People in Smalltownland certainly have their own way of doing things. Which is to say that they like to do things as they have always been done. Without change or modern intervention. The same can be said about language. Certain phrases hang in there like a hair in a biscuit. That is to say they are permanent, never to leave the lexicon.
Let's examine a few...shall we?
*He thinks the sun comes up just to hear him crow.
*She could make a preacher cuss.
*He was as mad as a mule chewing on bumblebees.
*I'm finer than a frog hair split four ways.
*That's about as useful as a trap door on a canoe.
*If his brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose.
*He squeezes a quarter so tight that the eagle screams.
*Well....tie me to an anthill and fill my ears with jam.
And, finally one that my own dad used on me as a teenager.
*She's got champagne taste and beer money.
I like the house! A little fixing up, and a coat of fire and it would be great! Why would your dad ever say that to you?
ReplyDeleteIan - My dad was joking with me when I, as a teenager, wanted all of the expensive clothing, etc...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite..She could make a preacher cuss! haha!
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt on the fence, perfect. xo
Michelle,
ReplyDeleteLol you came up with some that I have never heard before.
My husband will LOVE those.
Thanks for sharing.
In Him,
Grace
LOL! I am going to use those today!! At least once per. My kids will wonder where I've been!
ReplyDeletea few i've never heard before. too cute!
ReplyDeletei've heard that comment many times. i always wonder where we learn things when we did not grow up that way? i know i never grew up with lots of money. but i appreciate good taste. nothing wrong with either pick. just different. the quilt is gorgeous. love all the colors. (:
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of most of those sayings. Love the trap door/canoe one -- great! Hope you're having a good summer.
ReplyDeleteMy daddy always says "Fine as frog's hair..." I've had that'un on my blog, too. So cute - I like your othern's, too!
ReplyDeletehaha my dad used that same one on me, just slightly different "you've got champagne taste on a beer budget"! love all those old sayings...the photos to go with them are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love the hair in a biscuit and a trap door in a canoe. Just picturing it makes me smile. It's funny, I just posted something about rural sounds this morning.
ReplyDeletenow those sound familiar...love that quilt on the fence....too awesome...
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for Three Dog Night!
love me some local lexicon..."I'm much obliged" to you for your post!
ReplyDeleteOh lol, I think I'm going to use a few of them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt!
Pop is a treasure chest of those old sayings, and he makes up some himself, that will live on forever,too.I may write a post on some of his. Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteWe got some similar ones, but none so funny!
ReplyDeleteWonderful ! Even after eight years living here, I still learn alike. Love the one with the ants much. Please have a good Wednesday you all.
ReplyDeleteI have heard some of them and variations in both English and French growing up in Quebec.
ReplyDeleteAll to say things in their version of common sense.
Outstanding, as always, Michelle. (As is the music.) My vote goes to the strawberry ears in the anthill. Never heard that one before.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are so Kentuckyish. Like the small house at the top of your post especially -- barbara P. S. I heard a Kentucky phrase yesterday that was new to me, "if he was on fire on wouldn't even piss on him." Wow that means I guess you are really mad at a certain someone. A bit crude but spoken by a professional Kentuckian person.
ReplyDeleteI love that old home and that quilt. I've heard of most of them. And then there is "I'd be on that like a June Bug".
ReplyDeleteLove the poor old house and the gorgeous hexagon quilt! I got a big kick out of those sayings. I was born in Oklahoma but we moved to Oregon when I was 4 - so I heard some of the from my Okie parents but Oregonians don't say many of those fun old things. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteThose are funny. I like the last shot.
ReplyDeletehaha...oh, I hadn't heard any except the sun and the crow. haha. And the beer budget. Oh, so funny!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, those are some crazy sayings! I haven't heard most of them before.
ReplyDeleteThese were all new to me, excepet the beer and champagne. Fun!
ReplyDeleteLove your hometown sayings -- had heard of one or two, but most were new to me. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laughs Michelle- I needed them this morning.
ReplyDeleteThose were great! Most of them were new to me too! I can't wait to use them!
ReplyDeleteSome of my favs are "she could talk a dog off a meat wagon" or "he's tighter than bark to a tree" and the all time New England fav "wicked good"
I have always loved these old sayings.
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Love the sayings - I like to keep lists of them!
ReplyDeleteThey all make me smile. So hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI smiled ear to ear...I have heard many of these phrases too. These phrases are timeless.
ReplyDeleteVelva
Haha:) Nice post, loved reading it!! Its almost the same here in India too! And love your captures as always.
ReplyDeleteWish you a wonderful week Michelle:)
Too funny.
ReplyDeleteDarryl and Ruth :)
hilarious quotes! That quilt laying over the fence is beautiful, insta favorite.
ReplyDeleteI've heard the first one before. The last one is best. I could have used that one on my daughter when she was a teenager. Ha!
ReplyDeleteWanted to say, love the quilt picture. The first photo intrigues me. The house looks abandoned but, there are bales of hay in the stable.
ReplyDeleteI love these. I have always said I have champagne taste on a beer budget :) Great photos.
ReplyDeleteHilarious! These are all totally new sayings to me.
ReplyDeleteSome funny phrases here. I've never heard any of them before. The trap door on a canoe struck me... I would normally replace that with "chocolate fireguard " !
ReplyDeleteHaving family from and still in KY, I have heard some of those. So funny!! You have put together quite a collection. Love, love the quilt on the fence.
ReplyDeleteLot of wisdom in those.
ReplyDeleteI like the translation of "Happy wife, happy life" into "If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy !"