"You have to pay taxes so they protect you from what they'll do to you if you don't pay taxes. That's how mafia works" is a saying that has been printed on an image.…
"You have to put off being young until you can retire" --- that is, when you have money -- is a retirement saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print…
"Modus operandi" is Latin for "mode/manner of operating." "#YUK. RT!'@sixthformpoet: You have to question the modus operandi of people who use Latin for no…
"Speculate to accumulate" (that is, "take chances to win big") appears to have started in gambling and was cited by Broadway scribe Walter Winchell by 1941. The phrase is more…
"You have two cows..." is the start of a joke that's also called the "Parable of the Isms." The joke illustrates what happens to the two cows under Socialism, Communism,…
Film director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was making the film comedy Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) when he listened to an actor sing. The actor couldn't sing. "You have Van Gogh's ear for…
"You haven't had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Trying to get a word in edgewise…
American critic Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) wrote in While Rome Burns (1934): "You haven't lived until you died in New York." The one-line saying has been included in lists of…
A vampire is killed by a stake to the heart. There's a vegetarian version in the riddle: Q: How do you kill a vegetarian vampire?A: Drive a steak through his heart. The joke was cited in the…
"You're killing yourself for a job that would replace you within a week if you dropped dead. Take care of yourself" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means…
People usually try to get in shape for the summer, when the weather is warmer and they will be wearing less clothing. "You knew summer was coming and you just kept eating" (or "You…
People usually try to get in shape for the summer, when the weather is warmer and they will be wearing less clothing. "You knew summer was coming and you just kept eating" (or "You…
People usually try to get in shape for the summer, when the weather is warmer and they will be wearing less clothing. "You knew summer was coming and you just kept eating" (or "You…
Restaurants often put some items, such as seafood, as "market price" (abbreviated "MKT"). That menu item is usually very expensive. "You know a restaurant expensive when a…
A joke has it that a fancy restaurant doesn't give you a "bill," it gives you a "william." "At the end of meals in formal restaurants remember to ask for the William.…
"You know it's cold outside when you go outside and it's cold" is an obvious saying that has been printed on many images. "'@MattSingleton17: You know it's cold…
"You know it's cold outside when you trip over dog poop/shit instead of stepping in it" is a jocular winter saying that has been printed on many images. "You know it's cold…
"You know it's cold outside when you trip over dog poop/shit instead of stepping in it" is a jocular winter saying that has been printed on many images. "You know it's cold…
"You know it's fall in Florida when the license plate colors begin to change" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The saying means that "snowbirds" are driving…
"You know it's fall in Florida when the license plate colors begin to change" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The saying means that "snowbirds" are driving…