Old Timey Sayings

jmanley17

Member
Dad always says we killed a bear but maw shot it
When i say if something he says if your aunt had. ..... She woulda. Been your uncle
 

SkintRider

Senior Member
If wishes wuz horses,beggars would ride.
If frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their butts when they jumped.:banginghe
 

T-Boy

Senior Member
If they put your brain in a match box it would rattle like a BB in a box car.

Getting a fastball past Hank Aaron is like sneaking daylight past a rooster.

I see said the blind man as he raised his wooden leg.

Bogus as a 3 dollar bill.

Funny as a screen door in a submarine.

You wouldn't know the truth if it hit you in the face.
 

little rascal

Senior Member
sayings,

He/She is so ugly they'ed snag lightning!
Slicker than eel snot!
If brains wer gasoline, you wouldn't have enough to start a - I AM A POTTY MOUTH -- I AM A POTTY MOUTH -- I AM A POTTY MOUTH -- I AM A POTTY MOUTH - ant's motorcycle.
I'd rather be lucky than good.
The devil's beating his wife(sunshining during rain).
Grinning like a jackass eating briars.
He's one brick short of a stack.
He's one sammich short of a picnic.
He ain't got both oars in the water, or one oar short of a rowboat.
Snug as a bug in a rug.
If brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow ur nose.
Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite.
Had to (take care of biz) like a crippled raccoon.
Tip toeing like a houndog trying to pass a peach seed.
Grinning like a possum.
Go cut me a switch.
A day late and a dollar short.
When it rains it pours.
Trying to make Chicken Scratch outta Chicken Poop.
Where's so and so? He went to poop and the Hog's ate him.
Is a Bull Frog Water Proof???
 

wharfrat

Senior Member
don't pea on my head and call it rain
 

White Horse

Old And Real Ornery
"Cuttin' a shine..." as in "Man, I've been sick today.. my stomach is cuttin' a shine."

"Heap..." Meaning an indeterminate but large amount, as in "Bring in a heap of wood from the woodpile."

"Deep pockets and short arms..." Applied to anyone who is thrifty and frugal.

"If I had a head like that I'd worry if it didn't hurt."
 

woodyjim

Senior Member
Alligator mouth writes check hummingbird butt can't cash
If wishes were horses,beggars would ride
 

rvick

Senior Member
of a bad wife..."she could throw it out the back door with a spoon, faster than he could bring it in with a shovel".
 
From my Grandaddy, who lives now in Thomas County but grew up in Coweta. 71 years old this month.

"Good as snuff and not half as dusty"
"Rich as ten foot up a bull's butt"
"Rich enough to burn a wet mule"
"Fine as the hair on a frogs butt" in reference to a beautiful woman.
and my favorite... One about seeing a barn rat so big it could stand "flat footed" and perform a certain act on a turkey. But we have to keep it G rated.

Love my Grandad and all the old timers with their sayings. If I think of more, or if he utters another classic I'll post it.

HM
 

blink

Senior Member
My Papa had many, but these are two i can think of...

It's colder than a witch's ti-tty!

It's hotter than a nanny goat in a pepper patch!
 

Russdaddy

Senior Member
SCAT CAT, YA TAILS ION THE GRAVY! Great G-parents used to say this when someone would sneeze. Never knew where it came from but was funny as a kid..
 

rvick

Senior Member
SCAT CAT, YA TAILS ION THE GRAVY! Great G-parents used to say this when someone would sneeze. Never knew where it came from but was funny as a kid..
My Granny would say "Scat cat...go catch a rat!" I haven't thought of that in many years.
 

rvick

Senior Member
if one was about to get in trouble, one was about to get "in Dutch"...don't know where that came from but I used to get in Dutch a lot.
 
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