"Leaves alot to be desired"

My mother used this phrase a lot.  This morning as I was having my usual one-sided conversation with her, reminding her of how she left too quick with so many of my questions unanswered, I ended the sentence with “that left a lot to be desired.  Now what exactly does that mean woman/!”  lol

As much as I remember hearing her say it, I never really thought about what it meant.  Like so many of her little hip quips, I just laughed and said ‘yeah okay mom.  That’s real hip.”  Not realizing at the time just how really hip her quips were…

 

Then I ended by telling her that's the way I feel about this upcoming election.  It leaves alot to be desired.