Expressions

My son, the shrieker, has turned over a new leaf. The same child who at eight-months, found his lungs and has since unleashed gutter wails that make everyone within a 50 mile radius cringe is now taking a kinder, gentler approach to getting his point across. Well, sometimes...

When his sister shut him out of their room recently, he ran to me with tears flying from his eyes saying, "I sad. I so sad." Then, he looked up and said, "You happy, but I sad." I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry in response. Either way, I was impressed by the passion my lil guy put behind his proclamation. Every child expresses his or her feelings differently be it through words, attitudes or actions. How do your wee ones express themselves?
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You know when an old saying is on the tip of your tongue, but you just can't remember it word-for-word? We've all been there, and the following is a list of those well known expressions...sort of:

• "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it."
• "Let's nip this in the butt." / "Let's nibble this in the butt."
• "Don't eat with your mouth full!"
• "I'm not going to let this guy shine on my parade."
• "Water under the dam." / "Water over the bridge."
• "He's disgusting. He smokes like a fish!"
• "We're killing two birds for the price of one."
• "If it had legs it would have bit you."
• "You'll know it like the back of your head."
• "That's the way the crumble cookies."
• "I don't want to sound like a dead horse."
• "Let's take a wild stab in the back."
• "Around here, it's always feast or phantom." -- A waitress, when it was pointed out that the restaurant was not very busy.
• "If you could get it working I'd be internally grateful." -- From email sent to a web site administrator.
• "This is the piece of the puzzle that allows you to paint in the rest of the pie." -- A salesperson, describing a new telephony service.

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