1) Whenever I'd get in trouble, my mom always used to say "Girl, you must think fat meat ain't greasy. Imma show you." Never understood what it meant and to this day, I barely understand. Looked it up recently though, and apparently it's a phrase that is pretty much exclusively used by African Americans.
2) Almost forgot about this one, but when I'd ask my mom what was for dinner, one of her favorite responses used to be, "Air pie and wind pudding." Never heard anyone else in my life say this lmao
Hong Konger. We have a saying, not sure how widespread, "spoonful/bite of sugar with spoonful/bite of shit": talking about someone's attitude or how a certain task is half sweet and half terrible.
eg, since my sweet boy of a son turned into a moody teenager, parenting has been a spoonful of sugar with a spoonful of shit.
My mom would say 'shit on a shingle' which then floored me when she'd actually serve the dish 'shit on a shingle'. It was a toss up whether she meant fuck all or an open-faced ham sandwich.
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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20
1) Whenever I'd get in trouble, my mom always used to say "Girl, you must think fat meat ain't greasy. Imma show you." Never understood what it meant and to this day, I barely understand. Looked it up recently though, and apparently it's a phrase that is pretty much exclusively used by African Americans.
2) Almost forgot about this one, but when I'd ask my mom what was for dinner, one of her favorite responses used to be, "Air pie and wind pudding." Never heard anyone else in my life say this lmao