In adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.

(informal) Used to draw attention to a possible double entendre in the immediately preceding utterance of another speaker.

Alternative form of butter my butt and call me a biscuit

Alternative form of call a spade a spade.

(slang, idiomatic) To call someone many abusive names.

Alternative form of call a spade a spade

(informal) Something is endemic, and not the result of outside influence or interference.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of call someone everything but a child of God

simple past tense and past participle of call someone everything but a child of God

(Southern US, colloquial) An expression of astonishment upon learning something unbelievable (usually positive).