Any other "odd" expressions come to mind that you want / need to share ?
I hadn't ever heard the "big girl's blouse" expression, BATouttaheck; thanks for explaining it!
Have I told you about the "sick Australian joke" story, Bat? I mentioned it in the Soapbox:
I was once at a park in Bolton Landing, NY, when someone screamed that line, and everyone in the park turned to look at her. I still have no idea exactly what it means.
The season come again for winter’s tales, I tell you one which my nurse told to me As watched I warily the swirling snows. “I’ll raise one up,” she swore, “of ghosts by night…”