“Buy the dips, sell the rips” (Wall Street adage)
"Buy low, sell high" is an old Wall Street maxim on how to make money. This often means to "buy on the dips" (or "buy on dips" or "buy the dips," meaning to…
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“Buy the worst house in the best neighborhood” (real estate adage)
"Buy the worst house in the best neighborhood" is a real estate adage cited in print since at least 1972. The theory is that the best neighborhood is always desirable, and home…
“Buy to the roar of cannon and sell to the sound of trumpets” (Wall Street adage)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksPaper MoneyBy Adam SmithPublished by Summit Books1981Pg. 286:"Buy on the cannons, sell on the trumpets." New York (NY) TimesMarket Place; For Warner,…
“Buy when there’s blood in the streets” (Baron Rothschild in 1871)
"Buy low, sell high" is the mantra of making money on Wall Street, but when is it low enough to buy? According to one Wall Street proverb, the time to buy is when there is "blood in…
“Buy wind chimes. It’s a pretty sound investment”
A sound investment shouldn't be confused with an investment in sound, but there are puns. "I just bought new wind chimes. It was a pretty sound investment" was posted on Reddit --…
“Buy wisely. Cook carefully”
"Buy wisely, Cook carefully" was a saying during the food rationing of World War II, and it has been printed on many images. "Start your Victory Drive now. Buy wisely, cook…
“Buy with bread, sell with cheese” (wine saying)
"Buy with bread, sell with cheese" (also ""Buy on bread, sell on cheese") has been a saying in the wine industry in France, recorded in English since at least 1972. Cheese…
“Buyers are liars and sellers are, too” (real estate saying)
"Buyers are liars and sellers are, too" is an old saying in the real estate industry. "All Buyers Are Liars" was cited in print in 1965; "Buyers are liars and sellers are…
“Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself”
"Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself" is an observation that was posted on Reddit -- Shower Thoughts on December 28, 2014. "The airplane does…
“Buying frozen pizza is such a lie. ‘Oh I’ll save this for when I don’t feel like cooking’. Surprise, surprise. Day one”
Many people shop for items that they will use when they don't fell like cooking, but that usually ends up being consumed immediately. This was posted on X/Twitter by antipodean scourge on…
“Buying groceries is starting to make me wonder what a pine cone tastes like!”
"Buying groceries is starting to make me wonder what a pine cone tastes like!" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, buying groceries is expensive (but pine cones can…
“Buying groceries with NO foodstamps should help boost ya credit score”
"Buying groceries without food stamps should boost your credit score" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, buying food without government assistance. "Buying…
“Buying groceries without food stamps should boost your credit score”
"Buying groceries without food stamps should boost your credit score" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, buying food without government assistance. "Buying…
“Buying insurance is almost the exact opposite of buying a lottery ticket”
"Insurance is exactly the opposite of a lottery" was posted on the newsgroup sci.math on June 14, 1999. Both require paying smalls sums, but with insurance, you win the big payoff if you…
“By law, you are required to turn on your headlights if it’s raining in Sweden” (joke)
Sometimes there is a local law requiring that a car's headlights be turned on when it's raining. A joke about this was posted on Twitter by Roy Beale on March 7, 2015: "By law, you…
“By Newton’s Third Law of motion, for every pulled pork sandwich, there is a pushed pork sandwich”
"Pulled pork" is an American barbecue dish, but there is no "pushed pork." "I am enjoying a pulled pork sandwich. I tried the pushed pork but it was too densely packed to…
“By the time u realize my worth, Ima be making chicken Alfredo for someone else”
"By the time you realize my worth, I’ll be boiling hotdogs for someone else!" was posted on Facebook by Brent Edgar on October 5, 2021, and this received over 12,000 shares. The joke is…
“By the time you realize my worth, I’ll be boiling hotdogs for someone else!”
"By the time you realize my worth, I’ll be boiling hotdogs for someone else!" was posted on Facebook by Brent Edgar on October 5, 2021, and this received over 12,000 shares. The joke is…
“By way of Canarsie” (Canarsie, Brooklyn)
To go somewhere "by way of Canarsie (Brooklyn)" is to go out of the way, or in a roundabout way. New York (NY) Post columnist Leonard Lyons (1906-1976) wrote in "The Lyons Dens"…
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually be the boss and work twelve hours”
"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day" was in the newspaper column "Editorial Epigrams" by Robert Quillen…