Southern Sayings

[GAVol]

preshateit = thank you

gazinta = division is being performed.

fixin to = I am about to complete a task.

You could hear a rat pissin' on cotton = it's really, really quiet.

 

[IBleedOrange24/7]

Ol' girl looks like she's been whipped with the ugly stick.

 

[surrealvol]

Fell outta the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!

 

[LadyinOrange]

Were you born/raised ina BARN? ( Whenever I left the door open on a cold day.)

 

[surrealvol]

...tighter 'n a banjo string (Really stressed out&#33

 

[LadyinOrange]

Old as Methuselah.

 

[surrealvol]

Skinny as a cue stick!

 

[surrealvol]

A pig in a poke. Not sure of what you're getting.

 

[surrealvol]

Not up to snuff!

Not good or not getting it done.

 

[IBleedOrange24/7]

Hot as a 4 balled tom cat! = either its really hot out or somebodys got the urge to merge. :blink:

 

[iznasty1981]

haha!

 

[GIVEHIM-6]

Hows ya mom and dem?

 

[la.lovesorange]

Originally posted by GIVEHIM-6@Jul 15, 2005 8:32 AM
Hows ya mom and dem?

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i think you went way down south with that saying!!!! :laugh1:

My mother in law is really country. I cant think of alot of them but she says:

Over yonder!!! (which drives me crazy!&#33 :laugh1:
Mad as a wet hen!!!!!

 

[surrealvol]

Havin' a toe-tappin' good time.

 

[TigersTalons]

Fixin to about to

Tough as a ole pine knot (sp) never got this until I tried it with a hand saw once and it ain't easy!

 

[SmokeyVol]

What in the Sam Hill are you people talkin about.


Has anyone ever heard that used?

 

[surrealvol]

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

 

[milohimself]

Originally posted by Smokey_Vol@Jul 15, 2005 4:16 PM
What in the Sam Hill are you people talkin about.
Has anyone ever heard that used?

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I even hear it around here...

 

[surrealvol]

Wouldn't that just blow your hat in the creek?

 

[volmanjr]

Well shut my mouth!=i'm speechless

 

[GIVEHIM-6]

Boy,you as bout dumb as dead possum layin in the street.

 

[surrealvol]

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Hard to make something out of nothing.

 

[IBleedOrange24/7]

Sight for sore eyes......

 

[KentheOrange]

Originally posted by surrealvol@Jul 13, 2005 12:18 PM
'Tween a rock and a hard place.

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Damn Yankees copy everything we do :thefinger:

 

[IBleedOrange24/7]

Iddy'clair...
=
I declare