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Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 7866873)
Busier than a one-legged cat on a hot tin roof.
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Being from the South, we have a lot of colorful sayings. A homely person - Uglier than a mud fence dobbed with lizards. I don't even think dob is a word.
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I know some of us put down phrases that really DO make sense even though the original question was about what are some that DON'T. I have never understood why "pulling my leg" means "you're kidding me.
jcraine-- I think the phrase you mention has the word "daubed" (not dobbed). To daub means to paint. Mud daubers have mud nests. A mud fence daubed with lizards is quite the word picture to describe ugly! |
I remember my mom would say (after giving us a spanking), "stop your crying or I'll give you something to REALLY cry about".
Never made sense to me then, still doesn't make sense to me to this day. |
Originally Posted by zozee
(Post 7867790)
I know some of us put down phrases that really DO make sense even though the original question was about what are some that DON'T. I have never understood why "pulling my leg" means "you're kidding me.
jcraine-- I think the phrase you mention has the word "daubed" (not dobbed). To daub means to paint. Mud daubers have mud nests. A mud fence daubed with lizards is quite the word picture to describe ugly! |
Originally Posted by Endora
(Post 7867799)
I remember my mom would say (after giving us a spanking), "stop your crying or I'll give you something to REALLY cry about".
Never made sense to me then, still doesn't make sense to me to this day. Another weird saying: Dumb as a box of rocks. |
worry is like a fast getaway on a wooden horse....
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George Carlin was a master at this.
"Everything is going down the tubes. What tubes?" lololol |
one my grannie always used when she wanted us out of her way was " get on about your rat killing,"
This is from southern Ok. |
Originally Posted by coopah
(Post 7867841)
In my family, that meant I'd get another spanking.
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