" see about "

 [ "gotta see about a girl" ]

1: A statement made popular by the movie Good Will Hunting. In many cases it is used in an event when one has to cancel plans to attend matters involving a girl. At other times it could simply be a statement made when someone has to leave in a hurry with no time for an explanation

  * e.g.,  ... Ex. 1  

 [ "See a man about a horse" ]

1: It means to politely excuse yourself from a situation to go to the restroom or buy a drink. It originated from men disappearing to go bet on horse or dog races. See a man about a dog means the same thing.

  * e.g.,  ... The earliest confirmed publication is the 1866 Dion Boucicault play Flying Scud in which a character knowingly breezes past a difficult situation saying, "Excuse me Mr. Quail, I can't stop; I've got to see a man about a dog." In a listing for a 1939 revival on the NBC Radio program America's Lost Plays, Time magazine observed that the phrase is the play's "claim to fame". During Prohibition in the United States, the phrase see a man about a horse was most commonly used in relation to the consumption or purchase of alcoholic beverages. 

 [ "See a man about a dog" ]

1: Phrase used to conceal one's true destination, especially in response to an awkward question. Is commonly used in Britain when one is headed to the toilet. See also going to see a man about a dog

  * e.g.,  ... "Are you and your wife coming out tonight?" "Uhhhh, I need to see a man about a dog." 

 [ "see a man about a horse" ]

1: Any general business that needs attending to that you may not care to discuss whith the present party.

  * e.g.,  ... We can meet for lunch on Tuesday, since I'll be in the area; I have to see an man about a horse. 

 [ "See a man about a dog" ]

1: A clever way to tell someone "non of your business".

  * e.g.,  ... Q. - Where are you going? 

 [ "see a man about a wallaby" ]

1: go to the bathroom.

  * e.g.,  ... "Man, that was a great chili dog, but now I've gotta see a man about a wallaby." 

 [ "see a man about a wallaby" ]

2: While it may be used in "Finding Nemo", Mr. Disney (who was deceased, by the way, when "Finding Nemo" was made) did not come up with it. It is an Austrailian saying which was popularized in the movie "Crocodile Dundee".

 [ "To See A Man About A Dog" ]

1: Phrase invented in the early 1900s that merely means that you have to use the restroom. Some also use it because they do not want to reveal the true nature of their business.

  * e.g.,  ... Where are you going?" "I'm going to see a man about a dog, I've been holding it all day! 

 [ "See a princess about a pony" ]

1: Female version of "see a man about a horse"

  * e.g.,  ... Excuse me for a minute, I've gotta see a princess about a pony. 

 [ "see a man about a wallaby" ]

1: Take a crap, drop a bomb, drop some friends off at the pool, feed the porcalin, brown the water, kill a potatoe, make a deposit, feed the chickens, chop the firewood, weed the lawn, attack the castle, make an appeal, go windsurfing, see a movie, write an english paper, farfegnuegin, or make some chocolate. If you are confused, we're talking about pooping here.

  * e.g.,  ... Excuse me, I have to go see a man about a walaby. Keep rinsing, we'll start on the back molars in just a few. 

 [ "see a man about a wallaby" ]

2: The wallaby one is honestly from a Disney movie, "Finding Nemo". Man, Disney, good call!

 [ "see a man about a horse" ]

1: A discreet way to leave the table at a restaurant to go to the restroom; derived from a 1940's black-and-white film (sorry, cannot recall the name) where an actor literally says it as he leaves a table to see a man at another table about a horse.

  * e.g.,  ... "Excuse me, I have to see a man about a horse."