[We all have heard “common phrases” used by parents=
or adult when we were younger. Many are “regional”, some=
“ethnic”, and all “memorable”! Here are a fe=
w of mine and would love to hear some of your favorite phrases from childho=
od]
&#=
8220;If it was a snake, it would have bit you.”
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“I’m gonna see =
a man about a dog.”
“He was born naked as a jaybird.”
“I haven&=
#8217;t seen you in a month of Sundays.”
“It’s as easy as falli=
n’ off a log.”
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“Shut the door! Were you born in a barn?”
“=
;If you don’t quit cryin’ I’ll give you something to cry =
about.”
“She was runnin’ around like a chicken with its head cu=
t off.”
“That dog won’t hunt.”
“He’s dumber than a =
bag of hammers.” (or “box of rocks”)
“If you don’t =
sit still I’ll undo your belly-button and your legs will fall off.=
221;
A=
nd the one I can still hear my dad’s voice saying is . . .
“If I have to stop this car and come back there=
, you’ll be sorry, mister.”
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Dr Bob =
Griffin
bob=
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