Okay...maybe it's me...tell me if I'm wrong...but where do we get some of these phrases that we use? Someone called me on the phone the other day and wanted my advice (if you can imagine that!) on a certain subject. Well...my ego was primed and I gave them an answer. Then, at the end of the conversation they said, "Thanks for letting me pick your brain." WHOAH! Where did we get that phrase? PICK YOUR BRAIN? Did this phrase come out of the National Right To A Labotomy Convention? If there is ever a more stomach turning phrase it's "LET ME PICK YOUR BRAIN." No thank you...I don't need anyone picking through my brain.
Well...this got me to thinking...what about the phrase, "Don't let the cat out of the bag!" Who's putting cats in bags? Is that how we transport our furry feline friends now? I mean, the whole purpose of employing this phrase is to keep someone quiet about something, right? It would seem to me that if you have a cat in a bag...it's something you're not going to be able to keep quiet for long. Of course it would give a whole new spin on the question at the supermarket, "Would you like paper or plastic?"
Again...I'm on a roll...what's with the phrase, "Don't open up that can of worms!" Whose stocking their shelves with cans of worms. I've never seen worms in cans. I mean...is someone out there going, "Hey! Do you realize how hard it is to get those slimey suckers in the cans in the first place? I don't need some fancy know-it-all coming in here and opening up my cans of worms!"
And the last one...(applause!)...what is with the phrase: "Eat your heart out!" What kind of sick, cannibalisitc phrase is this? Eat your heart out? Is there a cannibal family sitting around the dinner table...where Mama Cannibal has just fixed someone for dinner? And Mama Cannibal points her finger and say, "You all eat what's on your plate! And you little Johhny! You eat your heart out! Or no dessert for you!"
Kelly Ventura
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