The car remote (key fob) can't lock the house, but many people get this confused. "Just tried unlocking the house with my car remote. Unsurprisingly it didn't work. Did have to go…
"Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the/your house" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the realities of life…
"Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the/your house" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the realities of life…
"Having your phone on silent is all fun and games until you can't find it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. When a phone is missing, another phone is often used to…
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. Max & Ruby is a Canadian children's animated television series. HBO Max has nothing to do with Max &…
Do people really "break into song"? A musical one-line saying is: "He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key." The pun-filled saying has been cited in print…
The NBA and NFL drafts are often held in New York City. A draft prospect is sometimes said to be "strong as a bull/ox" (very strong) or someone who can "run like a deer" (very…
"He can run, but he can't hide" is a famous statement of boxing champion Joe Louis (1913-1981). Louis had won a tough 13-round fight by knockout against Billy Conn (1917-1993) in…
One coach (especially a football coach) often compliments another coach, saying that the coach can take his players and beat your players or take your players and beat his players. The success came…
American journalist and historian David Halberstam told a town meeting at Yale University in November 1974 that television condenses the news. If Moses had received the Ten Commandments in the…
“If I (a politician) could walk on water, you’d (the press would) say that I can’t swim” is an old saying. "He (a politician) could rescue a child from drowning and you'd (the…
"He could sell ice to an Eskimo" -- meaning that he can sell something to someone who has no need for it -- is an old expression to show that a person is a good salesman. "There are…
"He could sell sand in the Sahara desert" -- meaning that he can sell something to someone who has no need for it -- is an old expression to show that a person is a good salesman.…
In the first half of the 20th century, many Jewish people escaped crowded Manhattan and took the newly built subway line to homes in the borough of the Bronx (often along its popular street, the…
Some people "wake up early in the morning." This shouldn't be confused with those who "wake up oily in the morning," but there are jokes. "You may or you may not think…
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt held radio "fireside chats" to communicate with American citizens. In September 1975, Washington Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983)…
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) supposedly said of a political rival: "He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." The remark was supposedly made about either…
An athlete who can use both right and left hands is someone who is "ambidextrous." Something on both land and water is "amphibious." "He's amphibious" -- a…
A "cog in the machine" is something that helps the machine run. A "clog" (a shoe) in the machine might make the machine stop running. "Clog" is a malaprop for the…
Conservative columnist William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) said in August 1965 about President Lyndon B. Johnson: "He is a man of his most recent word." A "man of his word" is…