Phrases that hit the nail on the head

[Arlanymor]

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.

Love it ! 😂
I never heard it before.
What part of the country is it from ?

i haven’t read the whole thread so forgive me if it gas already been posted.
I saw it on Mumsnet and thought it was great - Don’t cross the ocean for someone who wouldn’t jump in a puddle for you.”

As much use as a clamp on a gondola

Watching an old series of taskmaster last night, I heard “on it, like a rat up a kilt” and made immediate plans to incorporate it into my vocabulary

@Kingsleadhat
I've never been sure what [all fur coat and no knickers] means. Is it someone who looks rich but isn't because they can't afford pants? (ie putting on a good show) or is it someone who earned their fur coat by trading sexual favours? Or neither?
Not so much a good show but a false one. Outward appearance, with nothing to back it up.

It's a reply to someone when they have done something foolish (i.e. there are wiser things than you, that eat grass). Only heard in Scotland so far...

I haven't laughed this hard since granny got her tit stuck in the mangle.

Fab.. I'll use that one in my interview tomorrow.

Laugh? I nearly bought a round!

I love this, definitely going to use it

Haven’t rtft, so apologies if it’s already been written, but: “They’ve shown you who they are - believe them!”

Graveyards are full of indispensable men - meaning no one is that indispensable

Blood is thicker than water
but Love is thicker than blood.

I love this.
It’s from a Country and Westwrn somg.

😂😂😂 at this and at elevenerife!

im another fan of virtue signalling (the expression, not the practice!) and I also think the expression “luxury beliefs” is a very good one at efficiently conveying the idea, and the problem with it.

🤣

I’m as dry as Ghandis flip flops or as dry as a Nuns crotch🙈
cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey or just its brass monkey weather
built like a brick shithouse
up & down like a tarts knickers

🤣 It was always 'up and down like a bride's nightie' in our house.

A fool and his money are soon parted

Up and down like a whores drawers in ours

The squeaky wheel gets the oil

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king

"If you had an elephant, they'd have a box to keep it in"

Similar to the Elevenarife saying.

You could confuse an idiot, you know.

Don't just stand there like a stunned Mullet.

I could try explaining it to him, but I have neither the patience nor the crayons with which to do it.

Have you tried switching yourself off and back on again?

He has a face only a mother could love.
Its often a person's mouth that breaks his nose.
Measure twice cut once.
Hunger is good sauce.
Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, that open it and remove all doubt.
If brains were dynamite he wouldn't have enough to blow his nose/part his hair.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Do whatever you want but it's your responsibility.
A face like stingies.
As popular as a fart in a spacesuit.

There's wiser eating grass

Every pan has a lid

Growling at the badger