Old figures of speech you wish were used more.

[1still_waters]

There are old figures of speech I wish were used more. Here are some. Tell us ones you'd like to hear more.

1. That kid's got moxy.
2. I like the cut of your gib.
3. Playing hooky
4. Galavanting around
5. Out for a jaunt
6. Curmudgeonly

 

[JimJimmers]

Anything Yiddish, I'd like to hear more of. Also 'Highfalutin'.

 

[Catlynn]

I totally still say "Galavanting around" No joke.

 

[1still_waters]

I totally still say "Galavanting around" No joke.

Thou shalt be blessed in thine going ins and goings outs.

 

[niceguyJ]

Stop that tomfoolery!

 

[Oncefallen]

Ya know, I've got a hankerin' to mosey on down to the ol' watering hole.

 

[Smudge]

I still say "mosey." xD

Usually in crowded areas when I need to do what I picture "moseying" looks like. Sort of a quiet shuffle.

My dad will sometimes say, "Fine as frog's hair." But I'm glad that one went out of style. *shivers*

 

[zeroturbulence]

"Four score and seven years ago..."

 

[Photoss]

I used 'out for a jaunt' once while I was a Jr. High camp counselor during the summer.

One kid in my group thought I had made a drug reference. O.O

 

[Jullianna]

Why do I get the feeling Stilly is mocking my southernisms again These are only outdated in the NORTH y'all

*adjusts the antenna on the picture show box and takes a seat on the Davenport thinking this room needs more doilies*

 

[Ritter]

"There's more than one way to skin a cat."

By far my favorite.

 

[Oncefallen]

*adjusts the antenna on the picture show box and takes a seat on the Davenport thinking this room needs more doilies*

**coughs**

Well get to crocheting woman, they ain't gonna just suddenly appear outta thin air.

 

[Ritter]

There are old figures of speech I wish were used more. Here are some. Tell us ones you'd like to hear more.

1. That kid's got moxy.
2. I like the cut of your gib.
3. Playing hooky
4. Galavanting around
5. Out for a jaunt
6. Curmudgeonly

Is it bad I use 2, 4, 5, and 6 regularly?

 

[JimJimmers]

It makes you the antithesis of whippersnapper, Ritter.

 

[Perk]

"She's an item."

 

[JimJimmers]

"Balling The Jack". One of my favorites that somehow slipped my mind until now.

 

[Ugly]

Godspeed...
Trippindicular...
Daddy-o...
Dame... (haha, that'll get me in trouble)
Pitching a fit...

Yo momma.. yo pappa.. yo greasy granny, got holes in her panties, got a big behind, like Frankenstein, that goes beep beep beep down Sesame Street.
Well, at least we used to say that sometimes in my family 0.0

 

[Jullianna]

I say pitchin' a fit a lot

and I reckon

 

[violakat]

Ya know, I've got a hankerin' to mosey on down to the ol' watering hole.

If you were in Midland, TX, it would really mean water.

 

[violakat]

Here's an old expression that I wish was used more. "Sweep your on back porch before you sweep someone else's."