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Layered Like Pie

A sarcastic counter-expression used when someone has claimed that a person is "layered" – in the sense that while they might be bitter or sour on the outside, on the inside they're actually sweet. The expression refers to the idea that as with the pastry in question, while the top seems crusty and mean – and there might be some sweetness underneath – at the TRUE core of the person, they really ARE just crusty and mean. So the expression refers to someone who is truly rotten to the core, and that the sugar they throw out is merely a ploy to try to keep people from realizing this. Charismatic serial killers, or brutal tyrants, for example, are layered like pie.
The observation leading to this phrase was first made by the character of Dr. Horrible/Billy (Neil Patrick Harris) in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" in reference to Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), as shown below.
Penny: At first I thought he was kind of cheesy–
Billy: Trust your instincts.
Penny: But, he turned out to be totally sweet. Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.
Billy: And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one.
Penny: Huh?
Billy: Like with pie.

Woman with black eye: I know my new boyfriend might seem like a drunken, misogynistic ball of domestic violence waiting to happen, but he's actually really nice, he's layered like that. And now he's promised to only beat me on Wednesdays!
Friend: Yeah, layered like pie. Call the cops on him!
Layered Like Pie by Astrolounge January 16, 2010
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Stuck Like Chuck 

To be stuck in a predicament. To be caught up in a tight situation. To my knowledge from back in the day, the term originally came from Chuck Norris films because he was always getting caught up with bad guys.
Yo, I got caught up by the pigs, son. I was stuck like chuck.
Stuck Like Chuck by Jodie Joe January 16, 2013

crazy like a Spock who’s just had his mother insulted 

Very, very angry, and probably about to strangle you. It refers to Star Trek's character Mr. Spock, who can be a very pissed off alien if somebody dares mention his human mother, and therefore provokes an emotional reaction in him. It is not, under any circumstances, an advisable move.

First used by Brittany Diamond in her Star Trek TOS commentary.
If someone has to ask about Landrew one more FREAKIN’ time and NOT get an answer, I swear I will go CRAZY like a SPOCK who’s just had his MOTHER insulted.

banged me like a cheap screen door 

a verbal expression. to fuck someone repeatedly and vigorously without regard to the sensibility or consciousness of the person being fucked. Usually done without protection. May be used to describe male-female or male-male action.
I can't even sit down this morning because that guy I hooked up with last night banged me like a cheap screen door. I hope our second date is just as good.
A DMV term that means something similar or almost the same
jah like by TSG Twaun April 28, 2019

Ya like jazz? 

One of the first sentences in the bible, written by our lord and saviour, Natalie Durham.
Me: Hey Natalie, did you hear about the new b...
Natalie:YA LIKE JAZZ?
Ya like jazz? by Person55678 March 12, 2019

I like trains

A quotation used by a small british child to summon a large train, which crushes him and others in the process.
Random person: Die potato!
Kid: I like trains
Random person: oh wait NO NO NO!
(train goes by and kills random person and potato)
I like trains by El Tobino September 30, 2011