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...That guy, “his cornbread ain’t quite done in the middle”... anybody ever heard of this one? I’d never heard of it.
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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
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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
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"He doesn't have both his oars in the water" or "He's short a few Kangaroo's in the top paddock"
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A old dude that taught me how to lay carpet said female with an "enlarged derrière" and pants too tight was wearing "groundhog pants" because it looked like two groundhogs fightin' in a gunny sack. :laugh:
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I'd be on that like ugly on a gorilla,,, or white on rice,,, or a fat kid on a smartie
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Uffda!
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"Ya gotta put both feet in the bucket before you stomp the snake".
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"I haven't had this much fun since the wild pigs ate my little brother."
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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”
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A old dude that taught me how to lay carpet said female with an "enlarged derrière" and pants too tight was wearing "groundhog pants" because it looked like two groundhogs fightin' in a gunny sack. :laugh:
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."
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We had dozens but I’ll pick one
To confirm a obvious question, “does a wild bear s#|+ in the woods”?
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"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
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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!
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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."
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Anne Richards, the former governor of Texas used to say:
"That ol' dog won't hunt..." - - which means..."That's BS" (I believe...) :laugh: :grin: :wink: :rolleyes: :huh:
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ugly as a mud fence
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Somehow, I also remember this silly one from my misspent youth: :laugh: :grin: :laugh: :grin: :wink: :rolleyes: :shocked:
"He is about as cool as my ass in a frozen window!"
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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
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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!
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Anne Richards, the former governor of Texas used to say:
"That ol' dog won't hunt..." - - which means..."That's BS" (I believe...) :laugh: :grin: :wink: :rolleyes: :huh:
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$$.
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Anne Richards, the former governor of Texas used to say:
"That ol' dog won't hunt..." - - which means..."That's BS" (I believe...) :laugh: :grin: :wink: :rolleyes: :huh:
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.
:rolleyes:
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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!"
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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
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"Passing a good time."
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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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Fellas , probably wise to stay away from the misogynistic stuff , agreed ?
Dusty
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Fine words butter no parsnips.
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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?"
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My grandmother used "as stubborn as a chinook in the mud". Chinook being a local Native American tribe out here on the left coast.
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One from the (Ottawa) Valley
We're gonnal tamarack her down on the old pine floor - we're going to a party and we're gonna have a GOOD time.
G
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One that I've only heard in Missouri: When you need to think about something or study it, you need to "wool it around" i.e. "Going to wool that around a bit and get back to you".
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As mad as a cut snake
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OR "Madder than a wet hen"
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My Dad used to say, referring to a bad singer, "sounds like a dying duck in a thunderstorm". My saying for the same bad voice is " sounds like a cut cat".
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How 'bout "as independent as a hog on ice"
or, "I'll be on you like a duck on a junebug"
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No doubt other people in other places have said it, but it always cracked me up when my grandfather would refer to people or things as being "...worthless as tits on a boar."
Fun fact here in Indiana, you'll often hear people refer to things in a common dialect:
Tars = Tires
Ol = Oil
Worsh = Wash
Arn = Iron
This may be more of a Midwestern thing, but we will often exclaim, "Ope!", when presented with an "Excuse me." type of situation.
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When we see an ugly stone (bad or poorly done memorial carving or sculpture), we say it looks like a pickle-headed monkey. That came from VT.
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In southern Indiana, if something was made strong, it was "built stout." I used to say, "The barn needs painted," clear into adulthood, until someone told me that saying it that way is local and not correct. When I lived in Bloomington, Indiana, we were right on the line between "creek" and "crick," and "greezie" and "greasy." I never said crick but I often say greezie. And what is it that they call a water fountain in Minnesota?
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In Wisconsin, or is it just Milwaukee, a drinking fountain is called a Bubbler.
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My mother , born in Stonington, CT, also used the word "bubbler".
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My mother , born in Stonington, CT, also used the word "bubbler".
Duly noted. Guess I learned something today. :thumb:
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A friend whose dad was from Chicago said "pull the chain" his entire life .
Dusty
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A couple.....the English have a saying you hear all the time on MotoGP coverage "early doors" which means early on or at the beginning. Don't know where the "doors" bit comes from.
