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Old Time Sayings

    Here are a few more sayings that I hope bring back a smile or a chuckle from days gone by and hopefully, at least, puts smile on your face.

    “Full steam ahead”, means to proceed with maximum speed, energy and determination toward a goal or task. You would often hear this phrase used by a captain on a ship.

    “Hold your horses”, means to wait, slow down or to be patient. It tells a person not to rush or make a quick, bad decision. Motor vehicle drivers could certainly use some of this advice! Maybe there would not be so many fatal accidents on the highway.

    “Keep your shirt on”, means to stay calm, be patient or stop rushing. It is also an informal way to tell someone not to get angry, upset or overly excited about a delay or mistake.

    “Costs an arm and a leg”, means something is extremely expensive or costs an unreasonable amount of money. Like going to the grocery store these days, or the gas pump. It really suggests that the price is so high it feels like you are giving up a vital body part.

    “Best thing since sliced bread”, means something that is extremely good, useful, innovative or a wonderful new invention or idea. This phrase can also be used in a sarcastic or in a mocking type of way to describe something that is hyped up to be something that is amazing that is actually quite ordinary or even useless.

    “Not all that and a bag of chips”  means a person or thing is not as great, special or impressive as they think they are. It is often used to describe an arrogant person who is actually quite ordinary.

    “Smoke and mirrors”,  means an illusion, tricking or a false display used to hide the truth, confuse people or make something look better than it really is. An example of that is the Canadian federal government! See ya next week!