"All the depth of a saltine cracker"

Posted by Patty on October 16, 2002

In Reply to: "All the depth of a saltine cracker" posted by Silver Surfer on October 16, 2002

: : : There is a sarcastic expression, now a bit dated, used like this: "his analysis had all the depth of a saltine cracker". This is a U.S. expression. I wonder what similar phrases have developed in other parts of the English speaking world, and also what more recent ones may have developed in America. Thanks! - Patty

: : I'm not sure this counts, but when Denis Healey, was Chancellor of the Exchequer, Geoffrey Howe, a Tory attacked his budget proposals in parliament. Healey said it was "rather like being savaged by a dead sheep." I always rather liked that one.

: Howe got his own back on Healey by saying a beating from Denis was like "being cherished by a dead savage."

Hmmm... Interesting stuff. But the phrase I brought up is more sarcastic toward the reasoning or the argument, more a matter of a lack of profundity (shallowness) in something put forward. The phrases suggested so far are more ad hominem, I think. Maybe I'm more interested in phrases refering to shallow expressions or statements, of which even intelligent people are sometimes guilty. - Patty

• "All the depth of a saltine cracker" Word Camel 10/16/02
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          • "All the depth of a saltine cracker" Patty 10/17/02
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                  • All the parochialism of a saltine.... bob 10/21/02
                    • All the parochialism of a saltine.... Patty 10/21/02