You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

You've buttered your bread, now sleep in it.

I don't see what difference it makes what side it's [your bread] buttered on. I always eat both sides.

A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things - maybe he's just trying to be like his daddy.

A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for.

This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them.