“Crazy as a peach orchard boar” (“Madder than a peach orchard boar”)
"Crazy as a peach orchard boar" (also "madder than a peach orchard boar") is a Southern expression used in Texas and elsewhere. Its exact origin and meaning remains unknown, but…
Food/Drink
“Crazy ex-girlfriends are like a box of chocolates. They’ll kill your dog”
“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get" is a famous line from the movie Forrest Gump (1994). Many people love chocolate, but it can kill…
“Crazy fact #274: Eating 3 pizzas a day is more healthy for you than being dead”
"Crazy fact #274: Eating 3 pizzas a day is more healthy for you than being dead" and "Fact: Drinking beer every day is healthier for you than being dead" and "Fun Fact:…
“Crazy how cookin used to save money… Now it don’t even matter”
"Crazy how cookin used to save money.. Now it don’t even matter" was posted on Facebook by Ronnel Moore on May 26, 2023, and this received over 113,000 shares. That is, the price of…
“Crazy how cooking used to save money… Now it don’t even matter”
"Crazy how cookin used to save money.. Now it don’t even matter" was posted on Facebook by Ronnel Moore on May 26, 2023, and this received over 113,000 shares. That is, the price of…
“Crazy times we are living in. I used to cough to hide a fart. Now I fart to hide a cough”
"Cough fart ... When someone coughs to hide a fart with devious intent" was entered in the Urban Dictionary on December 2, 2010. The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak reversed this. "I…
“Cream cheese is a poor man’s brie”
Cream cheese has been compared to brie. "Cream cheese: the poor man's brie" was posted on X/Twitter on January 24, 2011. "OH: Cream cheese. The poor man's brie" was…
“Cream soup is just a warm vegetable smoothie”
Soup has been compared to a vegetable smoothie. "RT @NowGamer_Dan: FF VII's Aeris once supposed that soup is actually just a hot vegetable smoothie. She was killed for this…
“Creamy peanut butter implies the existence of squirty peanut butter”
Peanut butter seemingly implies the existence of other peanut things. "There exists peanut butter but there not exists peanut margarine" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on February…
“Create! Don’t hate” (“Don’t hate. Create”)
"Create! Don't hate" (or "Don't hate. Create") is a saying that has been printed in many images. The saying means that instead of hating someone or something, create…
“Creationists don’t believe in science. They think ‘The Flintstones’ is a documentary”
The animated American television show The Flintstones (originally broadcast from 1960 to 1966) showed a working-class Stone Age family, with dinosaurs and humans living together. The show was a…
“Creativity is intelligence having fun”
"Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun" was written by George Scialabba (Class of 1969) in Harvard Magazine in 1983. The citation was quoted in The Reader's Digest.…
“Creativity is the residue of time wasted” (Einstein?)
"Creativity is the residue of time wasted" has been attributed to the physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) since at least 2006. Jonah Lehrer has popularized the quotation in interviews…
“Credit anticipates and equity confirms”
"Credit anticipates and equity confirms" is a financial adage, cited in print since at least March 31, 2009. A person or an institution lends credit in anticipation of profitable events;…
“Cremation: my last chance to have a smokin’ hot body”
"Being cremated is my last hope for a smoking hot body" (or "Cremation: my last chance to have a smokin' hot body" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images…
“Crème brûlée is just French flan”
Crème brûlée is often compared to flan. "U kno.... creme brulee is jsut French flan... I see through your lies French ppl..." was posted on Twitter by isimonito on November 12, 2016.…
“Cricket is a batsman’s game”
"Cricket is a batsman's game" is a popular cricket adage. "No longer is cricket regarded solely as a batsman's game with bowlers there to act as stooges as it were"…
“Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties”
"The glorious uncertainty of the law" was a toast made in 1756, after Lord Mansfield overruled some old legal decisions. Several sports and games have been noted for their "glorious…
“Cricket is an uncertain game”
"Cricket is an uncertain game" (or "Cricket is a game of uncertainty") is a popular cricket saying that dates to at least 1848. “Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties”…
“Cricket is basically baseball on Valium”
"Cricket is basically baseball on Valium" is a line attributed to American comedian Robin Williams (1951-2014) at a performance at the London Palladium on December 5, 1987. Williams did…