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What family sayings did you think was universal?
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My Grandmother used to say "It's better than a kick in the teeth" when deflecting disappointment in an outcome--putting a positive spin on a negative. Being from the UK it seemed universal, but moving to Canada and saying that, people gave me odd looks.
The other one is when somebody is talking nonsense or a bit crazy, they would say "They are out of their tree". For the Welsh the tree symbolizes stability and mental wellness (druids I guess) and if you were stressed or needed to chill their phrase translates to "I need to go back to my trees"
I'm from the US and "better than a kick in the teeth" and "better than a poke in the eye" are both common around my area. Never heard the tree ones though.
I used to hear 'better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick'
Whatever the fuck that means
My family's was "beats a sharp stick in the eye."
We had better than a poke in the eye with a wet banana.
I always just hear "better than a poke in the eye", not the whole stick thing.
I've (also Canadian) heard it as "better than a kick in the pants"
Or "better than a boot to the head", wayyyy before those kids started singing about it ... in the hall. The kids in the hall.
No one, I think, is in my tree.
I mean, it must be high or low.