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Country Sayin's.
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the lights are on but no ones home
you got to be tough if you gona be dumb
card shy of a full deck
scarce as hen teeth
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i thought i have herd them all but i started laughing when I saw this one.. This is gr8!
A whistling woman and a crowing hen never comes to a very good end. (be who you are)
Ain't that the berries! (that is great!)
As easy as sliding off a greasy log backward. (very easy)
Barking up the wrong tree. (you are wrong)
Be like the old lady who fell out of the wagon. (you aren't involved, so stay out of it)
Busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time. (very busy)
Caught with your pants down. (surprised and unprepared)
Chugged full. (full and over-flowing)
Do go on. (you must be joking)
Don't bite off more than you can chew. (attempt what you can accomplish)
Don't count your chickens until they hatch. (first know the results)
Don't let the tail wag the dog. (the cheif is in charge, not the Indians)
Don't let your mouth overload your tail. (talking too much)
Either fish or cut bait. (work or make way for those who will)
Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then. (everyone is sometimes lucky)
Every dog should have a few feas. (no one is perfect)
Fly off the handle. (angry and lashing out)
Get the short end of the stick. (not invited and treated wrong)
Give down the country. (give someone a peice of your mind)
Go hog wild. (have a good time)
Go off half-cocked. (have only half the facts)
Go to bed with the chickens. (in bed early)
Go whole hog. (go for it all)
Gone back on your raisin. (deny heritage)
Got your feathers ruffled. (upset and pouting)
Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine. (doesn't grasp or worry what's going on)
Have no axe to grind. (no strong opinion)
Holler like a stuck pig. (someone mislead you)
I do declare. (usually means nothing)
In high cotton. (rising up in society)
In a coon's age. (been a long time)
Like a bump on a log. (lazy and doing nothing)
Like two peas in a pod. (act and think alike)
Mend fences. (settle differences)
Scarce as hen's teeth. (no such thing)
Sight for sore eyes. (Nice to you!)
Stomping grounds. (familiar territory)
Sun don't shine on the same dog's tail all the time. (you'll get what you deserve)
That takes the cake. (surprised)
Too big for one's britches. (someone taking themself too seriously)
Two shakes of a sheep's tail. (done quickly)
Well, shut my mouth. (shocked and speechless)
http://ashlandbelle.com/Southern.html
Ain't that the berries! (that is great!)
As easy as sliding off a greasy log backward. (very easy)
Barking up the wrong tree. (you are wrong)
Be like the old lady who fell out of the wagon. (you aren't involved, so stay out of it)
Busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time. (very busy)
Caught with your pants down. (surprised and unprepared)
Chugged full. (full and over-flowing)
Do go on. (you must be joking)
Don't bite off more than you can chew. (attempt what you can accomplish)
Don't count your chickens until they hatch. (first know the results)
Don't let the tail wag the dog. (the cheif is in charge, not the Indians)
Don't let your mouth overload your tail. (talking too much)
Either fish or cut bait. (work or make way for those who will)
Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then. (everyone is sometimes lucky)
Every dog should have a few feas. (no one is perfect)
Fly off the handle. (angry and lashing out)
Get the short end of the stick. (not invited and treated wrong)
Give down the country. (give someone a peice of your mind)
Go hog wild. (have a good time)
Go off half-cocked. (have only half the facts)
Go to bed with the chickens. (in bed early)
Go whole hog. (go for it all)
Gone back on your raisin. (deny heritage)
Got your feathers ruffled. (upset and pouting)
Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine. (doesn't grasp or worry what's going on)
Have no axe to grind. (no strong opinion)
Holler like a stuck pig. (someone mislead you)
I do declare. (usually means nothing)
In high cotton. (rising up in society)
In a coon's age. (been a long time)
Like a bump on a log. (lazy and doing nothing)
Like two peas in a pod. (act and think alike)
Mend fences. (settle differences)
Scarce as hen's teeth. (no such thing)
Sight for sore eyes. (Nice to you!)
Stomping grounds. (familiar territory)
Sun don't shine on the same dog's tail all the time. (you'll get what you deserve)
That takes the cake. (surprised)
Too big for one's britches. (someone taking themself too seriously)
Two shakes of a sheep's tail. (done quickly)
Well, shut my mouth. (shocked and speechless)
http://ashlandbelle.com/Southern.html
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the apple dont fall far from the tree, sly as a fox,
the bit dog always hollers first
If you can't race it or take it to bed, you don't need it
You plant a tater, you get a tater
You can't unsay a cruel word
Don't sell your mule to buy a plow
That's how the cow ate the cabbage
She has a butt like a forty dollar mule
He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn
She's about as useful as buttons on a dishrag
He runs just like a candle
She slapped him like a red-headed stepchild
He's all over it like files on sh*t
He was the turd in the punchbowl
You can catch more files with honey than with vinegar
Built like a brick sh**house
He's steal the bridle off a nightmare
Dumber than a road lizard
He's nuttier than a squirrel turd
Good fences make good neighbors
She could eat an apple through a picket fence
He's tougher than a two dollar steak
He's as mad as a wet hen
Sober as a judge
I wouldn't give him the sweat off my balls
That's as scarce as hen's teeth
That ain't worth the powder to blow it to hell
That's finer than frog's hair
"He's got molasses in his britches" - means you're lazy
He has enough money to burn a wet mule. (origin 1800's). Somebody with a lot of disposable income.
The wood on that tree is doted. (pronounced "dote-ed") A rural expression for half-rotted wood.
