“Pain is temporary, film is forever” (film adage)
"Pain is temporary, film is forever" is a movie adage that has been printed on many images. It take a great deal of effort to make a movie, but that pain is temporary and the film is…
“North is a direction. The South is a lifestyle”
"North is a direction. (The) South is a lifestyle" is an American saying that has been printed on many images. "North is a direction. The south is a lifestyle. #southerncharm"…
“If service is beneath you, leadership is beyond you”
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
“If service is below you, leadership is beyond you”
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
“If serving is beneath you, leadership is beyond you”
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
“If serving is below you, leadership is beyond you”
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
“Words have wings, so speak good things”
"Words have wings, so speak good things" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Words have wings" (or "winged words") was frequently written by the ancient…
LGBTQXYZ (LGBTQ + XYZ)
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last three letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQXYZ" (or "LGBTXYZ"). The…
LGBTXYZ (LGBT + XYZ)
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last three letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQXYZ" (or "LGBTXYZ"). The…
LGBTWXYZ (LGBT + WXYZ)
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last four letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQWXYZ" (or "LGBTWXYZ"). The…
LGBTQWXYZ (LGBTQ + WXYZ)
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last four letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQWXYZ" (or "LGBTWXYZ"). The…
“Lipstick on a corpse” (superficial attempt to make ugliness pretty)
Something that is "like putting lipstick on a pig" is a superficial attempt to cover up someone or something that's ugly. The expression has been popular in American politics since…
“Madder than a box of frogs” (very mad)
Frogs like to jump -- something they can't do much of in a box. "Mad as a box of frogs" means to be very mad. "Mad as a box of frogs" was printed in mixmag (London, UK) on…
“Madder than a sackful of ferrets” (very mad)
"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…
“Mad as a ferret” (very mad)
"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…
“Mad as a bag of ferrets” (very mad)
"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…
“I don’t know you from Adam’s off ox”
To "not know (someone) from Adam" --- Adam being the first man, as written in the Book of Genesis -- is not to know someone. The expression has been cited in print since at least 1750. To…
“Lipstick on a pig” (superficial attempt to make ugliness pretty)
Something that is "like putting lipstick on a pig" is a superficial attempt to cover up someone or something that's ugly. The expression has been popular in American politics since…
“Mad as a box of frogs” (very mad)
Frogs like to jump -- something they can't do much of in a box. "Mad as a box of frogs" means to be very mad. "Mad as a box of frogs" was printed in mixmag (London, UK) on…
“Mad as a wet hen” (very mad)
To be "madder than a wet hen" or "as mad as a wet hen" is be to very mad. Hens don't like water on their feathers. "Mad as a wet hen" was printed in Spirit of the…