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July 13, 2023
Work/Businesses

“List of things I’m handling well currently: 1. ”

"List of things I'm currently handling well: " (nothing follows, except usually just the number "1" and maybe "2") is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

October 21, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you”

"Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown, but…

August 12, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Locksmiths are key workers”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in classifications of some people as "essential workers" (in the US) or "key workers" (in the UK). "LOCKSMITHS. Take advantage…

April 25, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”

"Loneliness is the ultimate poverty" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. Frank Tyger" was printed in the Winston County…

February 13, 2005
Work/Businesses

“Longest Running Show on Broadway” (Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade)

Macy's ("The World's Largest Store," at Herald Square) has held a Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1924, with a suspension during the war years of 1942-1944. In 1986, Macy's…

June 8, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful”

"Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. "'Look back and be grateful,…

August 6, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Look in the mirror. That’s your competition”

"Look in the mirror. That's your competition" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Look in the mirror bitch that's your competition" was…

September 16, 2025
Education/SchoolsWork/Businesses

“Looking back at all the successes & failures in my life, I can’t help but be proud that at least the potty training thing stuck”

"Looking back at all the successes & failures in my life, I can’t help but be proud that at least the potty training thing stuck" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many…

April 25, 2006
Work/Businesses

“Looking Good, Feeling Good” (Ricky’s)

Ricky's sells cosmetics and a little bit of everything that a student would want to spend a night on the town. It's slogan is "Looking Good, Feeling Good." The store was founded…

June 25, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Looking like crap greatly increases your chances of seeing someone you know at the store by 90%”

"Looking like shit increases your chances of seeing someone you know at the store by 90%" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Looking like shit greatly…

June 25, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Looking like shit increases the chance of seeing someone you know at the shops by 90%”

"Looking like shit increases your chances of seeing someone you know at the store by 90%" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Looking like shit greatly…

June 25, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Looking like shit increases your chances of seeing someone you know at the store by 90%”

"Looking like shit increases your chances of seeing someone you know at the store by 90%" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Looking like shit greatly…

December 29, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe”

"Paddle your own canoe" was printed in American newspaper poetical verses in 1826, 1845, 1854, 1864 and 1866; some of the verses were sung. The New-York Mirror of May 23, 1840 defined…

February 19, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Love people, not things; use things, not people”

"Love people, not things; use things not people" is a popular saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying has been popular in Christian teaching as an extension of the New…

March 19, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Lower class: wife doesn’t work; Middle class: wife works; Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work”

A statement about work and the social classes was posted on X/Twitter by Halberstam on November 4, 2022, and received over 212,000 likes: "Lower class: wife doesn’t work Middle class: wife…

June 9, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Mad as a bag of ferrets” (very mad)

"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…

June 9, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Mad as a box of frogs” (very mad)

Frogs like to jump -- something they can't do much of in a box. "Mad as a box of frogs" means to be very mad. "Mad as a box of frogs" was printed in mixmag (London, UK) on…

June 10, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Mad as a ferret” (very mad)

"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…

June 10, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Madder than a box of frogs” (very mad)

Frogs like to jump -- something they can't do much of in a box. "Mad as a box of frogs" means to be very mad. "Mad as a box of frogs" was printed in mixmag (London, UK) on…

December 28, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Madder than a hornet” (“As mad as a hornet”)

Entry in progress -- BP (Oxford English Dictionary)as mad as a hornet North American.1848 Tioga (Wellsboro, Pa.) Eagle 12 Jan. 1/4 While old Darling, who was mad as a hornet, was gwine to have…

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