An old UK English expression about someone who is a braggart is “all his geese are swans” And in the US South, a colloquial expression for describing a slippery character is “they’re slicker than greased goose shit” - ThreadSky

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adamcsharp.bsky.social • 37 days ago

An old UK English expression about someone who is a braggart is “all his geese are swans”

And in the US South, a colloquial expression for describing a slippery character is “they’re slicker than greased goose shit”

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panyol.bsky.social•37 days ago

🤣

adamcsharp.bsky.social•37 days ago

adamcsharp.bsky.social•36 days ago

Finally, a slang Brazilian term for having sex is afogar o ganso. It means “drowning the goose”

rebelalliance77.bsky.social•37 days ago

‘Went for a gander’. A still commonly used phrase in Ireland and I think Britain. Were geese a huge thing at some point?
Wonder where it came from

majael.bsky.social•36 days ago

And of course, someone who's traveling very fast might say something like, "I went through there like shit through a goose." (Acceptable variant: "...through a tin horn.") (Variant from Terry Pratchett: "...like green apples through a short grandmother.")

shratno.bsky.social•37 days ago

My Dad had a saying when us kids asked him what something was. He’d say “it’s a loodle laddle for a goose’s bridal.”

I’ve never forgotten it and have no idea where it came from!

elliotghoul.bsky.social•37 days ago

I’ve always liked “all hat, no cattle” in this slot

anterodigger.bsky.social•37 days ago

Once heard a trucker on the CB radio say, "It's slicker than owl shit on a plate glass window out here".

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