Always get a chuckle out of this one. Pretty sure Bill would whisper it to Hillary whenever they encountered a less-then-attractive woman: "I would not (have sexual relations with) her with YOUR (penis)!
... That totally confused me when I first arrived in the US of A ... In England we only ever say 'couldn't care less', so when I first heard 'could care less', I was like 'wait, so you actually care? '
In my job we often work in pairs. The phrase "great minds think alike" is often used when discussing the work to be done and agree on how to go about it. I am a carpenter by the way. Unfortunately "shitfurbrains" is never far away either. Regards.
A couple others from Mom: When asked how she is doing, Mom will answer, "oh, fair to middling." When Mom doesn't care one way or another, it's "six of one, half a dozen the other." I read some "pet peeve" expressions and thought of a friend who passionately hated the saying, "it's the same difference."
Another few from the building site. "He doesn't know shit from clay" and "he can't organise a fuck in a brothel with a fistful of fifty dollar notes". Regards.
Probably more sage advice than anything else but in the immortal words of an old flight instructor.... If it floats, flies, or Fks...Rent it!!
An old shop teacher of mine said that a hammer in the hands of a skilled technician is a precision instrument.
One of me Dad's favourites: Shines like a tanner up a sweep's arse. For the non UK members (and even the UK members under a certain age) a tanner was the colloquial name for a six pence piece (which was silver in colour) and a sweep was a chimney sweep who used to send small children up a chimney to clean off the built up soot. Now you can use your imagination as to how shiny that might appear.
I've always liked "the lights are on but nobody's home". I find myself using it on surprisingly many occasions.
When I was younger we used to say "Keen as mustard " or "keen as" Now my nephews say "Mustard as" or "mustard" All due to
Some more heard at work, "he's thick as a brick" "he's thick as two short planks" "he hasn't got two brain cells to rub together". Regards.