When I lived in Texas years ago a common expression to describe someone who was a phony was “All hat, no cattle”. I haven’t heard anyone say that in at least 20 years. Another one, that I actually heard the other day for the first time in about 30 years, describing something that was really special, was “far out”. Any expressions you can think of like this?
Old expressions I no longer hear
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I have a friend I served with. He's as Cajun as you can get. He has a few I've adopted. "Happy as a frog on a gator", "Busy as a three necked goat" are two of my favorites.
Remember everything in the 70's was"groovie". When I was in school, a million years ago, everything was "cool".
Last week one very cold morning I drove my 15 year old grand daughter to school.
She hopped in the truck and said "Sorry Grandpa, I'm a little salty this morning. But bet you don't know what that means since the young kids say it."
It struck me as so funny I laughed until she was even more "salty" thinking I was making fun of her.
I explained to her that these popular words were just another cycle of life proving that for the most part we are all alike. Told her my mothers and grandmothers generation used salty while mine used things like groovy, far out and cool. To us it was old fashioned to say salty but here we are .... it's come around again.
She hopped in the truck and said "Sorry Grandpa, I'm a little salty this morning. But bet you don't know what that means since the young kids say it."
It struck me as so funny I laughed until she was even more "salty" thinking I was making fun of her.
I explained to her that these popular words were just another cycle of life proving that for the most part we are all alike. Told her my mothers and grandmothers generation used salty while mine used things like groovy, far out and cool. To us it was old fashioned to say salty but here we are .... it's come around again.
ronto
Hunter
Raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
Its as cold as a well diggers ass in the winter time!!
FT44
FT44
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
"Grinnin' like a mule eatin' briars"
"Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine."
"Just between you and me and the gate post."
"Get down and come in"
"Button the door before you go to bed."
"Blow out the lights"
"Cacklin' like a settin' hen."
"Waitin' for the other shoe to drop."
"Miss Goody Two shoes" (I claim to be a Goody Two Boots)
"He's kicked over the traces."
"Mad as a wet hen"
My Dad's strongest cussing: "Rotenone it all" or "Rotten on it all."
"I'm going to rip 'n' tear" (Go to bed)
Bob Wright
"Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine."
"Just between you and me and the gate post."
"Get down and come in"
"Button the door before you go to bed."
"Blow out the lights"
"Cacklin' like a settin' hen."
"Waitin' for the other shoe to drop."
"Miss Goody Two shoes" (I claim to be a Goody Two Boots)
"He's kicked over the traces."
"Mad as a wet hen"
My Dad's strongest cussing: "Rotenone it all" or "Rotten on it all."
"I'm going to rip 'n' tear" (Go to bed)
Bob Wright
Rarer than hens teeth.
Dryer than a popcorn fart.
Busier than a one armed paper hanger.
Dryer than a popcorn fart.
Busier than a one armed paper hanger.
...with the crabs :)nekvermont said:
coach
Hunter
Happy as a pig in sheet
Nervous as a whore in church.
Nervous as a frog on the freeway.
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin' chairs.
Busy as a new rooster in the hen house.
Happy as a puppy in a room full of new rubber balls. :lol: :wink:
Nervous as a frog on the freeway.
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin' chairs.
Busy as a new rooster in the hen house.
Happy as a puppy in a room full of new rubber balls. :lol: :wink:
wunbe
Buckeye
Not so much fun since the pigs ate my sister.
wunbe
wunbe
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
Finer than frog hair.
Happy as a pig in (mud, or other yucky stuff)
Even a blind dog finds a bone some times
Three shakes of a lamb's tail
Grinning like a Cheshire cat
Grinning like a cat that just ate the canary
Sing like a canary
Darker than inside a well digger's (hip pocket)
Colder than a witch's (chest) in a stainless steel bra
Slower than molasses in January
Hotter than a $2 (pistol, or "working girl")
Last(s, ed, ing) as long as a June frost
Nervous as a ("working girl") in church (or cat on a hot tin roof)
Dumb as a box of rocks (or sack of hammers)
If (your) brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow your nose
Knee high to a grasshopper
Two years older than dirt
Ugly as a mud fence
Pretty as a picture
Lickety split
Step lively
The second Tuesday of next week
I was born on a (Tuesday, etc) but it wasn't last week
Rick C
Finer than frog hair.
