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From Amazing Grace to A Floating Opportunity 

An old Southern term an African-American mother uses to describe an long and sometimes well deserved, ass-whooping in order to warn her child, or others who cross her. This African-American saying, used as a motherly warning, first popped up in the 1930 play Mule Bone by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
“You’d better behave, or I’ll knock you from amazing grace to a floating opportunity!”
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Grace is a poopie pants 

a blond haired butt with blue eyes who also happens to be a twin

Cuss you out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity 

To cuss someone out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity. In church phrases typically by church queens or COGIC Granny. To be cussed out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity. Entails a very flamboyant and androgynous church queen. While being "read" for evey insecurity one may have. While being preached vulgarity. Usually in a humourous religious tone.
I will cuss you out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity. Talking about that boy gone be me in 20 years!

Kick A Gracie Day 

Kick any gracie on October 18th, that you know and they cant do anything about it!
Its October 18th!
Isn't that national kick a gracie day!!!

pull a gracen 

When you really want to reiterate how angry you were about a specific event.
I’m going to pull a gracen and let you know you really need to pick up your laundry.
pull a gracen by LanaTheLlama February 2, 2020

dont be a gracie 

An expression commonly used for someone who refuses to pay the amount they owe.
Man: Did you pitch in for dinner?
Girl: No
Man: Come on.. dont be a Gracie!

dont be a gracie 

Said to someone who owes you money but refuses to pay you back.
Man: did you pitch in for the cab
Girl: No
Man: come on. Dont be a gracie!
dont be a gracie by Mike vellace November 12, 2019