Phrases that you enjoy the most

[DavieW]

As easy as herding cats

[tertius]

I particularly enjoy the following:

I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it

and my personal favourite, when discussing some really minor point:

A difference that makes no difference is no difference

[GloverMart]

Speed Badger said:

This isn't particularly clever or acerbic, but for whenever someone was being boring or irritating, I always enjoyed my work colleague saying 'on your marks, get set, fk off.'

Like that one!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Is there no beginning to his talents.

He went on to become a glittering failure.

[Soloman Dodd]

Beauty is skin deep. Ugly goes down to the bone.

[LordLoveLength]

The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.

[Pixelpeep Electric]

captain.scarlet said:

'Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch.'

Or BOB-FOC for short

[Regbuser]

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool

[Ambleton]

"everything fits with a big enough hammer"

"If it ain't broke, fix it till it is"

"If you try to make something idiot proof, the world will provide a bigger idiot"

[DickyC]

On a project with an argumentative client who found fault with everything, this was wrong, that was wrong. In meetings, the senior project man on our side would hear him out and then say, "Is it wrong, or is it different?"

It's a really handy phrase.

[Mr Squarekins]

Roger Sterling,

'I told him to just be himself, I guess that was pretty mean of me.'

[gt40steve]

Quick, get me a teenager while they still know everything !

[Niponeoff]

You've got three 'opes.
Bob 'ope
Envelope
And no fookin 'ope

Disclaimer: no trolling intended or implied, apologies if my sense of humour offends.

[mph999]

One I heard the other day in place of ‘really gets my goat’

That really pipped my squeak

[Slowboathome]

'Bloke needs to take his foot off the c&nt pedal.'

[WindyCommon]

I was once told that I use words like some people use their fists, after saying “I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you” to a hapless colleague in a meeting.

[pocketspring]

My personal favourite.....

"You're about as funny as a burning orphanage."

[DickyC]

A weary old pipe design checker had a notice above his desk:

YOU'RE TALKING TO ME NOW

[Slowboathome]

'these difficult times'

Edit: bks, thought this was the irritating phrases thread.

Edited by Slowboathome on Monday 3rd April 12:10

[silverfoxcc]

Heard on the other day

Percussive engineering