Unusual regional sayings

[DaveJT]

...That guy, “his cornbread ain’t quite done in the middle”... anybody ever heard of this one?  I’d never heard of it.

[oldbike54]

 In a couple of NA cultures you will hear "You think you're about half bulldog , don'tcha?" It can be said in humor , and normally is , it can also be a challenge .

 Dusty

[Gliderjohn]

My adoptive mother use to say when she saw an over weight woman..."She needs to skip some suppers."
Her other was seeing women with no make up and/or dressed down..."She let herself go." She was born in 1914, don't know if that had anything to do with it.
GliderJohn

[stubbie]

"He doesn't have both his oars in the water" or "He's short a few Kangaroo's in the top paddock"

[Guzzistajohn]

A old dude that taught me how to lay carpet said female with an "enlarged derričre" and pants too tight was wearing "groundhog pants" because it looked like two groundhogs fightin' in a gunny sack.

[80CX100]

     I'd be on that like ugly on a gorilla,,, or white on rice,,, or a fat kid on a smartie

[JayDee24ca]

Uffda!

[kingoffleece]

"Ya gotta put both feet in the bucket before you stomp the snake".

[nc43bsa]

"I haven't had this much fun since the wild pigs ate my little brother."

[wrbix]

Couple old Hoosier outhouse sayings:
- someone whereabouts unknown:”Went to sh** and the hogs ate him”

- something in motion: “...like the button on the sh**house door”

[Lovey]

A old dude that taught me how to lay carpet said female with an "enlarged derričre" and pants too tight was wearing "groundhog pants" because it looked like two groundhogs fightin' in a gunny sack.

An Australian version that a mate of mine used to use a lot,
"Looks like two wombats in a sack fighting over a sugar cube."

[Ncdan]

We had dozens but I’ll pick one
To confirm a obvious question, “does a wild bear s#|+ in the woods”?

[larrys]

"A few sammiches short of a picnic."
" Elevator doesn't go to the top floor."
"Light's on, but no one's home."
Last but not least,
"Gravity challenged."

Larry

[Perazzimx14]

She's hotter than a souped up bobcat!

Dill my pickles!

You don't know your ass from fat meat!

Dumber than a bag d!ck hair!

Red up you room!

Police up the trash!

[siabeid]

My carpenter uncle would say, "He's a half a bubble out of plumb". My Irish mother in law would say, "He'd drink whiskey off a sore back." and "He might be crazy, but he wouldn't take a bite out of a stone wall."

[JJ]

Anne Richards, the former governor of Texas used to say:

"That ol' dog won't hunt..." - - which means..."That's BS" (I believe...)

[kballowe]

ugly as a mud fence

[JJ]

Somehow, I also remember this silly one from my misspent youth: 

"He is about as cool as my ass in a frozen window!"

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

One that my grandma always used to use was "its cold as scissors out there" which made no sense to me as a kid.. when I asked her what she meant she picked up her big heavy sewing shears and held them up against the side of my neck... it just took one touch of the cold metal for it all to make sense. Scissor feel cold all the time, no matter the temp of the room they are in.

She had a lot of sayings tho...  anytime you had a suntan, she'd say 'look at you, brown as a bear'

She also got a lot of mileage out of calling the gear shift in the car a 'Pernundel Stick' (PRNDL) but i think she heard that from Asa Gabor on Green Acres

[Guzzistajohn]

An Australian version that a mate of mine used to use a lot,
"Looks like two wombats in a sack fighting over a sugar cube."

OK I'm using the down under version from now on! More humorous!

[jbell]

Anne Richards, the former governor of Texas used to say:

"That ol' dog won't hunt..." - - which means..."That's BS" (I believe...)

JJ, that is usually used in the context of "that plan won't work."

One that I never could figure out was "nuttier than a boiled owl" referring to something that didn't make sense.
One that I like but you have to be careful using is "don't let your alligator mouth overload your hummingbird a$$.

[bacongrease]

Anne Richards, the former governor of Texas used to say:

"That ol' dog won't hunt..." - - which means..."That's BS" (I believe...)

that one has been around 100 yrs or more and still used in a lot of places.



another one.."she looks good, from the road."   
  Also for old cars, etc. that look like hell up close.

A pregnant woman...She was pasture bred.  Worst insult, especially for a married woman.

 

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

One that I never could figure out was "nuttier than a boiled owl" referring to something that didn't make sense.

'round here you're more likely to hear "Nuttier than squirrel shit!"

[larrys]

I was told this one's from Texas, All hat and no cattle.
Dumber than a box o' rocks
Got lost in the ugly forest and ran into all the trees.
Larry

[Charles in Lake Charles]

"Passing a good time."

[bacongrease]

Okie cowboy saying.." we are down to the nut cuttin'."   A decision that will be irreversible.
If you castrate the wrong males, it would effect your bloodlines for years.

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[oldbike54]

 Fellas , probably wise to stay away from the misogynistic stuff , agreed ? 

 Dusty

[Mr Pootle]

Fine words butter no parsnips.

[JC85]

Not sure if it's a widespread Canadian saying or just comes from the show, but a character in a Canadian comedy that I like regularly tells idiotic people: "you're just spare parts, aren't ya bud?"

[cmgies]

My grandmother used "as stubborn as a chinook in the mud".  Chinook being a local Native American tribe out here on the left coast.