I'm surprised I didn't see one of the more famous phrases: "There are starving children in Africa, so finish your food!" Never did understand the correlation - I was always perfectly willing to mail those poor kids my unfinished food, but that answer never went down very well. 😜

"Advice after mischief is like medicine after death" was one my mom said a lot (still does sometimes).

German here. One of the first things I learned was "Wie es in den Wald hinein ruft, so schallt es heraus" - nearly literal translation: "As it shouts into the forest, so it calls out" - meaning: "the way you act/talk will be reflected" or "What goes around comes around."

From my grandma when she found out I’d shaved my legs at 12. “if a boy is close enough to tell if you shaved your legs or not HE’S TOO CLOSE!!” I still find that hilarious. And once when my brother and sister were play fighting as teenagers and my sister was screeching at the top of her lungs my anxious mom yelled “STOP! the NEIGHBOURS won’t understand !!!!” Now almost 30 years later we say this to each other and it drives mom nuts. My final contribution is my mom referring to our private areas as “the bathing suit area” so as an adult we would say things like “ooh don’t look at my bathing suit area!” Or “I have a little bruise, you know, kinda by my bathing suit area.” Hee hee

This was actually something from my Dad but it fits here. My Dad turing off lights when someone wasn't in a room. -Child me "why are you always turing the lights off?" -Dad "when you grow up & pay the bills you'll feel differently." -Child me "No I wont. I'll keep the lights on all the time!" -Adult me Runs around the house turning lights off all the time. Saying to my six year old "turn off the lights, it costs a lot of mony". -6 year old daughter "So". ~''~

When he was toddler, my oldest had to undergo an unpleasant medical treatment daily. While his dad administered the treatment, I would cuddle him and sing "It's no-no fun, but it's gotta get done."

When we couldn't find something and asked grandma where it was she would say, "up Mike's butt" well, we never found out who Mike was but over the years that guy must have had a hard time explaining it to his doctor.

My mom said the weirdest phrases if we asked where we were going she'd say "Maury's nuthouse" (which ironically is a real place) if we asked what she was doing she'd say "Hanging on the roof spitting nickles" four decades later no idea what that means or my favorite if my siblings were late getting into the car on their somewhere usually church "I'm going with or without you" she was only going because of them ,I think she would have rather stayed home.

We often got the classic "stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" Mom is a sweet, positive old lady now, but she was in over her head raising kids

Never heard most of these. Maybe they are regional?

My mum's favorite was "if you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me", when I was running in the house

when me and my siblings were young and we would say i thought to my mum she would say "well you know what thought did don't ya"

One I found useful as a mother was" I don't always like you, but I'll always love you" it has diffused many a tense situation

My mom, especially about yard work or housecleaning: "If you're going to just half-a*s do it, don't do it at all."

Were you raised by wolves? I think I would have remembered wolves.

"Are you bragging or complaining?", usually when we'd be whiny about something. Sometimes thinking about it made us laugh (no fair, he got more than me! Are you bragging or complaining? )...

With my mom it was "this too shall pass." I realize now she was trying to be reassuring and telling me I would get through "it" but at the time it felt very dismissive. I am sensitive and my emotions feel very intense so it hurt that she seemed to dismiss my problem and my.pain.

"Always assume that no one you meet has ever heard of gratitude. And it's not the point, anyway."

"I hope your children act just like you, so you understand."

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