The Ye Olde Sayings Thread

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   'yankee '  --  used by an older self proclaimed southern belle I know to describe unsweetened iced tea, i am assuming not only is this because the farther north you go the less sweet the tea is (multiple wait staff in Nebraska would just hand you a sugar shaker and un-sweetened iced tea as though that some how was the same as sweet tea-- unacceptable!)  but also to describe how , from a southerners perspective, some people from the north are much less 'sweet' in their disposition. 
'MY! Well,pin a rose on your nose! ' -- big deal, no one cares

'the 64,000$ question' -- the crux, the point of whats being shared

 i don't know that this is an 'old saying' , but you're all familiar with certain acronyms like fubar and snafu --- i've been introduced to one at work by older employees where I work --- on the side of their tool boxes is an acronym they'll point to either in jest, or to spite whomever they directly report to :

KMAICR -- 'Kiss my ass i can retire.'

again, not an 'old' saying --- but in the vain of things I think.