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.

Neither use nor ornament .

If i agreed with you we'd both be wrong

'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.'
I’ve heard this often but never really understood it. Is it just that you can’t compare the way things are now with how they were?
It's more like "you have no idea, you cannot comprehend how different it was". It's like trying to explain vision to a blind person or birdsong to a deaf person.

LOL. I've just seen skkyelark's post. I assume that she is a younger person and using it as 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'. I'm an older person and use it as 'don't judge olden days by modern standards'.

That's how I use it too - don't judge the past by today's standards.

Never heard this but I love it... and I used to work in archaeology back in the day!

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.

No good deed goes unpunished

Humble bragging - eg when acquaintance posted on FB (!) from a homeless shelter that she felt ‘blessed to volunteer’ there……

No it’s not that. It’s very simple: put yourself in the position of the people in that specific moment of the past who made their decisions based on what was in front of them at that time. And then figure out how / if those people should be judged for those decisions.

It does what it says on the tin.

It just means you're not a daft as you look/not as naïve as someone thinks you are.

Cuprinol! Love it!

Keep warm! 🙌

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

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

More brains in a pork pie

Made of Teflon

All fur coat and no knickers

Mad as a box of frogs

Cockwomble

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

That ship has sailed.

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!!

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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"

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

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 !