Funny sayings of old time country folk

[Horn6721]

One phrase Yankees use you won't hear down here
"Like Sherman through Georgia"

 

[WorsterMan]

She has the legs of a dancer!

 

[WorsterMan]

Someone that poorly throws a ball or shoots a gun:

He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn!

 

[WorsterMan]

Perhaps these were previously stated:

Look what the cat drug in?

Cat got yer tongue?

That WR is a quick as a cat!

 

[WorsterMan]

Why, she is so beautiful she could make a grown man cry!!

 

[WorsterMan]

Yeah, posting a lot today....

I'm board watching Detroit vs. Chicago game.... and waiting for Thanksgiving dinner!

 

[WorsterMan]

He's more nervous than a dog in a Korean restaurant!

 

[Chop]

Thin-skinned

Touchous

(being easily offended was a sign of weak character in previous generations)

 

[Facing Addiction]

Now hold on there just one second.....

 

[mchammer]

Now hold on there just one second.....

One cotton picking second.

 

[Horn6721]

Has " I am going to carry Aunt Bea to the Winn Dixie " been mentioned?
Old timers used to use the term "carry" to mean drive or take someone to another place,

 

[SabreHorn]

Most everyone asks or says "getting out" of the car. Coonasses would say "get down". Never have figured that one out. The kids would go to the grocery store with mom and ask, "can we get down"

 

[Facing Addiction]

One cotton picking second.

I was going to say "gall durn", but my grandmother doesn't like it when I cuss.

Her only cuss word was "holy moses"......

 

[Chop]

That boy ain't got a lick of sense.

 

[Texadelphia]

That boy ain't got a lick of sense.

It screams: “I’m special!”

 

[SabreHorn]

He's "teched in the head"