Why say such a thing?!

"Big wig"

• 80's rock band name

• 2 year old pronouncing big-rig (18-wheeler truck)

• In the 18th century, the most important political figures wore the biggest wigs

• In the 21st century, the most important political figures act like 2 year olds playing in an 80's rock band

"Caught red-handed"

• Someone got a hold of mommy's make up

• Every time you eat raspberries

• One of these answers will be correct, but it may be a bit too morbid for some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

• People used to be legally punished if caught with blood on their hands after butchering an animal that did not belong to them. They would not be punished if found with the meat but had clean hands.

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

• I'm not sure, but I wish someone would give me a horse as a gift.

• When buying a horse, people determine its value by looking at the age/condition of its teeth. When someone buys you a horse, just say thank you and take it...then give it to me.

• I wonder how much an equine dental hygienist makes? Ugh, I should not have googled that.

• Have you ever looked a dog in the mouth? I haven't either, but I assume they'd just get very confused.

"Barked up the wrong tree."

• I think I barked up the wrong carpool line...where's my coffee?

• There's actually a lot of species of trees that have no bark

• "What, I thought we were in the trust tree in the nest, were we not?" (Thank you Will Ferrell)

• When a hunting dog chases their prey up a tree continuing to bark at the prey even if it was no longer there at the same time the hunter decides it's time to get a new hunting dog

"Turn a blind eye"

• What the referees did in the last minute of the regular season opener Patriots game, but the Dolphins still won...just sayin.

• Naval hero Horatio Nelson avoided signals from his superior, who wanted to withdraw from battle, by using his blind eye to look through his telescope. He attacked, nevertheless, and was victorious.

• Third-Eye Blind record on a turn-table...?

• Eye have no idea

"Stole my thunder"

• "I am Thor, son of Odon..."

• The thunder from down under?

• In the 1700's, English playwright John Dennis invented a device that mimicked the sound of thunder for a play he was working on, but it ended up being used by another play in the same theater.

• Where is this device and how can I get one?

"Break the ice"

• ... and make me a drink.

• ... and "let it go, let it go..."

• No really, let it go. You can get frostbite. (Wait, why is called "frostbite"?)

• When transportation/trade was mainly done by ship, they would often get stuck in ice in winter. The country receiving the product would send small ships to “break the ice” as a gesture among the two countries.

"Close, but no cigar"

• Because the Cuban trade embargo says so.

• The federal government increased the legal age to purchase a cigar to 21 years old in December 2019, but in North Carolina (the leading tobacco producing state), it remains 18 years old.

• In the 1800's, carnival games gave out cigars as prizes to the winners. Now, we get oversized stuffed animals that won't even fit inside the car.

• This is not the correct answer. Claim your cigar at the prize booth.

"Under the weather."

• Wasn't that group labeled a domestic terrorist organization by the FBI in the 1970's [Weather Underground Organization]? Sorry, we can't talk about this right now...the NSA is listening.

• Did you say underwear?

• Sailors would try to avoid getting seasick when the waves got rough during stormy weather by going down to their cabins in the bunkers.

• Aren't we always literally under the weather? Unless flying in a plane (or in your own private spacecraft competing in the space tourism market because your multi-billion dollar e-commerce business isn't enough).

"Go the whole nine yards"

• What former NCSU football coach Chuck Amato used to do before punting on 4th down.

• How the expectant father motivates his wife in her third trimester during football season.

• During WWII, fighter pilots were equipped with nine yards of ammunition. If they ran out of ammunition, it meant they tried their best at hitting the target with all of their ammunition.

• I ran out of answers, but I feel like I tried my best.