Quirky Phrase Enthusiast Prints

Things you say when you are officially old...

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

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"Why do people think using big words is a bad thing?"

"Tia Carmen, did you ever wish summer was over...so you could be in school?"

"I've been reading a book of famous quotations. It's amazing how many are by a famous Greek named Anonymous."

'Quotes, woof, woof, woof, woof, closed quotes.'

'It's only four acres but we're glad we bought it - he's always wanted to be an expert in his own field.'

"I'm keeping 'up' distance... there's a reason they are called DROPlets."

"Rob is a functioning train wreck."

Frog Prince thinks: 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horsefly.'

"If all you have is a whatchamacallit then every problem looks like a thingamajig."

"This is Dakota, Bodie and Scout—And our dog, Richard."

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"Wait ... I always thought taking each other for granted was a good thing!"

'What's wrong with you?'

Yep, that's me in a pea pod! In a pea pod�?? I think "nutshell" has been vastly overused.

It's good news when an agent says "This is a big break" to an aspiring actor. But not good when said by an orthopedic surgeon holding your x-ray! It's jarring when your business partner says "We're going under while he's looking at the books. But it's very routine when said by a submarine captain speaking to the crew. "You're on fire" is nice to hear when you're playing an excellent round of golf. But not what you want to hear when you're grilling burgers. "A thumb on the scale" often mean

Could you be a little bit more specific than an 'arm and a leg'?

"I procure considerable gratification from belles-lettres."

"I can't help you with your chronic whistling. You don't need a psychiatrist, you need a musicologist!"

"Did you say something? I thought I heard a sound bite."

'That's Karl with a 'K' -- My parents named me after a radio station.'

'Today I learned a little grammar in the classroom and LOTS of vocabulary on the playground!'

'I was going to run for office, but by the time I threw my hat in the ring, all the really good catch phrases were taken...'

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, you may be qualified to go to law school!

Globe. Which line do you prefer? "What's past is prologue" or "today is the first day of the rest of your life"?

"Son, talk loudly and carry a big shtick.

'It helps to be a little crazy to work here, but you're overqualified.'

"You're not a gift horse, are you?"

Carl, his mustache, Jerald, and his eyebrows, Leonard and Reggie.

You don't need to use air quotes for your own words, Mr. Lincoln.

'Every time one door closes, another one opens. Can you fix it?'

Step into my office. We need to talk. About what? Does it matter? We need to talk is never good. We need to talk is a harmless phrase that isn't necessarily ominous. Well … ok, coming in. Collar grabbing is also a much-maligned gesture, don't you think? D'oh!

'As President of the Annoying Saying Society, just let me say,,,,,enjoy,'