black and pink
n.— «Pity the coffee vendor in New York who doesn’t know that a black and pink means a black coffee with a packet of saccharin.» —“Showdown at the Coffee Shop” by Kim Severson New York Times Apr. 15, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Nancy Gabriel from Ithaca, New York, recalls her father’s no-nonsense responses to minor injuries when she was a child: After making sure she was really all right, he’d say, It’s far enough from your heart; it won’t kill you. Other times he might...
Susan from Virginia Beach, Virginia, shares the phrase her mother used when the kids refused to eat: It’ll grow hair on your back teeth. This supposed motivator likely blends two older traditions: a German idiom, Haare auf den Zähnen haben...