“Burritos are sleeping bags for ground beef”
"A burrito is a sleeping bag for ground beef" (or "Burritos are sleeping bags for ground beef" is a jocular description of a burrito that has been printed on many images.…
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“Burritos as big as your head” (restaurant sign)
"Burritos as big as your head" is a restaurant sign that has been shown on many images. “Nachos as big as your ass” is a somewhat similar restaurant sign. Twitter Neil@kneelwbought…
“Burritos brought to life!” (Blockheads)
The Blockheads chain has six Manhattan restaurants. It's famous for its inexpensive Mexican food and its $3 frozen Margaritas. "Burritos brought to life!" is its not-too-popular…
“Bury the lede” (“Bury the lead”)
"Bury(ing) the lead/lede" in a newspaper article means that the important part of the article is several paragraphs down -- where many newspaper readers might not catch it. A poor…
“Buses have the route number on the back so you can confirm that it was your bus you just missed”
Buses have route numbers on the back, but why? "I love how buses show the route number on the back as well .. so you can be sure it was definitely your bus you just missed" was posted on…
“Busier than a one-armed paper hanger”
"Busier than a one-armed paper hanger" is one way to say that someone is very busy. "Our chef is kept as busy as a one-armed man engaged in the exercise of bean-bag" was printed…
“Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest”
"Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest" is one way to say that someone is very busy. "Busier than a one-legged man at a kicking contest" was cited in print in…
“Business conventions show how many people a company can operate without”
"Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without" is a jocular saying that has been included in many collections of humorous…
“Business was so bad they were shooting deer in the balcony” (Broadway saying)
"Business was so bad they were shooting deer in the balcony" is an old Broadway saying. The actor George Jessel (1898-1981) said this in 1928 to describe the immense proportions of the…
“Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is a candy”
"Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is candy" was said by Charles F. Abbott (1876-1936), Executive Director of the American Institute of Steel Construction, at…
“Busy, blessed and booked”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Busy, booked and blessed”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all. New York has great water for coffee”
American director David Lynch said, in a story published in Time magazine on October 1, 1990: "I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all. New…
“But first, cocktails”
"But first, cocktails" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "But first, coffee" is a similar popular saying. "But first, cocktail for an hour" was printed…
“But first, coffee”
"But first, coffee" is a one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. The origin of the meme is unclear, but it became known by the 1990s. A 1994 translation of the 19th…
“But first, iced coffee”
"But first, iced coffee" is a variant of the saying "But first, coffee" that has been printed on many images. "Hello cruel world. I am going to work shortly. But first ...…
“But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders”
A cartoon by artist Tom Toro was printed in The New Yorker on November 26, 2012. A businessman in a tattered suit tells children around the campfire: "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a…
“But I think I love fall most of all”
"I love fall most of all" is a seasonal saying that has been printed on many images. "I love Fall most of all!" was posted on Twitter by DeWayne in SD on October 13, 2009.…
“But if that was true it would be on the news”
"If that was/were true it would be on the news" is a saying that occurs to some people when told of some event (child trafficking, food and vaccine safety, political corruption and more).…
“Butter is bread lube”
Butter has been called "bread lube." "Today's out-of-context quote: Butter is bread lube. It makes bread go down easier, not people" was posted on Twitter by Slimy Stardust…