HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?
02-17-2011, 07:59 AM
#42
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My wonderful granddaughter often does not know what what I am talking about when I am using Texanisms, e.g., "it's the one that's catty cornered across the street," "dumber than a box of rocks," "I feel like I've been dragged through a brush heap backward."
It's a shame that sayings like "eating an elephant one bite at a time" are becoming endangered species because they are so colorful and imaginative.
Don't give up using them and use them in your writing. And if you want to know more, Google Texanisms or New Jerseyisms or any other state 'isms' and you will find wonderful examples of regional language.
It's a shame that sayings like "eating an elephant one bite at a time" are becoming endangered species because they are so colorful and imaginative.
Don't give up using them and use them in your writing. And if you want to know more, Google Texanisms or New Jerseyisms or any other state 'isms' and you will find wonderful examples of regional language.
02-17-2011, 08:02 AM
#44
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Location: Ellenton, Florida
Posts: 731
These are some that my Mother-In-Law used to say.
She could make a preacher cuss!
She needs some fries to go with that shake.
Well, slap my head and call me silly!
That boy’s two bricks shy of a full load.
That boy looks like he’s been whooped with an ugly stick.
Dumber than a box of rocks.
I’m serious as a haert attack!
I am busier than a set of jumper cables at Redneck picnic !
I'll knock you into next week.
You’re drivin me up the wall.
It is so good, it makes you want to slap your momma!
Hot enough to fry an egg.
There’s more n’ one way ta skin a cat.
Queerer than a THREE dollar bill.
Fit to be tied.
Madder than an old wet hen.
Who put a bee in her bonnet?
I done told you fifty eleven times.
Great Day in the Morning.
he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Even a blind hog gets an ear of corn once in a while.
All over that like white on rice.
“So put that in your pipe and smoke it”
Chewed me up one side and down the other!
Couldnt hit the broad side of a barn.
“Don’t put the cart before the horse”
That smell will gag a maggot.
Going to hell in a handbasket.
“I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck yesterday.”
That rolled up like a 10 cent window shade.
She could make a preacher cuss!
She needs some fries to go with that shake.
Well, slap my head and call me silly!
That boy’s two bricks shy of a full load.
That boy looks like he’s been whooped with an ugly stick.
Dumber than a box of rocks.
I’m serious as a haert attack!
I am busier than a set of jumper cables at Redneck picnic !
I'll knock you into next week.
You’re drivin me up the wall.
It is so good, it makes you want to slap your momma!
Hot enough to fry an egg.
There’s more n’ one way ta skin a cat.
Queerer than a THREE dollar bill.
Fit to be tied.
Madder than an old wet hen.
Who put a bee in her bonnet?
I done told you fifty eleven times.
Great Day in the Morning.
he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Even a blind hog gets an ear of corn once in a while.
All over that like white on rice.
“So put that in your pipe and smoke it”
Chewed me up one side and down the other!
Couldnt hit the broad side of a barn.
“Don’t put the cart before the horse”
That smell will gag a maggot.
Going to hell in a handbasket.
“I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck yesterday.”
That rolled up like a 10 cent window shade.
02-17-2011, 08:39 AM
#47
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Vermont
Posts: 7,044
About my cheap DH
"he's so tight when he passes gas only dogs can hear it"
or
"when he squeezes a nickel, the Indian rides the buffalo"
Have to explain that one to the youngsters too.
and instead of
I'll be darned
I have been known to say
Well I Swan
or
I'll be hornswoggled.
"he's so tight when he passes gas only dogs can hear it"
or
"when he squeezes a nickel, the Indian rides the buffalo"
Have to explain that one to the youngsters too.
and instead of
I'll be darned
I have been known to say
Well I Swan
or
I'll be hornswoggled.
02-17-2011, 09:25 AM
#49
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Location: New York City/Manhattan
Posts: 1,316
Originally Posted by ptquilts
About my cheap DH
"he's so tight when he passes gas only dogs can hear it"
or
"when he squeezes a nickel, the Indian rides the buffalo"
Have to explain that one to the youngsters too.
and instead of
I'll be darned
I have been known to say
Well I Swan
or
I'll be hornswoggled.
"he's so tight when he passes gas only dogs can hear it"
or
"when he squeezes a nickel, the Indian rides the buffalo"
Have to explain that one to the youngsters too.
and instead of
I'll be darned
I have been known to say
Well I Swan
or
I'll be hornswoggled.
if I had a dog with a face like his, i'd shave its behind and make it walk backwards
I also once had a boss (in NJ) from MS or MO (can't remember) who would ask "How much do you lack" though pronounced "Lack" like "like"--he was often answered "I don't like" rather than something like, "oh, i need another 10 minutes to finish" which is really what he was asking!
Laurie
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