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.

All fur coat and no knickers.

As happy as a pig in shit.

Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.

Reminds me of my divorce - so true!

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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

Nacho parenting? 🤔

Like herding cats

I’ll take your ‘cockwomble’ @FrangipaniBlue and raise you Fudge monkey, (Do you read The Rivers of London books? That’s where I heard both of these.)

You are what you eat.

There is no such thing as a free lunch

Is it cheating to use the first sentence of a moderately well known novel? (Not that I don't love that sentence!)

🤣🤣🤣

My mum used to say about my husband "if he had 50p he would spend a pound"

Please don’t tell me you’re preaching this shite to young girls? 🙄

What about when they’re being pressured into stuff they’re uncomfortable about?

He's so slippery he could get under a snakes arse with a top hat on.

She thinks she's Lady Muck of Turd Hill

She gets where dirt can't

Be right. Every time. And have confidence in being right. Never be not right to massage the hurty feels of anyone else.

She gets where castor oil won't go.
Champagne lifestyle, lemonade income.
She thinks her sh1t doesn't stink.
He's the original good time had by all (courtesy of my mother about a locally infamous womaniser).

I think that it was Billy Connolly who said the great thing about ‘Fuck off’ was its lack of ambiguity – eg you’ll never read the line, ‘”Fuck off!”, he hinted’.

I also like the alternative, which I’ve seen on some moderated discussion groups - ‘I can’t tell you what to do – but ‘off’ is the direction in which you can do it.’

Ooh "every pan's got a lid" actually sounds quite sweet 😅

Musicmummy63

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.

My mother used the version "It's better to wear out than rust out".

I also like: "Life's uncertain so eat your pudding first"