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My father-in-law from rural west Texas refers to things as being 'slicker than owl shit' and some people as being 'richer than ten feet up a bull's ass.'

Keep fucking that chicken.

"It's raining cats and dogs."

Somehow, heavy rain is represented by a downpour of household animals.

In Northern Ireland (Belfast especially), we sometimes say "bout ye?" as a greeting. It's just "what about you?" but actually meaning "how are you?"

Often it's just used as an alternative to "hello" or "hi", and you're not actually asking the person how they are.

"By and large" is a weird one. It's meaning is along the same lines as "all other things being equal." Is it a reference to large sample sizes?

It's made weirder by the fictional corporation name in Wall-E, "Buy 'n Large"

My wife has worked with lots of people who are not native English speakers who are sometimes taken aback by the idioms. One colleague flat out refused to accept that "FOMO" is a word.

I suggested that she is in a position to make some up, like "Let's not put fish in the milk bucket." But she didn't go for it. I guess she's not an agent of chaos after all :/

Mind your ps and qs. What are ps and qs?

"it'll be a bloodbath in there!" *used for anything political wise.

"There's more than one way to skin a cat."

1. You have a cat.
2. You wish to remove its skin.
3. You realize there's more than just one method to accomplish this unusual task.
4. You state this proudly as a metaphor for problem-solving flexibility.

Does the pope shit in the woods?

You can lead a whore to water, but you can't make her douche.

Dollars to donuts.

WTF does it even mean?

Taking God's name in vain

1. You invoke God on some topic you're wrong about.
2. God appears and sees your worthless comment.
3. ????
4. God punishes you, or he backs away, or he learns to not listen to you anymore in boy cries wolf type situation? Its really not clear what the repercussions are.

"scientists say..."

They aren't some unified entity. They don't even agree amongst themselves on most things if one digs deep enough. While there is some interpretation of the data involved, most people that use the phrase "Scientists say..." are essentially saying "Objective observations done by several of the smartest humans have been argued over by several of their rivals resulting in..."

Like, we should start calling them something like Observational Data Warriors ™ /s to put perspective on the magnitude of information and depth involved. You can have an opinion but you are a coward of no relevant value if you are not trained for battle and fighting on the front lines. So whatever nonsense you have to say results in you looking like a clown of no note.

"I'm not here to fuck spiders" - said by Australians who want to drop the preamble and get down to business.

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