“Nice guys finish last”
"Nice guys finish last" was the title of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher's article in the April 1948 Cosmopolitan and also the title of his 1975 autobiography. The Brooklyn…
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“Nice guys finish lunch”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Nice guyThe "nice guys finish last" viewA common aphorism is that "nice guys finish last." The phrase is attributed to baseball manager Leo…
“Nice place you got here. Be a shame if anything happened to it”
Gangster-type intimidation repeated often in the movies is: "Nice place you got here. Be a shame if anything happened to it." (Or, "Nice place you got here. It would be a pity if…
“Nice try, fed boi” (“Nice try, fedboi”)
"Nice try, fed" (or "Nice try, fed boi") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker usually means that an undercover federal agent has attempted entrapment,…
“Nice try, fed boy” (“Nice try, fedboy”)
"Nice try, fed" (or "Nice try, fed boi") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker usually means that an undercover federal agent has attempted entrapment,…
“Nice try, fed”
"Nice try, fed" (or "Nice try, fed boi") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker usually means that an undercover federal agent has attempted entrapment,…
“Niggas be living off their girls government assistance and try and act tough. Calm down John WIC”
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has nothing to do with the American neo-noir action film series and media franchise John Wick, but there are jokes. The…
“Nillionaire is a fancier way of saying that you are broke”
"Nillionaire" is a portmanteau word combining "nil" (nothing) and the suffix from such terms as "millionaire" and "billionaire." The word…
“Nina” in Al Hirschfeld’s caricatures (New York Times)
Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), the Broadway caricaturist, was probably Broadway's longest-running success story. His first theater doodle was in 1926 for the New York Herald Tribune. He soon…
“Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame”
American political columnist Meg Greenfield (1930-1999) wrote in the Washington (DC) Post on February 5, 1996: "Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame. The other 10 percent may…
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation”
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is credited with saying "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation" (or "Corrupt politicians make…
“Nipples to the wind”
"Nipples to the Wind" is the title of a play of Texas monologues by Paula Coco. Coco describes the phrase to mean "head up, chin out," and says that "nipples to the…
“No animal has ever abandoned a person due to illness or old age”
"No dog ever abandoned its owner because he was old or sick" is a popular meme. "NO ANIMAL HAS EVER ABANDONED A PERSON DUE TO ILLNESS OR OLD AGE" (also shown on an image) was…
“No applause—just throw money”
"No applause -- just throw money" is an entertainment gag line of uncertain authorship. Some insist that the line is from vaudeville in the early 1900s, but it has been cited in print…
“No bad dogs and no good cops? What about K-9 units?”
"No bad dogs. No good cops" (or "No good cops. No bad dogs") is a saying that has been printed on many images. "no bad dogs, no good cops" was posted on X/Twitter by…
“No bad dogs. No good cops”
"No bad dogs. No good cops" (or "No good cops. No bad dogs") is a saying that has been printed on many images. "no bad dogs, no good cops" was posted on X/Twitter by…
“No bad dogs. No good presidents”
"No bad dogs. No good presidents" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "NO BAD DOGS. NO GOOD PRESIDENTS" (shown on a sticker) was posted on Bluesky by Mike…
“No bees, no honey; no work, no money”
"No bees, no honey" (Neque mel, neque apes) is a Latin phrase that means that, according to Erasmus (1466-1536), "every convenience hath its concomitant inconvenience." A…
“No biggie” (no big deal)
"No biggie" means "no big deal." A "biggie" is a "big deal," something important. "No real biggie" was said in 1973 by a narcotics agent, referring…
“No bill is truly dead until the final gavel falls”
"No bill is truly dead until the final gavel falls" is a popular legislative adage of unknown authorship. "No bill is dead until the gavel bangs adjournment" was cited in a…