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"

 

[Crockett]

Real old time saying with very old country folk is I swanee. Can alternate show surprise of "I'll swear."

 

[SabreHorn]

Crocket,

That reminds me of my grandfather. His favorite and most frequently used was, "I clare", rather than "I declare"

 

[Horn6721]

Croc
I have "kin" that still says ," I swan"

 

[Crockett]

Croc
I have "kin" that still says ," I swan"

I think it's the same source/meaning..

 

[nashhorn]

Wow, hit me good with that one crockett. All my E Texas relatives said that. Man I’d sure like to hear it again.

 

[Crockett]

About a lazy person:

He won't hit a lick

Or worse: He wouldn't hit a lick at a snake that was about to bite him. His brother is not afraid of hard work. He could curl up right beside it and go to sleep.

 

[humahuma]

that boy is dumber than a tree knot,

I use to tell my guys when I was waiting on them for lunch It like a dollar waiting on a dime, I was buying

 

[Horn6721]

I ran by a dude fishing at my neighborhood pond this morning
Asked if he'd caught any

He said , Fixin to.
Immediately thought of this thread
I am sure "Fixin to" was one of the first mentioned
Some old time expressions live on

 

[Facing Addiction]

It's been an unusually warm February here in the mountains. Usually February is "colder than a witch's tit", but now it's more like April or May. Warm (40s) days and cold nights. I was driving into town on the frozen road which was "slicker than snot."

 

[Vino Bevo]

"Colder than a witch's tit" is one I remember, along with "Hotter than fish grease" for the other 11 months in Texas.

 

[LonghornEE72]

"Still wet behind the ears" (a noob, especially for young and inexperienced person, for those wondering.)
"Sittin' pretty" - doing well (physical position, emotional state, financiallly, etc., etc.)

 

[Chop]

"Sittin' pretty" - doing well (physical position, emotional state, financiallly, etc., etc.)

My kin up on the caprock say that's being "in high cotton."