– I feel like ‘who shot Lizzy in the face with a broom’! (When I use this, I change the broom to a ‘wet mop’ for effect) – So poor I didn’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. – Chili so hot it could blister concrete. Here are a few sayings that came to mind that I did not see elsewhere in this blog. Thank you so much for bringing this Texas boy back to his roots. “it’s hotter than a june bride on a feather bed!” “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” “i haven’t seen her in a month of sundays!” “Don’t count your chickens before those eggs hatch” “Running around like a chicken with its head cut off” “Butter my butt” postcard and other fabulous letterpress items available at YeeHaw’s Etsy store. Photo credits: Shirts featuring sassy Southern sayings available from .Ĭooter Brown’s sign by erjkprunczyk, Flickr Creative Commons What are your favorite expressions?ĭon’t just sit there like a bump on a log! It’s on like a chicken bone!! When it’s hotter than blue blazes, let’s hope you have air conditioning (“Good lord willing and the creek don’t rise”) or you’ll be sweating like a whore in church.Īll right, y’all, it’s audience participation time. (Unless they’re Southerners they want sweet tea.) Oh, I know you want just one more slice of red velvet cake, but people in hell want ice water. If the array of casseroles and cakes at the family reunion makes you happier than a pig in slop, don’t go overboard or you’re liable to end up full as a tick on a hound dog. Of course, any rude comments can be negated with the addition of a sincere-sounding “bless her heart.” My favorite is used to describe someone (usually female) who’s not exactly aging gracefully: “Rode hard and put away wet.” Southerners have countless expressions to describe a person’s shortcomings: “Useless as tits on a bull,” “Dumb as a box of rocks,” and “Ugly as homemade sin (I’m not sure how it compares to the store-bought kind).” For example: “I’ll knock you into the middle of next week,” “I’ll snatch you baldheaded,” or “I’ll slap you nekkid and hide your clothes.” The horror!!Įven some of our compliments sound threatening, such as when we encounter something “so good it makes you want to slap your mama.” Why? Can’t we all just get along? Some Southern expressions might lead one to believe that we are a violent people. I hear y’all saying, “You kiss your mama with that mouth?” (No, I don’t actually know what shinola is, but if the two items were displayed before me, I’m sure I could make an educated guess.) Whoever thinks that doesn’t know shit from shinola. While I have sometimes been accused of acting too big for my britches, y’all best not say I’ve gotten above my raisings. My guess would be someone who was frequently inebriated or “three sheets to the wind,” as we say.Īs a Mississippi girl, I’ve been using colorful expressions since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Well, hell, I don’t know who Cooter Brown is. Never do I feel more Southern than when I say something along the lines of “He was drunk as Cooter Brown” and someone responds with 1.
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