That is to much pumpkin for a nickel. Meaning it's more trouble then it's worth.
I took a preachers seat (or "he took a preachers seat") - when someone fell flat on their butt, either on the ground or in the creek or wherever! Origin unknown.
If ifs' and buts' were candy and nuts, everyday would be Christmas - A fellow with too many excuses. Related to "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
Forty going north - To do something with great gusto and enthusiasm. - Origin is 19th century, but unknown source.
Root hog or die - This means that we all must work hard to survive - Origin 19th century but unknown.
Mommas baby - Daddy's, maybe - In genealogy, tracking bloodlines through the father is certain to go wrong.
He looks like he's been rode hard and put up wet - Referring to a horse that has foundered by not being properly cooled-off after riding, a lame person.
Useless as teats on a boar pig - A reference to a bad worker.
Even a blind hog finds a nut every now and then - similar to the Yankee saying "even a stopped click is right twice a day".
That dog will hunt - A method that will be successful.
Never take a wooden nickel - A type of "goodbye", reminding people to be careful with Yankees.
Nobody will ever notice it on a galloping horse - Don't be too self-conscious about your appearance.
He's as poor as Job's turkey - Origin unknown.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear - You cannot change the fundamental nature of things, so matter how hard you try.
He's two bricks short of a load - Someone with a mental deficiency, dropped on their head as a baby.
Marry in haste, repent in leisure - From William Congreve in his comedy of manners The Old Batchelour, 1693: "Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure."
He ain't got a pot to pee in - To be very poor.
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil - Stop lying
Don't nothing hurt a duck but his bib - Origin unknown.
You can't hold water - You can't can't keep a secret
I'm going to talk to a man about a cow - When you got business to take care of.
She looks like she's been beaten with a bag of nickels - Similar to "she was beaten by the ugly stick".
A hard head makes a soft behind -Being stubborn can result in punishment.
A guilty dog barks the loudest - A dishonest man will be the first to tell you how honest he is.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride - Poor folks dream, rich folks do.
If I put his brain in a nat's butt, it would fly backwards - A really stupid person.
Wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first -
I would not trust him in a sh**house with a muzzle - Someone that you cannot trust.
http://www.travel-golf.org/t_southern_sayings.htm
You plant a tater, you get a tater
You can't unsay a cruel word
Don't sell your mule to buy a plow
That's how the cow ate the cabbage
She has a butt like a forty dollar mule
He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn
She's about as useful as buttons on a dishrag
He runs just like a candle
She slapped him like a red-headed stepchild
He's all over it like files on sh*t
He was the turd in the punchbowl
You can catch more files with honey than with vinegar
Built like a brick sh**house
He's steal the bridle off a nightmare
Dumber than a road lizard
He's nuttier than a squirrel turd
Good fences make good neighbors
She could eat an apple through a picket fence
He's tougher than a two dollar steak
He's as mad as a wet hen
Sober as a judge
I wouldn't give him the sweat off my balls
That's as scarce as hen's teeth
That ain't worth the powder to blow it to hell
That's finer than frog's hair
"He's got molasses in his britches" - means you're lazy
He has enough money to burn a wet mule. (origin 1800's). Somebody with a lot of disposable income.
The wood on that tree is doted. (pronounced "dote-ed") A rural expression for half-rotted wood.
That is to much pumpkin for a nickel. Meaning it's more trouble then it's worth.
I took a preachers seat (or "he took a preachers seat") - when someone fell flat on their butt, either on the ground or in the creek or wherever! Origin unknown.
If ifs' and buts' were candy and nuts, everyday would be Christmas - A fellow with too many excuses. Related to "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
Forty going north - To do something with great gusto and enthusiasm. - Origin is 19th century, but unknown source.
Root hog or die - This means that we all must work hard to survive - Origin 19th century but unknown.
Mommas baby - Daddy's, maybe - In genealogy, tracking bloodlines through the father is certain to go wrong.
He looks like he's been rode hard and put up wet - Referring to a horse that has foundered by not being properly cooled-off after riding, a lame person.
Useless as teats on a boar pig - A reference to a bad worker.
Even a blind hog finds a nut every now and then - similar to the Yankee saying "even a stopped click is right twice a day".
That dog will hunt - A method that will be successful.
Never take a wooden nickel - A type of "goodbye", reminding people to be careful with Yankees.
Nobody will ever notice it on a galloping horse - Don't be too self-conscious about your appearance.
He's as poor as Job's turkey - Origin unknown.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear - You cannot change the fundamental nature of things, so matter how hard you try.
He's two bricks short of a load - Someone with a mental deficiency, dropped on their head as a baby.
Marry in haste, repent in leisure - From William Congreve in his comedy of manners The Old Batchelour, 1693: "Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure."
He ain't got a pot to pee in - To be very poor.
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil - Stop lying
Don't nothing hurt a duck but his bib - Origin unknown.
You can't hold water - You can't can't keep a secret
I'm going to talk to a man about a cow - When you got business to take care of.
She looks like she's been beaten with a bag of nickels - Similar to "she was beaten by the ugly stick".
A hard head makes a soft behind -Being stubborn can result in punishment.
A guilty dog barks the loudest - A dishonest man will be the first to tell you how honest he is.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride - Poor folks dream, rich folks do.
If I put his brain in a nat's butt, it would fly backwards - A really stupid person.
Wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first -
I would not trust him in a sh**house with a muzzle - Someone that you cannot trust.
http://www.travel-golf.org/t_southern_sayings.htm
