Sayings in my Meandering Mind November 2022
‘Well … that’s a fine “how do you do?” … I like that sarcastic phrase but have never found the right occasion in which to use… Most “How do you do’s” have been ‘Okay’ but not really ‘fine’… It’s kind of like … ‘they sold me down the river’ … I understand the metaphor, but cannot find the practicality of using it … Maybe today someone will surprisingly sell me down the river and I can say that phrase. One can only hope … From my lips to God’s ears … Someone sell me down the river … but with my luck? Rivers such as the mighty Mississippi River bone dry … that’s the ‘story of my life’ … You know lots of sayings are based on the premise that the Earth revolves around us … Oh, he can dish it out but can he take it? (I don’t like that phrase by the way … between you, me and that fencepost…) That old ‘so and so’ … the race is neck and neck … it’s just a Kangaroo Court … And why do we say, “So long” when we are looking directly at the person in real time … probably a short di