I am 45 and grew up hearing many of these. Just wish I could remember them all. My DH has saying for just about everything. His dear sweet mamaw taught him so many. She was born, raised and died in the hills of southwest VA.

can't say i've heard that one. though my first husband was forever telling me elephant jokes.

I use that saying ALL THE TIME. It helps as a reminder to break big projects down into manageable chunks.

It's new to me but I love it.

One bite at a time! Thats what I thought when I saw your post. Last week on the way home, DD was flippin the stations and stopped on this awful song that sounded like a broken record, literally!I said " please turn that broken record off". They all looked at me strange. Oldest DS who's 12 said "say what? :lol: So I had to go over the whole spiel about you know those black disk looking things Mom has in the closet..... And how about," Well I'll swan"(I'll be darned) or sittin here like a bump on a log.Or " Well, bless your heart" "Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs" and a newer one "he/she's one fry short of a happy meal :lol: :lol: Those may just be a southern thing :lol:

"Fit to be Tied" that was my granmas favorite1

" Like a hen on a June Bug", "A Pole Cat in a sack", and "Like two pigs fightin' under a blanket" come to mind immediately. Several others do also that I remember my Dad saying, but those are un-typable...

Well if that don't beat all!!
My kid's look at me like I am crazy when I say that.

I'm 23 and I know that saying. My mom uses it sometimes. I remember one time at church, someone had said that saying and everyone looked around dumbfounded. And my mom said, one bite at a time. And people asked her what an elephant tastes like because they actually thought she ate one.

I also knew even before I read the post what the answer was. I grew up hearing a lot of these sayings. I use them many times and my dear grandchildren just look at me. Of course there are a lot of transplants from other parts of the country and even some from overseas in my circle of quilting friends at they look at me slightly funny sometimes when I come out with something I have heard all my life in Texas.

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