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Old expressions [View all] lillypaddle Oct 2019 OP
Well Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #1
Never heard the one about the cow and the cabbage Freddie Oct 2019 #2
same here Sanity Claws Oct 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #8
Me either. Fla Dem Oct 2019 #16
Your niece obviously doesn't drink or has never had a hangover. YOHABLO Oct 2019 #3
I had to google the cow one. I like to say I went by Croney Oct 2019 #4
Never heard that one lillypaddle Oct 2019 #11
"Old soldiers never die ... " sl8 Oct 2019 #5
Wow, you're full of it lillypaddle Oct 2019 #12
No, you were right the first time. sl8 Oct 2019 #34
Raining pitchforks and hammer handles. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #6
Those sound like Arkansas lillypaddle Oct 2019 #13
My mother, who hailed from Minnesota, used the pitchforks saying. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #20
another stereotype lillypaddle Oct 2019 #21
In Texas we call heavy downpours "frog stranglers" or toad stranglers TexasBushwhacker Oct 2019 #67
God willin' and the crick don't rise. sarge43 Oct 2019 #9
A "gullywasher" of a rain.... lastlib Oct 2019 #10
And of course there were always these lillypaddle Oct 2019 #14
Is a Bear Catholic? Wolf Frankula Oct 2019 #24
Pass the Lord and praise the ammunition. Doc_Technical Oct 2019 #32
Does a goose go barefoot?? Grammy23 Oct 2019 #51
"In a pig's ass!" 🐷 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #15
Pshaw! jpak Oct 2019 #18
"Ain't that cunnin!" jpak Oct 2019 #17
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth wishstar Oct 2019 #19
I love you a bushel and a peck IcyPeas Oct 2019 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2019 #23
Ain't had so much fun since the hogs et Grandpa. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #25
LOL! lillypaddle Oct 2019 #29
Some from the southern Appalachians Glorfindel Oct 2019 #26
That will be the dusty tuesday. BarbaRosa Oct 2019 #27
"Faster than three shakes of a lamb's tail." Adsos Letter Oct 2019 #28
Gosh, I say "three shakes" all the time now. Laffy Kat Oct 2019 #45
Well, I swan lillypaddle Oct 2019 #30
I hear my Granny's voice with this expression yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #73
"Bet he pulls down his pants to fart" VarryOn Oct 2019 #31
Meaner than a wolf bitch with pups. peacefreak2.0 Oct 2019 #33
Would you like to beat the floor ? OnDoutside Oct 2019 #35
Wow lillypaddle Oct 2019 #36
Frankly... ailsagirl Oct 2019 #37
I say all of those!!! nt Laffy Kat Oct 2019 #46
Yay!! ailsagirl Oct 2019 #75
Bunch of goodies lillypaddle Oct 2019 #53
Thanks-- being sans electricity is a real experience ailsagirl Oct 2019 #76
Just wanted you to know... Iggo Oct 2019 #70
You're welcome!! ailsagirl Oct 2019 #77
That's the berries- Alliepoo Oct 2019 #38
In the UK that'd be 'the dog's bollocks' redqueen Oct 2019 #61
Catty corner Alliepoo Oct 2019 #39
Yep! nt lillypaddle Oct 2019 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Oct 2019 #40
"Beauty fades, but ugly holds its own." " I'll do ____ if it harelips Granny." patricia92243 Oct 2019 #41
harelipping granny is an interesting one lillypaddle Oct 2019 #55
After further review, I've decided mine weren't very nice. Iggo Oct 2019 #42
Well, hell lillypaddle Oct 2019 #56
Okay.... Iggo Oct 2019 #65
The first two were posted here lillypaddle Oct 2019 #66
"Grin and bear it" means exactly the same thing... Iggo Oct 2019 #69
"Beats a sharp stick in the eye" (my dad) smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #43
How about, "It was scattered from hell to breakfast"? Laffy Kat Oct 2019 #44
When you tell someone how the cow ate the cabbage, lillypaddle Oct 2019 #57
Shit fire and save matches. (Expresses surprise) redqueen Oct 2019 #47
I use many of those. nt lillypaddle Oct 2019 #58
Useless as tits on a boar-hog. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #48
I heard it as lillypaddle Oct 2019 #59
Dumber than a sack of hammers. Wolf Frankula Oct 2019 #49
He ain't worth killin'. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2019 #50
Down south: Geez Louise lillypaddle Oct 2019 #60
Rubber check KT2000 Oct 2019 #52
I couldn't be happier if Buzz cook Oct 2019 #62
Happy as a pig in a poke lillypaddle Oct 2019 #63
Lindsey "doesn't know whether to shit or go blind." patricia92243 Oct 2019 #64
with his/her bare face hanging out frogmarch Oct 2019 #68
"Even a blind hog gets an acorn now and then." Cairycat Oct 2019 #71
I'm a third generation Texan. My father always said "how the cow ate the cabbage" as in CTyankee Oct 2019 #72
I'll let the cat out of the bag and Niagara Oct 2019 #74
Dumb as a Trump. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #78
My mom is from Texas and had a ton of these sayings. lark Oct 2019 #79
I feel much older today, reading about these "old" expressions. Sigh... flor-de-jasmim Oct 2019 #80
Cut off your nose to spite your face Bayard Oct 2019 #81
The Beatles are LakeArenal Oct 2019 #82
"Built like a brick shithouse." n/t malthaussen Oct 2019 #83
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