Where do you get off?

A question asked when someone has done something considered to be awkward, strange, and/or just plain odd.

A rather literal analogy: When on a city bus/train/subway/etc., you might meet some odd person. You might ask "Where do you get off?" as in asking what stop they get off at, wondering if they live in a neighbourhood with strange folk.

Probably not the true origin of the term, but that seems like a pretty good guess if you ask me.

Guy 1: "So yeah, I like to run around naked with a ball of wool in my hand, and my cat chases me trying to get the ball of wool. It's sooooo much fun!"

Guy 2: "Where do you get off?"

by oddneighbourhoodguy November 25, 2009

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knock a buzzard off a shit wagon

to smell very bad (often with could, or would)

Damn, the smell of that those gym clothes is enough to knock a buzzard off a shit wagon if you'll pardon my language.

by The Return of Light Joker May 22, 2011

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freeze the balls off a brass monkey

The cannon balls on a man o' war were stacked and held in place by a brass ring on the deck known as a brass monkey. In cold weather the sea spray would turn to ice thus freezing the cannon balls together and onto the ring.

Hence the expression "It's cold enough to freeze balls on a brass monkey" or simply "brass monkey weather". Note that the correct phrase is "on" NOT "off" a "brass monkey". The expression is often corrupted to hint at an association with a man's testicles balls

by TimB June 12, 2005

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