“Tougher than a two-dollar steak”
The columnist Molly Ivins described Ann Richards as "tougher than a two-dollar steak." The steak phrase is an old one and not confined to Texas. The price of the steak has varied through…
The columnist Molly Ivins described Ann Richards as "tougher than a two-dollar steak." The steak phrase is an old one and not confined to Texas. The price of the steak has varied through…
There is a joke about a door-to-door salesman who had an especially hard job -- he sold doors, "Dad has the hardest job in the world. He's a door-to-door salesman selling doors" was…
Romanian-born American poet and commentator Andrei Codrescu wrote in The Muse Is Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans: And Other Essays (1993): "Tourists are terrorists with cameras, while…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused panic buying of toilet paper. Many people were puzzled by this. "Toilet paper hoarding explained...some people will be eating their own cooking for…
The slogan "trade follows the flag" dates to at least 1862, when the Union tried to discourage trade with the Confederacy. The saying became very popular in the second half of the 19th…
NFL football coach Buddy Ryan (1931-2016) didn't hide his opinions. In 1986 training camp when Ryan was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, he wasn't impressed with running back…
"Trade the first day, and stay away" is an investment adage from Jonathan Cheng in the March 1, 2011 Wall Street Journal. The rhyme is similar to the famous Wall Street adage, "Sell…
"Tariffying" )tariff + terrifying) is a political portmanteau word that has been infrequently used. "Merely tariffying a country like that is never going to terrify it!" was…
"Trade what you see, not what you think/believe" has been cited in print since at least 1999 and has been credited to trading educator Joe Ross. The adage means to trade on what the…
"Traders drive Chevrolets, investors drive Cadillacs" means that frequent trading results in a Chevrolet (a common car, or an average reward), but that long-term investing results in a…
Stocks traded in eighths of a point until the 2000s, when stock exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange switched to decimal pricing. A Wall Street saying was that…
"Trading opportunites are like buses/streetcars/trains; if you miss one, another will come along soon" means that nothing is so special that there's not another financial opportunity…
"Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Aggieland take note. '@tcollen: OH: “Tradition is just peer…
"Tradition never graduates" (or "tradition doesn't graduate") is a saying used by many successful school sports programs. The students graduate, but the tradition of…
The radio saying used to be just "traffic and weather every ten minutes" (especially on 1010 WINS News). It became "traffic and weather together" and "on the 8s" (for…
Waiting for traffic to clear has been compared to waiting for a computer to run. "Traffic is like the buffering of real life" was posted on Twitter on March 2, 2012. "Traffic is like…
David Letterman, the host of television's Late Night with David Letterman from New York City, commented about driving in the city: "Traffic signals in New York are just rough…
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger; comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die" is a popular line from Brooklyn-born comedian/actor/director/screenwriter Mel Brooks. Tragedy is even…
Trail mix has been compared with a granola bar. "Revelation of the day: trail mix is just a deconstructed granola bar" was posted on Twitter by Lisa DeSantis on April 18, 2014.…
"Trail mix is just M&M's with obstacles" is a jocular saying from someone who loves M&M's -- but not the other trail mix ingredients -- that has been printed on many…