a fly in the ointment

A minor irritation, or hiccup that makes a failure out of something that would otherwise have been a success.

There is always a fly in the ointment! My ticket matched all six white numbered balls, but didn't match the green Lucky Ball! Still scored one hundred thousand!!! I ain't mad at 'em!

by talk2me-JCH2 April 09, 2021

nostril biscuit

a handkerchief

A nostril biscuit is intended for sopping up nostril gravy (snot).

by talk2me-JCH2 June 12, 2023

leg it

run away quickly; get out immediately

Come on, we need to leg it, now!

by talk2me-JCH2 July 07, 2022

scrimp

Just another way to pronounce shrimp.

The menu offered a Scrimp Basket dinner with coleslaw, sweet corn and hush puppies.

by talk2me-JCH2 July 15, 2022

Donkey's Years

Used to describe a very long passing of time.

I haven't seen Melvin in Donkey's Years! Not even sure I'd recognize him if he walked up to me.

by talk2me-JCH2 July 07, 2022

a spot of bother

A bad place to be; disadvantaged posiitIon, literally or figuratively.

His golf ball appears to be buried in very deep pine straw. Certainly, a spot of bother, at the least!

by talk2me-JCH2 April 04, 2021

Barney

The slang term for a bumbling, inept or overly excitable law enforcement officer.

The term Barney is based on the character Barney Fife on the Andy Grifith Show.

by talk2me-JCH2 June 06, 2022