I notice Americans have altered the saying "I couldn't care less" to "I could care less" which is the exact opposite to what the original meaning is. I've seen it written many times implying the original intent but expressed as the later. Not sure whether it's just an abbreviation that's gone wrong and become the norm or something else.
Ciao
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A friend vacationed in Maine for several years. He said that in Maine if something is not right someone would use the phrase "That's north fie gumpy." Focus on the first letters.
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Uffda!
Ha! We used to see ‘Uffda’ bumper stickers in Seattle. Haven’t seen one in years!
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we had a uffda winery but they closed up. Thanks to, well you know. :angry:
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"Bless your heart" is used as both a term of endearment as well as the opposite.
"holding on like a hair in a biscuit"
"going after that like a chicken on a June bug"
In and around Pittsburgh, PA rubber bands are often called 'gum bands'.
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My old man had several: "Phony as a three dollar bill!" "Worthless as tits on a boar." and "You're going to be busier than a one-legged man in a gunny sack race."
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A couple.....the English have a saying you hear all the time on MotoGP coverage "early doors" which means early on or at the beginning. Don't know where the "doors" bit comes from.
I notice Americans have altered the saying "I couldn't care less" to "I could care less" which is the exact opposite to what the original meaning is. I've seen it written many times implying the original intent but expressed as the later. Not sure whether it's just an abbreviation that's gone wrong and become the norm or something else.
Ciao
I believe that early doors comes from the time when pub opening hours were very restricted. Early doors meant getting there as soon as the pub opened its doors.
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There are plenty of these odd expressions in the Deep South. And the Australian stuff always cracks me up.
Some I heard often growing up:
“Ugly as homemade sin.”
“She’s so ugly she would scare a buzzard off a gut pile.”
“She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
As to confusion. “I don’t know if it’s Tuesday or Philadelphia.” Also “What kind of Kansas City three way is going on here?”
“Color me impressed.”
“Bring me a church key.” (Request for opened beer)
As to a person who really impressed or influenced you: “He sure made a mark on me.”
“It’s hotter than a $2 pistol.”
Explaining something. “And that’s how the cow ate the cabbage.”
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I don't know how wide spread this one is. One I've heard locally from the "if pigs had wings" category:
"If frogs had pockets they'd carry guns and shoot snakes."
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"You're going to be busier than a one-legged man in a gunny sack race."
Along the same vein;
Busier than a one-armed paper hanger.
Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.
Larry
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Someone needs to mention “brass monkeys”
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I don't know how wide spread this one is. One I've heard locally from the "if pigs had wings" category:
"If frogs had pockets they'd carry guns and shoot snakes."
I heard Willie Nelson say 'If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his a$$.' Not sure if that's a common one in TX?
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I heard Willie Nelson say 'If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his a$$.' Not sure if that's a common one in TX?
I don't know, but if Willie said it, its ok with me :thumb:
Anybody who doesn't like Willie just has something wrong with them :grin:
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Women would say: " I need to paint the barn"...apply makeup, etc.
or "that woman needs to paint the barn.
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This thread appears to have quickly digressed into thinly veiled insults instead of Unusual regional sayings. :shocked:
I'm surprised no one posted up "Wicked Excellent" which was very common in New England in the 1970s.
Here in Tennessee when you ask someone where a location is, they might answer "Over yonda a little ways" That could mean anywhere from 100 yards to 10 miles.
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Don't know if they are regional. Probably more universal. I think the genesis of one if not both is from the military.
1. SNAFU
2. FUBAR
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I had a old Senior Chief in the Navy who said "No matter HOW F***** up you are, you can still serve as a really great bad example for others!"
I grew to really like that one as I got older. I learned I could often learn more from peoples bad examples of what NOT to do than I could from good examples. The bad examples teach you the "whys" not just the "how's". That's a greater depth of knowledge.
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Maine backwoods,,, " Pull hard She'll come easy "
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Don't know if they are regional. Probably more universal. I think the genesis of one if not both is from the military.
1. SNAFU
2. FUBAR
Another couple more from the military back ground:
JAFA--description of an irritating person
TCTF-an irritating person was dealt with
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... I notice Americans have altered the saying "I couldn't care less" to "I could care less" which is the exact opposite to what the original meaning is. I've seen it written many times implying the original intent but expressed as the later. Not sure whether it's just an abbreviation that's gone wrong and become the norm or something else.
