When somebody at the dinner table asks you to go get them a fork, you go get the fork and then say, "Fork you!" as you hand them the implement.
Frequently elicits audible chuckling if not downright laughter.
{Voni}: Craig, can you please get me a fork?
{Craig}: Sure thing there Voni...(gets fork)...Here you are Aunt Voni. Fork you!
{Voni}: Chuckles quite noticeably
Indicating a losing or lost cause, with origins in the cooking practice of sticking a fork in meat to determine when done. Also "put a fork in me," "stick a fork in it."
“Let me explain, you're 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!”
If you can't soar with the Eagles, don't fly with the flock
The complete opposite of if you can't beat them, join them
It means if you can't be the best then you may as well be nothing at all.
person 1: I gave into peer pressure last night and tried crystal math
person 2: If you can't soar with the Eagles, don't fly with the flock person 1: oh.