jeena, 
My great grandma would say: “There’s nothing bad which would not result in something good.”
Strae, It’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody good.
AdamEatsAss, “who is she? The cats mother?”
If you ever refer to my grandmother as “she” or “her” she will cut you off to say that.
blackbrook, My grandmother used to say that too!
queermunist, 
In response to someone saying “oh my god” every single time, without fail:
“Well he’s my god too!”
radix, 
Our god.
(Cue L’Internationale.)
SinningStromgald, Comrade?
tokebakicitte, My dad would say “my name is dad” to people saying “oh my god” to anything he did
BallShapedMan, My grandma would say “he can put his boots at the foot of my bed.” My grandma had the hots for lots of younger country singers.
BakingCookies, 
My mom used to say Robert Redford could park his shoes under her bed anytime.
Llituro, 
i’ve heard my appalachian dialect speaking grandmother use the word “quit” in the like 1700’s british sense of “to leave.” that, and she used to say that she was going to do something “directly” like “we’re going to the store, directly.” such archaic speech patterns.
the word “appalachia” is pronounced “app uh latch uh” btw
optissima, Are you telling me that “Appa-lay-cheeya” is wrong?!? /j It’s all I hear after I moved North East from Appalachia.
What about Poke? Airish?
CannotSleep420, 
Not a catch phrase, but one day my grandfather showed up at the house unannounced asking me to bury his pet cat that had recently died in my back yard.
TheButtonJustSpins, This took a turn.
lowcarbbq, “Better an empty house, than a bad tenant” after every loud fart.
harlatan, i use a very similar one, in german we say: everything that doesn’t pay rent gets thrown out
arefx, When my 89 yo grandma accidentally farts she says “oops I stepped on a duck.”
Lettuceeatlettuce, Lol! My grandma would say, “it was a frog!”
sbv, In like Flynn.
What does that even mean?
ilovededyoupiggy, 
“In like Flynn” is a slang phrase meaning “having quickly or easily achieved a goal or gained access as desired.”
AwwTopsy, Whenever I got hurt, my grandmother would say “It’ll get better before you’re married!” I use that to this day with my nieces and nephews, who are not amused.
datendefekt, 
Was/is she German? Sounds like a German thing.
AwwTopsy, Nope, Polish!
zephyrvs, “Things are the way they are.”
Seriously.
Iamdanno, It is what it is.
Aryuproudomenowdaddy, 
I don’t know about ‘iconic’ but I once heard my grandpa say “I’d eat 5 feet of her shit just to see where it came from.” and that mental scar will probably stay with me the rest of my life.
philycheezestake, Me too…
lolgcat, Is this a military thing? One of the characters in Generation Kill says this in the first episode.
Aryuproudomenowdaddy, Possibly? I think he might of been in the military but I’ve never heard him talk about it.
iviattendurefort, A blind man would be happy to see that. (About a task completed poorly on a jobsite)
pseudo, 
They is also “better hear that than being deaf” after hearing something ridiculous.
108beads, From my grandmother: “Essen! Essen!” (Eat! Eat!) Followed quickly by “You need to lose weight! You’re getting fat!”
Aryuproudomenowdaddy, Do we have the same grandma.
Bishma, 
“You don’t have to shovel rain.” - My grandfather when asked why he moved the family from Wisconsin to Oregon.
Piecemakers3Dprints, 
Now, that’s wisdom I can get behind! 🤙🏼 (raised out yonder in the mitten, now happily left coast rooted)
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