederick]

This is more of a prayer than a saying,but my uncle use to say before meals " good food,good meat, good Lord,lets eat."

[Taffy Saltwater]

For rainy/snowy roads or walkways, "it's slicker than snot." - my late Aunt Shirley

After a satisfying meal, "panza llena, corazon contento" (full stomach, happy heart) - Grandma Lucy

"Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas."  Oft said by me to my son about questionable friends.

[KeeperoftheBar]

For rainy/snowy roads or walkways, "it's slicker than snot." - my late Aunt Shirley

My Dad had something similar - "Slicker than snot on a brass doorknob"

[DonaCatalina]

When hungry it was normal to say My backbone and bellybutton are on a first name basis

I had always heard that 'my stomach thinks my throat's been cut'. 

[arbcoind]

Get the rabbit habit

I have NO idea what that means...

Colder than a witches t*tty in a brass bra

Finer than frog hair

I'm tired of this chicken sh*t

Gina