Where did common sayings and cliche’s come from? Was it man? No. It was the Bible!
| Advertise “Aha!” A little birdie told me Always darkest before the dawn Artillery At my wits end Aunt Beat around the bush Beware of the dog Bigger they are, the harder they fall Bit the dust Blind leading the blind Booty Brought the house down “By God” “By the way” Cannibalism Can’t get blood out of a turnip Can’t keep a good man down Children – “kids” Circuit judge “Come on” Congratulate County fair Creditor Devil’s Advocate – counterfeit Die on the vine “Dig your own hole” Dirty bird Don’t lose your head Don’t miss the boat Down in the mouth Drop in the bucket Eat, drink and be merry Eat my dust “Expecting” Far be it Ferry boat First love Fishermen called anglers Fish story Fly in the ointment “For Christ’s sake” “For the birds” For goodness sake | Ruth 4:4 Ezekiel 25:3, 26:2, 36:2 Ecclesiastes 10:20 Tribulation into 2nd advent I Samuel 20:40 Psalms 107:27 Leviticus 18:14 Moses – Exodus 3-4 Philippians 3:2 Goliath Genesis 3:14 Matthew 15:14 Numbers 31:32 Judges 16:30 – Samson Genesis 21:23; II Chronicles 36:13 Mark 8:27 II Kings 6:28-29 Cain – Genesis 4:1-5 Rapture – Revelation 4:1 Song of Solomon 1:8 I Samuel 7:15-16 Exodus 1:10 I Chronicles 18:10 Ezekiel 27:12 Deuteronomy 15:1 I John 2:1 John 15:2 Jeremiah 2:13 Ecclesiastes 9:12 Revelation 20:4 Genesis 6-7 Jonah Isaiah 40:15 Isaiah 22:13 Psalms 72:9; Genesis 3:14 Hebrews 10:13 Job 34:10 II Samuel 19:18 Revelation 2:4 Isaiah 19:8; Habakkuk 1:15 Jonah Ecclesiastes 10:1 Ephesians 4:32, II Corinthians 12:10 Revelation 19:17-21 Psalms 25:7 |
| For your own good Free spirit Friends like that, who needs enemiesGetting the problems “ironed out” “Go ahead, it won’t kill you” Go jump in the lake Good for nothing Gone to the dogs Go the extra mile Grapes of wrath Great day in the morning “Gross” Half-baked Hair standing on end Handwriting on the wall Hanukah Hard-headed Heart failure He can run like a deer Hell on earth He, who laughs last, laughs best High time… His days are numbered “Hiss” (booing) Holier than thou Holy smoke Horse feathers Horse laugh If I live to be a 1,000 Ignorance is no excuse I have to “find myself” I’ll be hanged Invasion I’ve had it up to here Ivory palace I wasn’t born yesterday Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat Keep your head above water K-mart, Wal-mart, etc. Know it all “Land o’ Goshen” Lay it on the line Learn by experience Left hand doesn’t know what the right hand does Left high and dry Leopard won’t change his spots Let nature take its course | Job 5:27 Psalms 51:12 Judgment Seat of Christ – Rev. 19:8; Eph. 5:27 Genesis 3:4 Revelation 20:15 Jeremiah 13:10 Jezebel – II Kings 9:36-37 Matthew 5:41 Revelation 14:17-20 Millennium – II Peter 1:19 Matthew 13:15 Hosea 7:8 Job 4:15 Daniel 5:5 Esther 9:19 Ezekiel 3:8-9 Psalms 73:26 II Samuel 2:18 Isaiah 66:24 Psalms 2:4; Proverbs 1:24-27 Romans 13:11 Psalms 90:12 Job 27:23 Isaiah 65:5 Isaiah 6:4 Revelation 19:11 Job 39:19-25 Ecclesiastes 6:6 Leviticus 5:17-19 Proverbs 18:2 Galatians 3:13 I Samuel 30:14 Flood – Genesis 6-7 I Kings 22:39 Job 15:7 I Kings 22:32 Flood – Genesis 6-7 Isaiah 23:3 I John 2:20 Genesis 47:4 Isaiah 28:17 Genesis 30:27 Matthew 6:3
Genesis 8:4 Jeremiah 13:23 James 3:6 |
| “Like there is no tomorrow” Lion – King of the beasts Lord gives, Lord takes away “Man” “Man of his word” Man of the world Meet your maker Mess hall Money talks Mouth –to-mouth resuscitation Mouthy – “Bag of wind” Mr. Ed, the talking horse My goodness “My heavens” “My lord” My name is mud “My stars” Nothing to sneeze at “Nowadays” “Older than the hills” Olympic medals “One of these days” Out of the frying pan, into the fire Pass away Patience of Job Pay through the nose Pedigree Pierced ears Piggybank Political intelligence Praying to “Mecca” Prostitutes working street corners Pulpit Pure as the driven snow Put words in my mouth Raising Cain Red light district Riding high Right hand man “Right on” Robbing Peter to pay Paul Sailors get “liberty” Salt of the earth Scapegoat Set your teeth on edge Shoulder blade | Isaiah 22:13 Micah 5:8; Revelation 5:5 Job 1:21 Luke 12:14 Numbers 30:2 Genesis 25:27 Isaiah 17:7 Genesis 43:34 Ecclesiastes 10:19 Genesis 2:7 Job 8:2 Numbers 22:28-30 Psalms 144:2 Matthew 5:34 Matthew 5:35 Genesis 2:7 Matthew 5:34 Malachi 1:13 I Samuel 25:10 Job 15:7 Exodus 25:3 Tribulation – Matthew 24:21-22 Revelation 20:11-15 Micah 1:11 Job 1:22; James 5:11 Numbers 11:20 Numbers 1:18 Deuteronomy 15:17; Exodus 21:6 II Kings 12:9 Daniel 11:30 I Kings 8:44 Proverbs 7:8-12 Nehemiah 8:4 Isaiah 1:18; Revelation 1:14 Jeremiah 1:9 Genesis 4 Joshua 2:18 Isaiah 58:14 Psalms 80:17 Proverbs 4:25 Acts Acts 27:3 Matthew 5:13 Leviticus 16 Jeremiah 31:29 Job 31:22 |
| Situation ethics Skin of your teeth Snake in the grass Son-in-law Sour grapes Straw boss Stroke Suburbs Tax Exemptions That’ll be the day That winds it up That Wraps it up The apple of my eye The devil made me do it The devil’s “pitchfork” “The heat is on” This and that Tough guys – hitch up their belt Treason Two heads are better than one United Nations Walk a mile for a camel Watchdogs “What do you say for yourself?” “What’s the matter? Were you born in a barn?” Wild bear sleeps in the woods Wonder bread – builds strong bodies 12 ways Worth his salt You ain’t seen nothin’ yet | Joshua 2 Job 19:20 Devil – Genesis 3 II Kings 8:27 Jeremiah 31:29 Exodus 5:7 Ezekiel 24:16 Leviticus 25:34 “That day” – Christ’s 2nd coming Acts 5:6 Ezekiel 21:15 Proverbs 7:2 Genesis 3:13 I Samuel 2:13 Psalms 19:6 Psalms 87:5 Job 38:3 II Kings 11:14 Ecclesiastes 4:9 Zephaniah 2:1 Genesis 24:63-65 Isaiah 56:10 John 1:22 Luke 2:12 Ezekiel 34:25 Manna (12 tribes) Matthew 5:13 Tribulation – Matthew 24:21 |