Asklemmy

My understanding is that that was the original intention of the phrase. It's meant to be ironic but then the irony was lost as the phrase got more popular

And here I was, just assuming that to be true about most people...
How inconsiderate of me.

I've read that it used to be "heels over head" as in upside-down, but then somehow the words got switched around (I found this page that claims the same thing: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/head-over-heels.html ).

Goosebumps like from a goose? Why isn't it called 'going cold goose' then?

The household animals are not pouring down. This saying describes rainfall that is so powerful that it washes away the dead cats and dogs lying in the gutter in medieval cities.

This one is because when houses had straw roofs, cats and dogs would sit up there, and come down in the rain.

A humerous combo of 'Do bears shit in the woods?' and 'Is the Pope Catholic?' Which are two jokey ways of saying 'Yeah, obviously, duh'.

Is 'Wet behind the ears' a comparison to a newborn baby?

“The dogs bollocks” is another, same as bees knees.

I had to explain that "you get what you pay for" to a disgruntled (and later banned from my store) customer years ago.

At the time I was selling eyewear for Red Eyewear Giant (now owned by Blue Eye-care Giant™) and a guy orders the absolute cheapest product for his quite strong prescription. The RX was roughly a -7 on each eye, not huge but definitely significantly thicker than average. The gentleman wanted LARGE eyewear. The man did not want to spend much.

I offered a quote for the ideal product for his vision, which is a 1.7 index lens with scratch resistant non-glare and a hydrophobic coating (well get to why thats important). The man declines and decides he wants the absolute bare minimum, cool, cr-39 plastic lenses, uncoated. No amount of education on the products would change his mind, I chalked it up to a budget thing, explained the downsides of his choice (to absolve myself of liability for the issues I knew he'd have) and allowed the oirchase to go through with confirmation he understood the issues.

Now, what we've just done here is gone from a very lightweight, low thermal mass product that repels water, to a HEAVY, High mass product with absolutely no water repellant properties. This is in Houston, TX - a literal swamp, and the Air conditioning capital of the US.

Man enters grocery store, man buys groceries, man leaves grocery store, man's glasses immediately are coated in a thick fog which is dense enough that evaporation does not occur quickly (or at all honestly with that humidity) and they need to be wiped up.

That man screamed at me about how I ripped him off for over an hour.

Now, I'm not telling this story to say you're wrong, I think this might be an "exception that proves the rule" situation. But yes, you get what you pay for, and no, it's not always said by scummy salespeople, sometimes we just want you to have the right product the first time.

How's it hangin'?

This is a theatre term as “Good luck” is supposed to bring bad luck. Therefore, you wish someone the worst luck possible in order to bring them good luck.

“Let’s not put fish in the milk bucket.”

Honestly better than many other common sayings.

I'm so sure that this thing will happen, that I'm willing to make a bet whereby I'll pay you dollars if it doesn't happen, and you pay me donuts if it does. I feel like I'm getting free donuts and my dollars are not at risk.

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There are a lot of good Texasism. I was living in Texas when I first heard "Oh bless her heart.". Mean either she's a good person, or she's dumber than dog shit.

No, no, it was originally "Taking God's name in vein," as saying the name of God out loud would allow Him into your blood. If you say the name of God, you allow him to inhabit your blood, gain your power, and become even more mighty. The ancient Hebrews feared God gaining too much power, as He would be able to destroy the world. Then Christians figured out that if they took Communion and instead drank the blood of Christ, they could reverse the Hebrew God's power and slowly increase their own until they could ascend to the heavens and do battle with the Almighty, empowered by His blood in their veins, rather than weakened by taking His name in vein. In this seventeen-part essay, I will describe how we can defeat God by

I thought it was stating that something is God's will for your own purposes. AFAIK it's not just using terms for God as a curse.