I use it both ways. As I explained to a coworker one time. I couldn't care less. I've tried as hard as I can but I just can't care any less. The other way is, I could care less but it just isn't worth the bother.
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We had dozens but I’ll pick one
To confirm a obvious question, “does a wild bear s#|+ in the woods”?
(https://i.ibb.co/gPtp1Hf/do-not-go-in-there-jpg.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gPtp1Hf)
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I grew up with “gapers block”. So rubberneckers is weird to me. I also like “all we lack is finishing”. Oh and “toad strangler” for a gully washer
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An elderly guy I used to work with in the ‘70s used to say, “you’re a card, bud, but you better get back in the deck.”
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To describe someone who is incompetent, an old friend used to say:
"He couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the directions were written on the sole!"
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a friend of mine used to say "no land, no cattle, no wrist watch"
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My favourite rancher's southern Alberta rancher's comment. "she's built like a New Holland tractor....kinda heavy where you put the pin".
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To describe someone who is incompetent, an old friend used to say:
"He couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the directions were written on the sole!"
Years ago I worked with a guy who said this quite often. He lived at an intersection of a couple of county roads. He called his place Malfunction Junction. However he was a masterful fabricator.
kk
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In my NJ accent.." jump up MF, you ain't nailed down"...
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No doubt other people in other places have said it, but it always cracked me up when my grandfather would refer to people or things as being "...worthless as tits on a boar."
Fun fact here in Indiana, you'll often hear people refer to things in a common dialect:
Tars = Tires
Ol = Oil
Worsh = Wash
Arn = Iron
This may be more of a Midwestern thing, but we will often exclaim, "Ope!", when presented with an "Excuse me." type of situation.
A lot of eastern Kentuckians moved to Indiana for work after the war. Thats how many of them pronounce those words.
Add to that air = our
My wife's family is from eastern Kentucky. One time her uncle was up visiting telling another friend of ours about “air boat”. Our friends eyes bugged out and he asked “you have an air boat?”.
Two people separated by a common language.
Pete
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All I know is, I changed the spark plugs on my V7, and now she runs like a raped ape.
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oil= earl
not to mention Dizzy Dean. "he slud into base."
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Anyone that served in the military always has a few good ones: when a friend of mine was in the Air Force, he screwed up some important project and got called on the carpet by his commanding officer, "Airman Smith, explain to me how you are going to UnFu*K this!" I always loved that one.
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"He went to public school." or the reverse "He went to private school." The other ones that we use are demographic based. "He's from Honolulu." Honolulu, Oahu is totally urbanized. Other islands are more rural in nature. Reversing the saying in Honolulu would explain their behavior in Honolulu.
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Someone needs to mention “brass monkeys”
I'm glad you asked. Back in the olden days, cannonballs were stored on a "monkey.' It was a square brass casting with indents on which the iron cannonballs were stacked up in a pyramid shape. Due to the difference in contraction rates of the two metals, when it got very cold the iron balls would be forced out of the monkey. How 'bout dem apples?
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To describe someone who is incompetent, an old friend used to say:
"He couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the directions were written on the sole!"
Or the Aussie version.....He couldn't organise a f*** in a brothel with a fist full of fivers.
Ciao
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Or the Aussie version.....He couldn't organise a f*** in a brothel with a fist full of fivers.
Ciao
Or in polite company: He couldn't organise a look out the window.
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Or in polite company: He couldn't organise a look out the window.
Sounds Melbournian as opposed to us brash and rude Sydney siders:)
Ciao
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"Hang loose, brah!" "No, beeg ting." "Eeasy" 🤙🤙🤙🤙
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"Hang loose, brah!" "No, beeg ting." "Eeasy" 🤙🤙🤙🤙
You like beef ?
Dusty
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"If can, can. If no can, no can."
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When reffering to someones appearance. "I've seen a better head on a Volkswagen".
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Sounds Melbournian as opposed to us brash and rude Sydney siders:)
Ciao
Nah. It's just the lack of five dollar whores in Melbourne.
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You get what you pay for.