vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat is an iconic catchphrase from your grandparents?message-squaremessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down13
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minus-squareNeedingvsGetting@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-211 months ago“There’s not enough blue to make a cat a pair of pants!” From my southern grandmother, when she’d spot a break in the clouds on an overcast day
minus-squareguleblanc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoApparently the British say “Just enough blue to patch a Dutchman’s trousers.” Tom Lewis wrote a song with that title.
minus-squareNeedingvsGetting@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI’ve heard a couple of variations, but that’s a new one for me! I love it!
“There’s not enough blue to make a cat a pair of pants!”
From my southern grandmother, when she’d spot a break in the clouds on an overcast day
Apparently the British say “Just enough blue to patch a Dutchman’s trousers.” Tom Lewis wrote a song with that title.
I’ve heard a couple of variations, but that’s a new one for me! I love it!