Giving something “the old college try”, as in giving it your best shot. I’ve never been able to figure out what that actually refers to, and I’ve looked it up. I like it because without knowing what it refers to, it’s nonsense.
Just one my grandmother used to say. I don’t know if it’s common or not, but anytime anyone would refuse to toss out some old broken thing or would bring home some piece of junk and say “all it needs it a good cleaning” or “all it needs is a good oiling or lubrication” or whatever, she would say “What it needs is a good throwing out.” I’ve always really liked that one.
@ftp901 My mother used ”...doesn’t have a pot to piss in, or a window to throw it out”.
She also would say that someone ”...wouldn’t say ‘sh*t’ if (s)he had a mouthful”
My mom, or someone she heard it from when she was a kid. When referring to something that looks bad: “that’s uglier than a cartload of assholes raked up after dark” Wow! I had to ask her to say that one again the first time she shared.(imagine this being said with New England dialect).
some old dirty ones: “If I had a face like that, I’d have to shave my ass and walk backwards” or “It’s comin outa there faster than bullshit out of a tin-horn”( plumbing leak?) Or some writings inside a construction porta- potty that read: “why are you reading this, the joke is in your hands?” “Here I sit buns-a-flexin, just gave birth to a two pound Texan”- great literary genius in those shithouses.
I just remembered one. Some people say or said “busier than a one-armed paper hanger.” My father used to say: “busier than a one-legged ass-kicker.” I’ve always really liked that one.