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Have you read any Jan Karon books ? I started to write them down !
Starved as a barn cat Green as tasseling corn Came like ants to jam Ran like a scalded dog Dull as dishwater Like a bee to clover Hot as a depot stove You messed with the wrong rhino Looks like you were yanked up by the roots Clinging like moss to a log Stacking up like planes over Atlanta That house is too small to cuss a cat Dumb as wash on a line Older than the Bill of Rights Tires so bald he should start writing his obituary Weak as pond water Proud as a pup with 2 tails Panting like a farm dog after a rabbit Went through him like seed corn through a goose |
Raining cats and dogs-- learned what that one was when visiting Anne Hathaway's Cottage in England (Shakespeare's wife).
The one a coworker always said was "Sexier than socks on a rooster". Never figured that one out though. |
Originally Posted by tranum
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Have you read any Jan Karon books ? I started to write them down !
Starved as a barn cat Green as tasseling corn Came like ants to jam Ran like a scalded dog Dull as dishwater Like a bee to clover Hot as a depot stove You messed with the wrong rhino Looks like you were yanked up by the roots Clinging like moss to a log Stacking up like planes over Atlanta That house is too small to cuss a cat Dumb as wash on a line Older than the Bill of Rights Tires so bald he should start writing his obituary Weak as pond water Proud as a pup with 2 tails Panting like a farm dog after a rabbit Went through him like seed corn through a goose |
I'm on it.....like white on rice.
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My dad's favorite "Busier than a one-armed paper hanger" Having hung wallpaper in my earlier days, it has a visual image that really works!
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I think many have to do with the origin of the language they first were started in, doesn't make sense to us but there were reasons.
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From my wise and witty Mother:
1). Drunk men and little children always tell the truth 2). Referring to a clean house: "shines like cat %#£% in the moonlight 3) I felt like a skunk who showed up at a picnic 4). Referring to politicians: It's easy to be generous with another man's money. |
Happy as a clam.
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I've only heard this in the South and get in trouble if I use it elsewhere...
You're a mess. It means, "You're top notch or cute or whatever." It is meant as a compliment, although it sounds just the opposite. Go figure! |
if you think about them, a lot of them make sense. I like the ones tranum listed. I got quite the visual on most of them and saw how they made sense
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