Heard this one more in the Midwest when I lived there, but still occasionally around here:

"Let's see if we can't make that work." Or "Let's see if we can't get her to tell us her recipe." How about "Let's see if we can...!" which is the whole reason for trying.

I always thought that to mean you know who your true friends are when you need something. I like that phrase.

Patience is a virtue.

Tried and true.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Needle in a hay stack.

She is looking for a meal ticket.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Moving as slow as molasses in January.

Yes, I was raised by a loving Grandmother. Heard a lot of sayings back then.

I always loved the one from the south "bless his / her heart" ... being Canadian and knowing it was being sarcastic, I almost spit out my sweet tea when I heard it in real life last year in Savannah ... cracks me up every time!

I hear this one every day at work. "I hate to bother you while you're eating lunch".
I always think, no, if you really hated it, you'd come back when I wasn't eating.

Janelle

Soooooo ........ give them that response!

Mom was an English teacher. When someone would ask? "Can I ask a question?" Her reply was, "You just did.

I can never resist saying "too late!". :)

My mother's father used to say "You'd kick if you were in swimming".

My grandmother's favorite was "If the weather stands tomorrow we'll thrash."