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You couldn't catch chicken pox in a henhouse!

A less explicit version of "You couldn't catch herpes in a whorehouse!" It means that no matter how hard they try, no one will be able to catch anything.
While a pack of dogs chased a cat, the cat insulted them by saying, "You couldn't catch chicken pox in a henhouse!"
by GallopingSausage April 15, 2019
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The early worm catches the bird

said to advise someone that they will have an advantage if they do something immediately or before anyone else does it
Thank god I hoarded TPs at Costco in February. The early worm catches the bird and the latecomers get nothing
by nood564 March 31, 2020
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Simon Oliver Critchell

Some fat gay nonce, will 100% enter his son's room with no attire and will pull a mad ting
Nooooo, Simon Oliver Critchell, please don’t fuck me again, that’ll be the third time tonight.
by James_Oliver_Critchell May 21, 2020
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tadpole's catchphrase

Every tadpole we have seen says the word beans a lot, we dont know why but its beans
Guy 1: man, why does this tadpole say beans?
Guy 2: its tadpole's catchphrase.
Guy 1: what?
by BloxxerBoi February 28, 2021
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The 4k Catcher

A guy called bo. im bo. im the 4k catcher. i catch people in 4k.
Person 1: "Did you hear about Bo?"

Person 2: "Thats the 4k catcher, right?"

person 1: "Yeah. Not his cousin though."
by Bo aka Quackers May 27, 2022
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another way of saying if i shoot my shot with you will I miss or not
Jack: hey are you gonna catch this ball if I throw it

Jackie: yeah I will actually
by str8pressure June 7, 2022
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Do you catch my drift

The earliest quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for this sense of "drift" is dated 1526: "Harde it is . . . to perceyue the processe and dryfte of this treatyse."
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The speaker may be having trouble communicating with their audience and not knowing how to better explain.

This is similar to "do you feel me?" or "do you get it?".

Otherwise there is a certain mentality and a certain consciousness along with what the speaker & the audience are generally known to understand.
Bugsy says to his cohorts in crime "I took care of it. Do you catch my drift?".
by Hare Krsna Gardening December 26, 2022
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