“Three vampires walk into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A vampire version has three vampires walk into a bar. The first two order blood (or a…
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“Three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, forbid kids from doing it”
"There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone to do it for you, or forbid your children from doing it" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many…
“Three weeks now, I’ve been practicing resistance training. I’m avoiding anything to do with sports”
"Resistance training" doesn't mean resisting going to the exercise, but that's the popular joke. "Three weeks now I've been practising resistance training. I'm…
“Three yards and a cloud of dust” (football saying)
A run-oriented football offense has been described as "three/four/five yards and a cloud of dust." The term is usually credited to The Ohio State University football team that was coached…
“Threw my neighbors a really nice housewarming party. The cops are calling it arson, however”
A "housewarming party" usually doesn't involve "warming the house," but there are jokes. "Positive spin #13: 'Arson, m'lord? Not at all. We just…
“Threw some butter at my coworkers today. They said I should try Anchor management”
"Anger management” is sometimes punned as “anchor management.” Anchor is also a brand of butter in New Zealand. "I always freak out when I spread a certain butter. I need Anchor…
“Throw away the fish, eat the plank” (joke)
Carp is not a fish that many people choose to eat. A jocular recipe details a long preparation, ending, "throw away the fish and eat the board/plank/shingle. This is said to be the best part…
“Throw good money after bad” (to waste additional money)
"To throw good money after bad" is to further invest in a losing venture. If much money has already been sunk into the venture -- General Motors, for example -- a "bailout" of…
“Throw me something, mister!” (Mardi Gras parade cry)
"Throw me something, mister!" is a popular cry of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. Parade watchers want to receive throws of trinkets from the parade floats. The saying…
“Throw me something, sister!” (Mardi Gras parade cry)
"Throw me something, mister!" is a popular cry of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. Parade watchers want to receive throws of trinkets from the parade floats. The saying…
“Throw money at a problem” (Washington reflex)
"Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then to throw money at it, hoping that somehow it will go away" said Kenneth Keating (1900-1975), the Republican senator from…
“Throw nickels like manhole covers” (stingy)
To "throw nickels like manhole covers" is not to throw nickels at all. (Manhole covers are heavy and are almsot impossible to throw.) The saying implies that a person is stingy with…
“Throw the book at him/her” (give the maximum penalty)
To legally "throw the book at" someone is to charge a person (if a prosecutor) or penalize a person (if a judge) very severely. The "book" is a law book, and the throwing is…
“Throw the rascals in!”
"Turn the rascals out" was a popular campaign slogan of 1872. Adlai Stevenson II (1900-1965) famously reversed the slogan when criticizing the Eisenhower administration in 1952.…
“Throw the rascals out!”
Entry in progress -- B.P. A modern jocular variant is "Throw the Rascals In!" Wikipedia: List of U.S. presidential campaign slogansTurn the Rascals Out - 1872 anti-Grant slogan against…
“Throw your hands in the air like you just don’t care”
"Put/Throw you hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care" isa common lric line in many songs. It's so common that there is a list: "100 Songs that contain the…
“Throwing acid is wrong—in some people’s eyes”
"Throwing acid is wrong -- in some people's eyes" is a jocular saying ("in some people's eyes" is an expression usually not meant to be taken literally) that has been…
“Throwing spaghetti against the wall”
"Like nailing jello/jelly to the wall" is a related expression that Theodore Roosevelt coined in 1912. TwitterSPXGODFATHER@RolfHaag3$SPX Option Traders: on an average day my cost of…
“Thursday—the most useless day of the week”
A saying about THursday has been printed on several ecards: "Thursday. The most useless day of the week. It only exists as a reminder that it's been a really long week, and it's…
“Thursday doesn’t even count as a day, It’s just the thing that’s blocking Friday”
"Thursday doesn't even count as a day, It's just the thing that's blocking Friday" is a jocular Thursday saying that has been printed on several images. The saying was…