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Happier than a dead pig in the sunshine. No idea where that came from.
Y'all get a little water on your face. Grandma said that every morning.
The whole kit and caboodle.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Over yonder.
Pi$$in in the wind.
My Dad said Katy bar the door.
I'll think of more I'm sure.
 
Bleed like a stuck pig.
Squeal like a pig.
Whine like a girl.
Kick 'em when he's down.
Save your pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves.
Don't piss in to the wind.
Day late and a dollar short.
Colder than a witches tit. (Like today)

Two famous sayings from my father; "Never let the girl know where you live". And "Only get married by the hour".
 
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Lock, stock, and barrel. Means everything. Lock, stock, and barrel are the parts to the old flintlock and matchlock guns.
Blued, screwed, and tattooed. Another gun reference from a bit later.
 
I have heard that saying, but had no idea that is what it meant.


im from the south and this is a very versitale phrase its all in the tone used

well bless yer heart - said with kindness and sympathy means, you poor thing


well bless your heart - said with over sympathetic and sicking sweet tone means--you poor thing aaint got 3 brain cells to rub together that could cause a spark

well bless yer heart - said with a higher tone and wquickl;y means good Lord not you again, im busy and dont have time to listen to your sme old sob story you refuse to do anything about and i got to get home and start dinner.

when i lived up north in yankee land for some time it seemd to me that 'have a nice day' was a version of well bless yer heart :p
 
I like it like that, and it is like that now!

Thatā€™s just the way the cow eats cabbage
Meaning- just the way it is

He came off of that ass pocket !!
Paid an unexpected bill/payment/debt

Iā€™m fixā€™n to twist off !!

Know what Iā€™m sayā€™n?

We gonna get some Q! (Bbq).
 
im from the south and this is a very versitale phrase its all in the tone used

well bless yer heart - said with kindness and sympathy means, you poor thing


well bless your heart - said with over sympathetic and sicking sweet tone means--you poor thing aaint got 3 brain cells to rub together that could cause a spark

well bless yer heart - said with a higher tone and wquickl;y means good Lord not you again, im busy and dont have time to listen to your sme old sob story you refuse to do anything about and i got to get home and start dinner.

when i lived up north in yankee land for some time it seemd to me that 'have a nice day' was a version of well bless yer heart :p
Yes it is
100% correct
 
Busier than a cat covering s--- on a marble slab
a fart in a whirlwind
purtier than a speckled pup
you look like you were drug through a knot hole backwards
worthless as tits on a boar (or a bull)
told him which way the bear went through the buckwheat
colder than a well diggers feet
go piss up a rope
 
You can't polish a turd, but you can always paint it.
Somebody in your family knew somebody in your family!
Your cornbread ain't done!
broke one off in you.
you got bent over and drove around the block.
L33t HaXX0r (elite hacker.)
Government dope.
Blows whole herds of chimps (Phil Hendrie)
Zoomtarded
LEROYYYYYY JENKINNNNSSSS!
 
Donā€™t pee on my foot and whisper in my ear itā€™s raining


Hey!!!! You wanna borrow my screw driver?
Why?
Tighten your a$$ Up!!!!

Get it or Git!!!

It is not over there it is over yonder
Point with your chin when saying this


Well I swanny. (Surprise)
Three Goats and a Yearling. TG&Y

M eye crooked letter crooked letter eye crooked letter crooked letter eye humpback humpback eye
The correct spelling for Mississippi
 
That hill is steeper than a mule's face.

You're as handy as a pocket on a shirt.

The well digger analogy usually used a part of the anatomy a little higher than the feet (A$$).

In the North the word naked means you don't have any clothes on. In the South the word nekkid means you don't have any clothes on, and you are up to something.
 
That hill is steeper than a mule's face.

You're as handy as a pocket on a shirt.

The well digger analogy usually used a part of the anatomy a little higher than the feet (A$$).

In the North the word naked means you don't have any clothes on. In the South the word nekkid means you don't have any clothes on, and you are up to something.
Our former administrator at the old place's user name was Nekkid. He probably knew this.
 
Busier than a cat covering s--- on a marble slab
[like] a fart in a whirlwind
purtier than a speckled pup
you look like you were drug through a knot hole backwards
as worthless as tits on a boar [hog](or a bull)
told him which way the bear went through the buckwheat
colder than a well diggers feet
go piss up a rope
... Phrases that I use often, (meaning having no effect).
 
I've always heard "Lower than a well digger's feet."

$h1t or get off the pot (make a decision)

Dryer than a popcorn fart.
Busy as a fart in a skillet.

Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
 

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