2010-12-08

African American saying about brokenness

From the episode titled "A Louse in a Wrestling Jacket", here are ways to say "I don't have money" in African American communities.
  • I'm so broke I couldn't buy a louse (or flea or mosquito) a wrestling jacket.
  • I'm so broke I couldn't buy a crippled crab a crutch if I had a forest of small trees.
  • I'm so broke that the soles of my shoes are so thin that if I step on a dime I could tell whether it's heads or tails.
  • I'm so broke that I cannot afford to pay attention.

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