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Survey!!! What are some Strange Sayings that are?
Used in your Country/ an Example of an Australian Saying, "He/She has a Few Kangaroos Loose in the Top Paddock Today" The Meaning is They are a Little Crazy Today :)
(Sometimes is for Quite a Long Time)
21 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
Where I'm from, which is Louisiana, we use these sayings:
- "I'm gonna beat you like a red-headed step chil'e!" (basically saying "I'm going to beat the living sh*t out of you").
- "Throw me something Mister!" (used during Mardi Gras to gain attention to people on the floats; women usually reveal their breasts while saying this to gain beads).
- "Fai do do" (Cajun French saying meaning "go to bed", adults usually tell their children this. My mother told me this all the time when I was young.)
- "Femme la Bouche" (Cajun French for "kiss my ass"; derogatory term.)
- "Humnoy" (Vietnamese meaning "small ballsack"; derogatory term. My stepmother is from Laos but speaks Laos, Thai, and Vietnamese. She taught me more words but they are too racist and insulting.)
- "Who dat!" (It's just a Louisiana thing, mainly said during the NFL season. Louisiana is locally known as "The Who Dat Nation").
I have more but there's too many. Look some up. Louisiana is different then Austrailia lol. Austrailia seems really pretty I plan on living there one day when I get out these swamps. XD
- Anonymous9 years ago
Kiss my ass in a big store window
Cash and prizes ( when referencing to something that would highly benefit you)
A few fries short of a happy meal
Not the brightest crayon in the box
- ?Lv 79 years ago
He's Irrigating some flowers = when someone's making troubles .
The pottage was too salty that even the king noticed = When someone makes a huge mistake that even the most tolerant people cant ignore it.
- ausblueLv 79 years ago
Busier than a bricklayer in Beirut
we have some that are din bats
He had a head on him like a sucked mango.
Coc* and bull stories
Crikey - Blimey
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- Anonymous9 years ago
The strangest one I've heard is saying that somebody's "perpin'." Which is just a slang word for perpetrating or being a poser. Some of my friends use it a lot.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Why did you say you were at Matt's house when we saw you at the club?
-You are not supposed to use the word "when" in the middle of a sentence
-Some people do it just to annoy the people who don't approve of it
-This kind of saying is 1980s French (Francais)
- Anonymous9 years ago
There is a story behind every person. A reason why they are the way they are. So think about that,next time you judge someone.
That's one of my favorites,as it simply,is the truth.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
a few bricks shy of a load, not the sharpest tool in the shed (both mean not quite all there, a little crazy)
- Anonymous9 years ago
1/2 dozen one way, 6 the other. This means mas o menus in spanish or it means "It can go either way" in english. There, how is that? I guess it should be "more or less" in english.
- cymru am bythLv 79 years ago
my nain used to use these
araf deg mae dal iâr (rough translation: the way to catch a hen is slowly) means: take your time
haul gwanwyn, gwaeth na gwenwyn (rough translation: the spring sun is worse than poison) means a lot of people burn in the spring sun, so be wary of it
mae hi'n siared trwy ei het (rough translation: she is speaking through her hat) means she is talking nonsense
they are not really strange sayings but the direct English translation sounds strange to me


