Your favourite expressions

Let's make them a list of a 100

[Habtom]

100 - "Called on the carpet"

For some reason, this expression left some kind of impression on me.

You might probably know it but the meaning is 'being rebuked or closely questioned by a person in authority',

What are your favourite expressions? Anybody, 99?

[Essex_boy]

99 Im a bit short with the rent this week.

[HarryM]

98 - "Not like that in my day"

[jpman]

97. Ten yen slide in a week time............they are calling it financial markets meltdown.

[balam]

96. "[Poops] & giggles," as in, "We're heading out for some [poops] & giggles."

Picked it up from some Americans, it apparently means going out for an enjoyable time, usually involving alcohol. Please correct if wrong.

[ann]

95...Use it or lose it.

[2oddSox]

94. Sticks out like dog's balls (referring to something that's pretty obvious/noticeable).

[mcavic]

93. He could sell ice cubes to eskimos.

[weeks]

92. All is fair in love and war.

[wolfadeus]

91..."Me too!"

[bsterz]

Yeah, well that and 5 cents will get you a nickel

[Lilliabeth]

89. Spill some of that in my bucket

(Whatever you're drinking, I'll have one, too)

[henry0]

87
In a mngr meeting:

"It's like in a cemetery
You’re above but no one listens” :)

[blend27]

If Grandma had a *(insert your keyword here) she would be a Grandfather – and vice versa…

[grandpa]

88 was skipped

86. Right On.

[digitalghost]

If you stand in a pile of $hit long enough, you won't notice the smell.

Invaluable advice that has many interpretations.

[lgn1]

Some people; the only thing they are good for, it to turn food into $hit.

I believe Paris Hilton would fall under this category.

[Habtom]

Now for the purposes of reaching zero (zero?), please continue with 83.

Expressions, quotes, advices, proverbs, poems, ...
(sorry I don't see anyway else we can get all 100)

83. Anyone?

[Lilliabeth]

poems, ...

83.

< >! * ' ' #
^ " ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * < > ~ #4
& [ ] . . /
¦ { , , SYSTEM HALTED

The translation:

Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma crash.

[balam]

Lilliabeth, now that I've gotten the tears outta my eyes and have managed to stop laughing, I have to ask seriously: I chant that over a server by the light of a full moon to make the incantation work, correct?

In the proverb category, the local Belize (in Central America) Kriol version of "back-scratching:"

82. Han[d] wash han, an[d] two han wash face.

I suppose a version we can all understand would go like, "Link to me, I'll link to you; together we can make a link ring!"

[Habtom]

waka waka cash :)

_{The original authors are Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & Seminary of Grand Rapids, MI.}

[mightymid]

Peace. Prosperity. Interns.
I miss Bill!

(an homage to former President Clinton)

[httpwebwitch]

80. Confused as a cow on astroturf

[Lilliabeth]

I chant that over a server by the light of a full moon to make the incantation work, correct

You'll also need a couple of racoon heads and four hairs from the head of a UNIX programmer.

And here is another quote:

79.

Jesus saves! The rest of us better make backups.
-Anonymous

[cy182]

78. You get what you pay for!
I learned this over many years from trying everything from $10 a year web hosts, to $12 a month web hosts, and I think that this saying is very important when it comes to buying hosting plans for your website.

[Automan Empire]

77. If you want success, you have to EARN it. If you want trust, you have to EARN it. If you want loyalty, you have to EARN it.
-LifeInAsia

My NEW favorite expression, from the Educating Your Employer thread.

[rocknbil]

76. For poorly-thought out plans that will never fly:

"That's going to go over like a t**d in a punchbowl."

[grandpa]

a couple of racoon heads and four hairs from the head of a UNIX programmer.

I can provide the coon heads.. the rascals come by every night. You're on your own with the geek hairs.

75. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

[Habtom]

74. We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.

[wyweb]

73. S*** happens

From the Latin: doodoous occurus