Seven Cliches

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Remember those little cliches your parents would use on you when you were growing up?

...And now they are coming out of your mouth!!!!

1."You can do that (whatever) when the cows come home."


If they had only let you have the keys to the truck, you could have done so many things!

2."Where in tarnation did you get that?" What's a "tarnation"!? Well, a tarn is a mountain lake.

But Webster's Dictionary says,
"tar·na·tion - noun - Etymology: alteration of darnation, euphemism for damnation. Date:1790."

Uh oh! Now you know!

3. "You can't have your cake and eat it, too."

As adults we know the truth. If you eat the cake you will have it forever - in gentle rolls all over your body!

4. "Be careful with that

you could poke someone's eye out."

Of course we knew better. We were kids! We were invincible!

5. "That'll happen when pigs fly."

Hey - look Mom!

6. "Money doesn't grow on trees, you know."

Just where do they get paper from anyway?

7. You knew you were in big trouble when you heard,

"Now you've jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire."

That one used to really cook my bacon!