Old expressions that no longer apply

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The best part of you ran down your father's leg.
OH WAIT! that really does apply today
 
"Don't air your dirty laundry in public"

Used this last week with one of our younger engineers who was complaining about the company to one of our vendors, he gave me a puzzled look but came to me a few days later and thanked me for the advise.

My Grandfather always said a job isn't done until "5,6 and 7,8"

One two buckle my shoe........

Pick up sticks and set them straight.
 
Dumber than a box of rocks

Bats in the belfry

That'll go over like a lead balloon ( How Led Zeppelin got their name)

Noisier than a box of frogs
 
That boy could break a crowbar in a sandbox.
This is excellent. This is the first time that I have heard it.
I am going to use this in the future and even claim that I thought of it, I like it that much.
 
You used to hear people say "Kiss my grits" all the time when the sitcom Alice was popular.
 
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