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Don't starve a dog and be surprised when it eats the garbage 

A colloquialism meaning "don't neglect your significant other and be shocked when they look for attention somewhere else."
Dale: I can't believe my Nancy cheated on me!

Boomhauer: Tell you what mang, talk about don't starve a dog and be surprised when it eats the garbage mang.

Don't shoot the puppy

probably one of the best/worst time waster games ever made. involves a puppy a cannon and maybe the occasional red ball.
Man, I was playing don't shoot the puppy the other day and I about crapped myself it was so fun.

Ever heard of don't shoot the puppy? no? Good, let's keep it that way...

if that don't slam the outhouse door 

To be surprised, astonished by someone or something
Maggie's got a new dress,
- If that don't slam the outhouse door !

You are the shit that the flies don't want to eat

An insult used on someone who is so worthless that if that person was a pile of shit, flies would stray off it.
Amy: I only slept with him cuz you are terrible in bed Jared, he's much better than you, you loser.
Jared: Amy, you know what? Go fuck yourself, You are the shit that the flies don't want to eat , and i hope you die sad and alone.

Don't Show the Whole Gorilla 

In music, the Phrase "Don't show the whole gorilla" means to avoid giving full volume in any crescendos untill the song's climax, thus "hiding the gorilla". The phrase comes from king kong, in which the audience is teased and hinted at to what is behind the curtain when kong is captured.
Band Director:On this next run-through, use your phrasing and dynamics well, but Don't Show the Whole Gorilla untill measure 74.

don't sweat the petty shit pet the sweaty shit 

a term used to tell somebody not to sweat the small stuff and get laid instead.
calm down man, don't sweat the petty shit pet the sweaty shit.