OT: fruit expressions as urban slang

[Zorro]

The whole enchilada. Sour grapes. Layers of the onion. Candy ass.

 

[JordyG]

What a bunch of Boloney.

What a bunch of Boloney.

 

[JordyG]

You're all a bunch of coconuts. Last night's game classified ND as lily-livered. Money used to be called lettuce or cabbage. People get red as a beet or can be a potato head. Groups of people can "coffee clutch". Ideas are seeds of thought. Teeth, usually false ones, can be called Chiclets (made of gum). Some ceilings are popcorn ceilings. So many more.

 

[Charliebball]

Phil Rizzuto used to call players and other folks Huckleberries during Yankees games......

 

[tomcat]

Bananas has been around since I was a kid, which means 50-60 years, anyway, maybe longer. You can substitute another slang term, "bonkers," which pretty ,much means the same thing.

I've had one or two of them--my 2011 -came with no front caster adjustments and it was re-aligned 7 times in one year--in 50 years of driving I only had one other aligned --2011 sonata hyundia--dumped that one. A lemon!!

Pear-shaped is much less popular, though my Wikipedia source says that it is used in the U.K. a lot. How it got started is in dispute, but Wikipedia says the Oxford English Dictionary cites its first use as in the Royal Air Force around 2003.

 

[tomcat]

I've had one or two of them--my 2011 -came with no front caster adjustments and it was re-aligned 7 times in one year--in 50 years of driving I only had one other aligned --2011 sonata hyundia--dumped that one. A lemon!!

It's obvious the car needed caster oil.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Bananas has been around since I was a kid, which means 50-60 years, anyway, maybe longer. You can substitute another slang term, "bonkers," which pretty ,much means the same thing.


Pear-shaped is much less popular, though my Wikipedia source says that it is used in the U.K. a lot. How it got started is in dispute, but Wikipedia says the Oxford English Dictionary cites its first use as in the Royal Air Force around 2003.

Pear shaped has been around at least since Hillary first hit the political scene back when Bill hit the white house. It was a comment about her shape resembling a pear --and hard to dress. I think the Royal also took credit for the F111 or B1. they also use bugger a lot. probably because they had too many of a pint ah
If I'm not mistaken--it was around 20 or 30 years earlier at least.
He went Banana's where he heard his girlfriend was impregnated. But since you can't eat a bonker-----

 

[BroadwayVa]

It's obvious the car needed caster oil.

Or you could use Camber oil!! Thanks.

 

[BroadwayVa]

That wa

Phil Rizzuto used to call players and other folks Huckleberries during Yankees games.[/QU
That's because he was the Bee's knees!!

 

[Intpseeker]

When younger, I had a cherry car

 

[choochoo]

Hey guy--youse, musta come outa onea da boro's!! Cuz-youse no's wat I'ze nose. Orange crush was/is a nice orange drink.
I won't touch the melons' comment (I said comment) and only boxers have cauliflower ears.
Good stuff!!

Or The Denver Broncos Defence!

 

[BroadwayVa]

Or The Denver Broncos Defence!

The only Bronco defense I ever say in Denver was de Wooden Fence coral

 

[RowdyFan]

My apology---I focused on FRUIT and failed to fully read --veggies and flowers--or I would have used--Lilly livered
a real petunia, cabbage head, turnip top, carrot top, --so my question of Hot tamale was out of place--.

My apology, too....I ran right over the fruit/veggie/flower anology and went right to FOOD. I must have been hungry!