Regardless, it is an annoying thing to say (as are most idioms). They come out of our mouths like an idiomatic tourettes syndrome. When Googling the "hey is for horses" line, I found thread after thread of people fixating on the stupid idioms they learned from their parents. And I cringe because I say some of these things:
See ya, wouldn't want to be ya.
Well...deep subject for such a shallow mind.
Hello...hell's low and heaven's high.
(when someone trips) Have a nice trip, see you next fall.
(when someone asks if I got a haircut) More than one.I am so ashamed. I don't want to say these things but they are so ingrained into my involuntary speech monitor that I can't seem to reel them in. I do have to say that I found a few funny ones to add to my arsenal while doing my search:
(when someone says they are going to the bathroom) Mention my name and they'll give you a good seat.
(when someone say they "wish" something would happen) Put your wish in one hand and take a dump in the other and see which one gets filled sooner.Oh my god. Please don't let me start saying those things, too. Damn you Google!
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Hay's 'fer horses. Straw's cheaper. Pigs don' eat neither.
R. You can take the boy out of Boise, but not Boise out of the boy.
http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boise-American-Columbia-Northwest/dp/0295981679
Um. Yea. About that...
I didn't say you were one of the boys of Boise, just a Boise boy.
Not that there is anything wrong with it.
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