Living Simply: Old Timey phrases

     Today, let's just enjoy a few laughs. Here's some fun old-timey phrases you can try out on your friends and family. Either make it a game guessing what they mean, work them into the conversation as if they're normal and watch others' reaction, or just share a few laughs together.

1.  "like a wet sock" - it means a limp handshake; His introduction was like a wet sock.

2.  "happy cabbage" - money that you get to spend on yourself.


3.  "flub the dub" - to avoid or shirk off one's duty or responsibility; Try this one in a political conversation.

4.  "a pine overcoat" - a coffin; as in, "Driving like that the maniac will be wearing a pine overcoat!"

5.  "Don't sell me a dog." - means Don't lie to me.

6.  "fly rink" - a bald head

7.  "sauce box" - another name for a mouth, similar to today's "pie hole".

8.  "swacked" - drunk

9.  Try this one out:  "It's colder than a brass toilet seat in the Yukon!"

10.  "hump the sway" - no, that's not what it means. It means to carry luggage on your back (like a backpack).

11.  "focus your audio" - listen carefully

12.  "being on a left-handed honeymoon" - cheating on your significant other

13.  "cluck and grunt" - ham and eggs

14.  "bloodhound in the hay" - hot dog with saurkraut

15.  "city juice" - water (drinking water, not a lake or puddle)

16.  "jiggery-pokery" - trickery, suspicious activity

17.  "thimble rigger" - like the shell game, one who hid a pea under 3 thimbles and the other person had to guess which one it was under.

18.  "iron my shoelaces" - a polite way to say you have to go to the bathroom

19.  "petting pantry" - a cinema or movie theater (wow, be careful out there)

20.  "Now you're on the trolley!" - similar to, "Now you get the idea" or "now you understand".