"Hit Or Miss"


Sometimes good or successful, sometimes not; having mixed or unpredictable results; random, aimless, careless, or haphazard.

"Off One's Rocker".......





Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.

"Let The Chips Fall Where They May":.....





To let something happen, no matter if it's good or bad.

"A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss."


Meaning that if a person keeps moving from one place to another, they will not get many friends or possessions. A person, who keeps changing from place to place has no roots and hence no responsibilities.

"Slower Than Molasses In January"...........

Exceptionally slow or sluggish; not fast at all. Someone or something that is painfully slow.

"One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison/ One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure.


What one person may consider good, enjoyable, or beneficial may be disliked by someone else.

"Jumping Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire"...........


Going from a bad situation to one that is even worse.

"Don't Cut Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face"



Meaning acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.

Don't Burn Your House To Smoke Out A Rat!


It advises us to use solutions that are appropriate to the magnitude of the problem.

"Walking On Eggshells"...........



To act with great care and consideration so as not to upset someone.

"Woke Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed".......



To be in a particularly and persistently irritable, unhappy, or grouchy mood or state, especially when it is not in line with one's normal disposition.

"Bet Your Bottom Dollar"...

Be certain that something will happen so much so that one would hypothetically risk one's last dollar betting on it.

"Open Secret" .............

Something that is supposed to be secret but is actually something that many people know about

“Have A Heart” ..............



Show some pity; try and be sympathetic.

"Have Egg On Your Face"



To have egg on your face is to feel foolish.

"Sugarcoat"


To “sugarcoat” something is to put it into a deceptively or inaccurately positive light.

“That’s The Way The Cookie Crumbles” ..



Means that what is referred to is an expected or typical outcome.

"Calm Before The Storm"..............



A quiet or peaceful period before a period during which there is great activity, argument, or difficulty

Now, that phrase (or one very similar) has a history that goes back to 49BC! The Senate of Rome had ordered a young successful general returning from campaigning in southern Gaul to disband his army before crossing the Rubicon river, which was then regarded as the border of Italy. The general ignored it, and crossed the river with one of his legions, uttering the phrase "Alea iacta est!" as he did so.

This of course was regarded as treason by the Senate, and the incident sparked a civil war which resulted in the general - Julius Caesar - taking sole charge of the Roman state, turning the Senate into little more than a bureaucratic rubber-stamping body. And so Rome gained its first emperor.

The phrase Alea iacta est means that the dice (alea) have been thrown, but have not yet landed, so the outcome of the throw is unknown. It's often translated into English as "the die is cast" but in modern English that appears to mean that things are set, whereas the original meant that all is in a state of flux. Some prefer "Throw the dice high!" as capturing the spirit of the original better.

And from this same incident, we get "crossing the Rubicon", meaning that a point of no return has been reached.

Brown-Nose............


Sucking up to someone to ingratiate oneself. Bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them.