There are so many good sayings that have fallen out of use, like "see you in the funnies." When I was working with 8th grade students at Noble Academy, mostly Hmong but a few Africans, we spent a some time talking about American idioms. American English is full of idioms that children of parents who are English language learners never hear. "He goes to bed with the chickens." No, don't look for him in the chicken coop just don't call him after 9:00 p.m. You get the idea. "She's one can short of a six-pack" is the modern version of "she doesn't have all her marbles." How many can you think of?
Seeing this comic strip in the paper today made me think of "see you in the funnies" becasue I see myself in Grampa and Grandma. 😁
Takk for alt,
Al
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