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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Written in 1994, "Geek Stink Breath" was played along with "Stuart and the Ave." during a soundcheck at Chicago in November 1994 (the video can be found on the video game Green Day: Rock Band) and the song debuted live on December 3, 1994, during Green Day's first performance on Saturday Night Live. [4]
Eating crow is of a family of idioms having to do with eating and being proven incorrect, such as to "eat dirt", to "eat one’s hat" (or shoe), or to put one's foot in their mouth; all probably originating from "to eat one's words", which first appears in print in 1571 in one of John Calvin's tracts on Psalm 62: "God eateth not his words when ...
I got him out of the house, locked the door and he got into a car, drove it into a tree then ran off on foot. #25. The little neighbor boy took a bite out of a stick of butter that was on the counter.
sound which alone has the same meaning. Sucking-teeth, also known as Hiss Teeth, Kiss Teeth, "steups" [50] or "stiups", a gesture used in the West Indies and parts of Africa to signal disagreement, dislike, impatience, annoyance or anger [46] Exaggerated yawning, generally with one hand held to the mouth, is used to express boredom.
Foot in Mouth may refer to: Foot-and-mouth disease; Foot in Mouth Award, an award by the British Plain English Campaign for "a baffling comment by a public figure"
On the witness stand, the judge tries to 'pump' John. Every time John opens his mouth, he 'puts his foot in it'. He is 'sent up the river' for a 'stretch in the jug' and is 'up against it' and feels himself 'going to pot', but after 'raising a big stink', and 'getting through a lot of red tape' he is 'sprung' by an 'undercover man'.
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