From Nebraska

Phrase used to describe someone as corny. The reason the state Nebraska is used in this phrase is, because Nebraska is the highest producer of corn in the United States.

Carlos Mencia is from Nebraska

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from Hell

A phrase first devised by comedian Richard Lewis, describing the worst of something, as in: "The ... from hell." Can be used to describe an awful incident, person, object, experience etc.

She was the nanny from hell. First she went berserk and started screaming in front of my child, and then she attacked my wife and threw her off the balcony.

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from unda

The cheese or pasty smell from behind your nut sack.

From unda THESE NUTS

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not from tipperary

not one of us, not one of our people, of another kind, group, race, or nationality

"Anferny, Massimo, and Mordechai are not from Tipperary", exclaimed Patrick, Sean, Tommy, John, and Declan.

from the 'burbs

In basketball, a shot from outside the three-point line.

This is the proper way to describe a shot from a distance, as "from downtown" isn't. "Downtown", in this context, is right under the basket.

"Pass to Bryant...he shoots...FROM THE 'BURBS!"

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from the off

A British phrase meaning, "from the start" or "since the beginning".

"I got right into boxing from the off."

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from the gate

Since the beginning or from the start of something. Similar to from the get-go.

"Slow down baby / Let you know from the gate I don't go down lady"
- Fat Joe, "What's Luv"

Ted: "How long have you been living next to this gate?"
Will: "From the gate."
Ted: "So if I asked you where you were from, would you say you're from the gate?"
Will: "Hell yeah, I've been from the gate from the gate."

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