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Phrases that hit the nail on the head

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Arlanymor · 14/11/2025 15:52

Having looked at the thread about phrases/words/terms that people hate - what about the ones that just feel spot on?

I heard this earlier today in relation to the modern obsession with celebrities doing crazy things for clout to keep themselves 'relevant' and in the spotlight...

"The attention economy".

Yes! Spot on! Great term for those who monetise meaningless content for maximum exposure on social media - behaviour that pays dividends in the attention economy.

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Moggies3 · 14/11/2025 22:50

SheWantsToBeMe · 14/11/2025 22:39

It’s like knitting with sand.
My stomach thinks my throat has been cut.
Ive seen more fat on a chip.

performance parenting
nacho parenting

I nearly split my kipper.

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Nacho parenting? 🤔

DoodleSquad · 14/11/2025 22:46

thenewaveragebear1983 · 14/11/2025 17:49

If you’ve been to Tenerife, she’s been to elevenerife

My husband says “ if I said I had a foreskin, they’d have a five-skin”

TheaBrandt1 · 14/11/2025 22:44

Sorry but I would not be thrilled if I saw that plastered on a classroom wall. By the end of primary all that saccharine sweetness was wearing abit thin. The smarter kids saw right through it too.

Sgtmajormummy · 14/11/2025 22:43

An old one:
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

A modern one:
Forgive your enemies but never forget their names (JFK).

TheaBrandt1 · 14/11/2025 22:39

Never understood no good deed unpunished until I joined the PTA. Then it made perfect sense.

SheWantsToBeMe · 14/11/2025 22:39

It’s like knitting with sand.
My stomach thinks my throat has been cut.
Ive seen more fat on a chip.

performance parenting
nacho parenting

I nearly split my kipper.

landlordhell · 14/11/2025 22:37

BlueEyedBogWitch · 14/11/2025 22:36

When dealing with an argumentative sod:

’Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?’

On the wall in my classroom I have a poster that reads ; If you have to choose between being right or being kind, choose kind.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 14/11/2025 22:36

When dealing with an argumentative sod:

’Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?’

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Arlanymor · 14/11/2025 22:33

landlordhell · 14/11/2025 22:32

Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.

Reminds me of my divorce - so true!

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landlordhell · 14/11/2025 22:32

Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.

FletchFan · 14/11/2025 22:32

As happy as a pig in shit.

HelenaWaiting · 14/11/2025 22:32

All fur coat and no knickers.

TheaBrandt1 · 14/11/2025 22:31

Read a saying “ships are safer in the harbour but they are not designed for that” when my 18 year old headed off with a female friend to solo travel round Central America for 6 months. Never heard that saying before it weirdly made me cry as was so apt !

landlordhell · 14/11/2025 22:30

He’s got a shilling on himself. For a bloke that thinks he’s ‘it’.

Musicmummy63 · 14/11/2025 22:30

My DH is from the Caribbean and I love some of his sayings. My favourites are:
Stingy breeds maggots, as in use things before they go off.
And to describe two people who are really close, "They are like 2 fingers on the same hand"

jac120w · 14/11/2025 22:30

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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Arlanymor · 14/11/2025 22:30

weecreep · 14/11/2025 22:29

I heard someone say “he’s the laziest person God ever put legs on” the other day and it made me laugh.

Never hear that but it made me laugh out loud!!

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weecreep · 14/11/2025 22:29

I heard someone say “he’s the laziest person God ever put legs on” the other day and it made me laugh.

SunnieShine · 14/11/2025 22:24

That ship has sailed.

halfpasteleven · 14/11/2025 22:23

If there was work in the bed he’d lie on the floor

FrangipaniBlue · 14/11/2025 22:23

Made of Teflon

All fur coat and no knickers

Mad as a box of frogs

Cockwomble

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 14/11/2025 22:22

I really like Fuck off. It's a classic for a reason.

WrigglyDonCat · 14/11/2025 22:22

More brains in a pork pie

HisNibs · 14/11/2025 22:22

They've got two brain cells which are fighting for third place.

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Arlanymor · 14/11/2025 22:19

ChristmasWrapping2025 · 14/11/2025 22:02

What a brilliant Friday night thread! 🙌

We have a power cut here, so I’m in bed warming my feet on the Ddog, enjoying and giggling at this thread.

Keep warm! 🙌

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