“A wise woman once said nothing and just continued drinking”
"A wise man once said nothing and just continued drinking" is a drinking saying that has been printed on many images. Sometimes, saying nothing at all and enjoying a drink is the wise…
“A woman’s place is in the kitchen”
"A woman's place is in the home" is a phrase that -- with different wording -- dates from at least classical Greece. "A woman's place is in the bosom of her family" is…
“A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins”
"A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins" is a food saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that tomatoes are indispensable. American…
“A world without weird people is like vanilla ice cream without the sprinkles”
The flavor "vanilla" has come to mean "bland," and sprinkles add some excitement to vanilla ice cream. The YouTube "Off The Pill - Weird People" by Ryan Higa on…
“A worm crawls out of a bowl of spaghetti and says, ‘That was some orgy!’”
Spaghetti can look like worms -- or more specifically, a worm orgy. "Desda el punto de vista de una lombriz, un plato de espaguetis es una orgia" ("From a worm's point of view,…
“A yawn is a silent scream for coffee”
"A yawn is a silent scream for coffee" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as coffee mugs, T-shirts and posters. The saying has been popular on Twitter…
“Absinthe makes the fart grow stronger”
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is an old proverb. There have been many jocular variations with "absinthe" (instead of "absence") and "fart" (instead…
“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder”
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is a saying with classical Roman roots, but was popularized in English in T. H. Bayly's 1835 poem, "Isle of Beauty." "Absinthe…
“Absolutely despicable that gingerbread men are forced to live in houses made of their own flesh”
Gingerbread men live in gingerbread houses. A one-line saying was posted on Twitter by "regluar name" on December 9, 2015: "Absolutely despicable that gingerbread men are forced…
“Absolutely despise when a recipe tells me to add 2 cups of onion. They don’t come in cups. They come in onions”
Recipes often list an ingredient in cups when that ingredient cannot be poured into a cup. This was posted on X/Twitter (the tweet is now private) by David East on July 24, 2022: "absolutlely…
“Abstinence is a good thing, but it should always be practiced in moderation”
"Abstinence is a good thing, but it should always be practiced in moderation" is a popular drinking saying of unknown authorship. The saying was said to be "from an old Irish…
“According to the definition given by Google, the ocean is a soup. It has been boiled during earth creation, it contains meat in the form of fish…”
Is an ocean like a soup? "The ocean is like a giant bowl of soup, except the meat & veggies are alive & someone added way too much salt. #QuietTimeThoughts" was posted on…
“Acknowledge the corn” (to confess or acknowledge a charge)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktionary: acknowledge the cornEtymologyBy folk tale, attributed to an instance of a man who stole several horses and the corn to feed them but in court only admitted to…
“Acute alcoholic: an attractive drunk”
"Acute alcoholic: an attractive drunk" is a jocular drinking definition. The definition was printed in a 1965 Missouri newspaper, where it was credited to Howard Jasper. 9 April 1965,…
“Adam & Eve really were tempted by an apple? And they failed? Imagine if it was a crab rangoon”
In the biblical story (Genesis 2:16-17) of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, God commanded them not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they disobeyed the command and ate it. The forbidden fruit was…
“Adam & Eve really were tempted by an apple? And they failed? Imagine if it was a jalapeño popper”
In the biblical story (Genesis 2:16-17) of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, God commanded them not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they disobeyed the command and ate it. The forbidden fruit was…
“Adam and Eve lived appley ever after”
Fairy tales often end with "happily ever after." "Appley/Apple-y ever after" or "Applely ever after" (apple + happily ever after) is an apple variation of this.…
“Adam and Eve were tempted by an apple. Imagine if they had nachos back then”
In the biblical story (Genesis 2:16-17) of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, God commanded them not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they disobeyed the command and ate it. The forbidden fruit was…
“Adam and Eve were tempted by an apple. Imagine if they had tacos back then”
In the biblical story (Genesis 2:16-17) of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, God commanded them not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they disobeyed the command and ate it. The forbidden fruit was…
“Adam and Eve weren’t Chinese. They would have sold the apple and eaten the snake”
A saying has it that Chinese people eat many things. This has been expressed in a riddle: Q: How do we know that Adam and Eve were not Chinese?A: Because they would have thrown away the apple and…