Subject: Miscellaneous (Page 71)

Knee high to a grasshopper

I'm out like a fat girl stealing second.

Faster than a knife fight in a phone booth.

I like a gal where her skin fits a little better.

He gets Tuesday’s paper on Friday.

Breast baby

Imitation is the sincerest [form] of flattery.

(1780 – 1832) English cleric, writer & collector

So dry he had the rattles

Between you me and the gatepost…

Cooter-backed road

Do you reckon the Queen has ever pulled a blanket up so just her head’s showing and gone ‘Philip, look at me! I’m a stamp!'

(1980 – ) English comedian, television and radio presenter & actor

Cross my heart and hope to eat my weight in goslings.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

He’s as poor as Job’s turkey.

She Offered Her Honor, He Honored Her Offer, and All Through the Night it Was Honor and Offer

Crespin’s Law of Observation

One way to handle social anxiety is to pretend you are a ghost and people are staring at you because they have a gift they never asked for.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

Turn the truth

The ox is in the ditch.

I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

He was wound up tighter ‘en a bango string.

All the goodness of a good egg cannot make up for the badness of a bad one.

(1819 – 1897) American journalist, author & senior government official