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"Ben" > wrote in message
... > > "Ranee Mueller" > wrote in message > ... > > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related) > > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along the lines > > of curried favors, or "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the > > kitchen." Any others you can think of? > > He's a few fries short of a happy meal. > > Ben Currrying favors has nothing to do with food. Curry means to brush a horse, and I bet that's where the usage came from - you "stroke" someone to try to get a favor. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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"Ben" > wrote in message
... > > "Ranee Mueller" > wrote in message > ... > > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related) > > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along the lines > > of curried favors, or "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the > > kitchen." Any others you can think of? > > He's a few fries short of a happy meal. > > Ben Currrying favors has nothing to do with food. Curry means to brush a horse, and I bet that's where the usage came from - you "stroke" someone to try to get a favor. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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> "Ranee Mueller" > wrote in message
> ... > > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related) > > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along the lines > > of curried favors, or "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the > > kitchen." Any others you can think of? > > He's a few fries short of a happy meal. > > Ben Oh, I love these! Lesseee .... "Apple of my eye" ... "Bringing home the bacon" ... "Crème de la crème" ... "Milking it for all it's worth" ... "Got any bread, man?" ... "Land of milk and honey" ... "Goin' bananas" ... "I know which side of the bread my butter's on" ... "She wouldn't let butter melt in her mouth" ... "You got a streudel in your noodle!" ... "Grapes of Wrath" : ) ... "He's the Big Cheese" : ) ... "... not worth a hill of beans in this crazy world" ... "For all the tea in China" ... "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" ... "Don't tabulate your tasty fowl before it's emerged from it's calciferous surrounding" ... "She got herself into a pickle" ... "This car is really a lemon" ... "Caught with his hand in the cookie jar" ... "Ain't we a-pickin' our peaches afore they're fuzzed up good?" ... "A chicken in every pot" ... "Tea and Sympathy" ... "Salad days" ... "Hot Dog!" ... "Beantown" ... "He's a real fruitcake" ... "Piece o' cake" ... "Like taking candy from a baby" ... "As sweet as sugar" ... "Easy as pie" ... "Taking it with a pinch of salt" ... "Above ( or below ) the salt" ... "Peppered his language with, oh, I dunno ... obscenities" ... "Sugar, and spice, and everything nice" ... "No picnic in the park" ... "Sugar Daddy" ... "And that's just icing on the cake" ... "Now that his gravy train's run out" ... "She's got a new meal ticket" ... "The frost is on the pumpkin" ... "How corny!" ... "The world is her oyster" ... <<pant>> <<pant>> Not to mention alla the songs! Great stuff to think about if you happen to be in the bathroom without a book : ) Cheers! - Tess |
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> "Ranee Mueller" > wrote in message
> ... > > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related) > > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along the lines > > of curried favors, or "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the > > kitchen." Any others you can think of? > > He's a few fries short of a happy meal. > > Ben Oh, I love these! Lesseee .... "Apple of my eye" ... "Bringing home the bacon" ... "Crème de la crème" ... "Milking it for all it's worth" ... "Got any bread, man?" ... "Land of milk and honey" ... "Goin' bananas" ... "I know which side of the bread my butter's on" ... "She wouldn't let butter melt in her mouth" ... "You got a streudel in your noodle!" ... "Grapes of Wrath" : ) ... "He's the Big Cheese" : ) ... "... not worth a hill of beans in this crazy world" ... "For all the tea in China" ... "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" ... "Don't tabulate your tasty fowl before it's emerged from it's calciferous surrounding" ... "She got herself into a pickle" ... "This car is really a lemon" ... "Caught with his hand in the cookie jar" ... "Ain't we a-pickin' our peaches afore they're fuzzed up good?" ... "A chicken in every pot" ... "Tea and Sympathy" ... "Salad days" ... "Hot Dog!" ... "Beantown" ... "He's a real fruitcake" ... "Piece o' cake" ... "Like taking candy from a baby" ... "As sweet as sugar" ... "Easy as pie" ... "Taking it with a pinch of salt" ... "Above ( or below ) the salt" ... "Peppered his language with, oh, I dunno ... obscenities" ... "Sugar, and spice, and everything nice" ... "No picnic in the park" ... "Sugar Daddy" ... "And that's just icing on the cake" ... "Now that his gravy train's run out" ... "She's got a new meal ticket" ... "The frost is on the pumpkin" ... "How corny!" ... "The world is her oyster" ... <<pant>> <<pant>> Not to mention alla the songs! Great stuff to think about if you happen to be in the bathroom without a book : ) Cheers! - Tess |
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<long list of good ones snipped> > Cheers! > > - Tess > > I still can't believe after all this time, no one has come up with the one that I originally thought of. Gee, maybe I'm the only one that ever heard it. -- Steve Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass?" |
