Trust has its limits. "You can trust your dog to guard your house but never trust your dog to guard your sandwich" was posted on Twitter on November 20, 2012. "You can trust a dog to…
"You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish" was the title of REO Speedwagon's double platinum-selling 1978 album. The title is from an old riddle: "Question:…
"You can't be sad when you're holding a cupcake" is a one-line cupcake saying that has been printed on many images. "Today my hometown honored me with Kid President…
"You can't be too rich or too thin" (or "A woman can never be too rich or too thin") is a popular phrase that originated in the 1960s. Women were obsessed with being thin…
"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream" (or "Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy ice cream") is a popular saying that has been printed on posters.…
"You can't cook with cold grease" means that one should (usually proverbially) turn up the heat, or make things more intense. The Chicago (IL) Tribune cited in 1982: "Aaron…
"You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as poster, T-shirts and mugs. The saying has been…
"You can't eat decor" (or "you can't eat the decor") means that a restaurant should serve good food. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that a restaurant…
"Betcha can't eat just one" was the 1963 advertising campaign slogan (by Young & Rubicam) for Lay's Potato Chips. Television advertising featured New York City-born actor…
"You can't have your Kate and Edith, too" is a pun on the the famous saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it, too. This was printed in the Chicago (IL) Daily Tribune…
"You can't live a full life on an empty stomach" is a food saying that has been printed on many images. "That makes about as much sense to me as trying to live a full life on an…
In 1948, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) ran for president of the United States -- and lost again. After Dewey's defeat in November 1948, Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)…
The expressive flip side to "chicken salad" is "chicken feathers" (a euphemism for "chicken shit"). A difference "between chicken salad and chicken feathers"…
"You can't make everybody happy you're not a NUTELLA jar" was cited on Twitter on August 19, 2014. Nutella is the brand name of an Italian sweetened hazelnut chocolate spread.…
On the American television sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the episode "The Guitarist Amplification" that originally aired on November 9, 2009, the character Sheldon Cooper (actor Jim…
"You can't spell sausage without U.S.A." is a saying that has been printed on many images. Johnsonville, a sausage company headquartered in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, trademarked…
"You can't spell sausage without usage" is a jocular saying, less popular than “You can’t spell sausage without U.S.A.” "You can't spell 'sausage' without…
"You can't take a second drink unless you have taken a first" was included in the book A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1991), but the saying has also been included on Internet…
"You can’t eat snacks while you sleep so taking a nap is basically a diet" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on X/Twitter by Simon Holland on June…
On the American television sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the episode "The Guitarist Amplification" that originally aired on November 9, 2009, the character Sheldon Cooper (actor Jim…