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Tess wrote:
<long list of good ones snipped> > Cheers! > > - Tess > > I still can't believe after all this time, no one has come up with the one that I originally thought of. Gee, maybe I'm the only one that ever heard it. -- Steve Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass?" |
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"Tess" > wrote in message nk.net... > > "Ranee Mueller" > wrote in message > > ... > > > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related) > > > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along the lines > > > of curried favors, or "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the > > > kitchen." Any others you can think of? > > > > He's a few fries short of a happy meal. > > > > Ben > He's a taco short of a combination plate. Jim |
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"Tess" > wrote in message nk.net... > > "Ranee Mueller" > wrote in message > > ... > > > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related) > > > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along the lines > > > of curried favors, or "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the > > > kitchen." Any others you can think of? > > > > He's a few fries short of a happy meal. > > > > Ben > He's a taco short of a combination plate. Jim |
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"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message ... > Tess wrote: > > <long list of good ones snipped> > > Cheers! > > > > - Tess > > I still can't believe after all this time, no one has come up with the > one that I originally thought of. Gee, maybe I'm the only one that > ever heard it. > > Steve > > Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna > eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass?" Oh, man - I love that chicken thing  No, I don't have anything better to do, thank you for asking : ) Mebbe I ought to get a book in that bathroom ... "Man cannot live by bread alone" ... "Polly wanna cracker?" ... "The proof is in the pudding" ... "He got his just desserts" ... "He had egg all over his face" ... "Honey" : ) "She was a cute li'l tomato!" ... "Peaches and cream complexion" ... "They were paying me peanuts!" ... "That's enough from the peanut gallery!" ( gee, that reminds me of school ) .... "A pea soup of fog" ... "You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar" ... "This is a fine kettle of fish!" ... "He's such a ham!" ... "As American as apple pie" ... "That car's a real cherry!" ... "That's a dilly!" ... "I don't relish the thought" ... "It's all sour grapes" ... "A red herring" ... "Seperate the wheat from the chaff" ... "A baker's dozen" ... "Revenge is a dish best served cold" ... "I'm a meat and potatoes man" ... "Let's hash it out later" ... "Juicy as a barrel fulla corn squeezin's!" ... "That'll cook my goose!" ... "Like shooting fish in a barrel" "First, you take a leek ..." ..."All that ANNA bagga chips" ... "Just a few feathers shy of a full duck" ... ( LOVE that one : ) "Buttered me up six ways from Sunday" ... "She really knows her onions!" ... "One bad one spoils the whole barrel of apples" ... "Doughboys" : ) "His face was as red as a beet" ... "Sandwiched between two things" ... "Kiss my grits!" ... "Orange you glad you use Dial?" ... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just getting silly, now : ) I had fun, though. 'Night, everybody. - Tess |
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"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message ... > Tess wrote: > > <long list of good ones snipped> > > Cheers! > > > > - Tess > > I still can't believe after all this time, no one has come up with the > one that I originally thought of. Gee, maybe I'm the only one that > ever heard it. > > Steve > > Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna > eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass?" Oh, man - I love that chicken thing No, I don't have anything better to do, thank you for asking : ) Mebbe I ought to get a book in that bathroom ... "Man cannot live by bread alone" ... "Polly wanna cracker?" ... "The proof is in the pudding" ... "He got his just desserts" ... "He had egg all over his face" ... "Honey" : ) "She was a cute li'l tomato!" ... "Peaches and cream complexion" ... "They were paying me peanuts!" ... "That's enough from the peanut gallery!" ( gee, that reminds me of school ) .... "A pea soup of fog" ... "You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar" ... "This is a fine kettle of fish!" ... "He's such a ham!" ... "As American as apple pie" ... "That car's a real cherry!" ... "That's a dilly!" ... "I don't relish the thought" ... "It's all sour grapes" ... "A red herring" ... "Seperate the wheat from the chaff" ... "A baker's dozen" ... "Revenge is a dish best served cold" ... "I'm a meat and potatoes man" ... "Let's hash it out later" ... "Juicy as a barrel fulla corn squeezin's!" ... "That'll cook my goose!" ... "Like shooting fish in a barrel" "First, you take a leek ..." ..."All that ANNA bagga chips" ... "Just a few feathers shy of a full duck" ... ( LOVE that one : ) "Buttered me up six ways from Sunday" ... "She really knows her onions!" ... "One bad one spoils the whole barrel of apples" ... "Doughboys" : ) "His face was as red as a beet" ... "Sandwiched between two things" ... "Kiss my grits!" ... "Orange you glad you use Dial?" ... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just getting silly, now : ) I had fun, though. 'Night, everybody. - Tess |
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