Happy as a pig in (mud, or other yucky stuff)
Even a blind dog finds a bone some times
Three shakes of a lamb's tail
Grinning like a Cheshire cat
Grinning like a cat that just ate the canary
Sing like a canary
Darker than inside a well digger's (hip pocket)
Colder than a witch's (chest) in a stainless steel bra
Slower than molasses in January
Hotter than a $2 (pistol, or "working girl")
Last(s, ed, ing) as long as a June frost
Nervous as a ("working girl") in church (or cat on a hot tin roof)
Dumb as a box of rocks (or sack of hammers)
If (your) brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow your nose
Knee high to a grasshopper
Two years older than dirt
Ugly as a mud fence
Pretty as a picture
Lickety split
Step lively
The second Tuesday of next week
I was born on a (Tuesday, etc) but it wasn't last week
Rick C
When I was in high school we had an expression which we used for stuff that today would be called "cool" or "awesome". Since it might violate the rules here though I'll try to get it across in a different way. We used to say, "Man the surf at the beach was (female-dog)in'!"
bogus bill
Hunter
Got dandruff and some of it itch`s.
So dumb he cant pour pee out of a boot with the directions wrote on the heel.
Teacher`s got eyes in the back of her head.
They will steal ever thing not nailed down.
Get in there and clean up. Ya stink like a billy goat!
Get in there and shave. Ya look like a old woman!
Get the lead out!
Git in there and brush those fangs!
Quit yapping and come up for air!
He`s so tall he go`s goose hunting with a rake.
She`s so homely she can stop a clock.
That went over like turd in the punch bowl.
So dumb he cant pour pee out of a boot with the directions wrote on the heel.
Teacher`s got eyes in the back of her head.
They will steal ever thing not nailed down.
Get in there and clean up. Ya stink like a billy goat!
Get in there and shave. Ya look like a old woman!
Get the lead out!
Git in there and brush those fangs!
Quit yapping and come up for air!
He`s so tall he go`s goose hunting with a rake.
She`s so homely she can stop a clock.
That went over like turd in the punch bowl.
"Don't dilly-dally"
"Give me a dabble of..."
"You're full of malarkey"
"Rub your mad spot and get glad"
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
"Give me a dabble of..."
"You're full of malarkey"
"Rub your mad spot and get glad"
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
opos
Buckeye
No longer "hear" or "see"
The wolf
Is shaved
So neat and trim
Red Riding Hood
Is chasing him
Burma-Shave
That is from 1952...I miss the burma shave signs..kept us busy as kids on the long drives when there were no freeways...anyone recall the days without freeways??
The wolf
Is shaved
So neat and trim
Red Riding Hood
Is chasing him
Burma-Shave
That is from 1952...I miss the burma shave signs..kept us busy as kids on the long drives when there were no freeways...anyone recall the days without freeways??
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
"Please."
"Thank you."
"Yes, Ma'am"
"No, Sir."
"Check under that hood, Sir?"
Bob Wright
"Thank you."
"Yes, Ma'am"
"No, Sir."
"Check under that hood, Sir?"
Bob Wright
Tom W
Blackhawk
As common as fire ants
Ain't got the sense God gave a goat
I 'spect you'd best not do that...
Well no, of course it didn't LOOK hot....
Ain't got the sense God gave a goat
I 'spect you'd best not do that...
Well no, of course it didn't LOOK hot....
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The old folks used to say. "Believe you me".
I wonder if that is one of those second language things. English words structured in French?
My grandmother also said "Throw me down the stairs, my pillow". Or "Throw me over the fence, some hay"
I wonder if that is one of those second language things. English words structured in French?
My grandmother also said "Throw me down the stairs, my pillow". Or "Throw me over the fence, some hay"
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I still use a lot of those expressions... does that make me old?
CGDustDevil
Buckeye
flattop44 said:
I heard that as "... cold as a well digger's ass in the Klondike!". Ah, the good old days, eh? ;)
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
Tight as a bull's (bum) in fly season
He's so tight he squeaks when he walks
Out past where Jesus lost His sandals
Rick C
Tight as a bull's (bum) in fly season
He's so tight he squeaks when he walks
Out past where Jesus lost His sandals
Rick C
Uglier than the south end of a north bound mule.
Hotter than a three peckered billy goat.
Dumb as a door knob.
He was so tall he could stand flat footed and c__p in the back of a dump truck.
Everything but the kitchen sink.
The cheese fell off his cracker a long time ago.
His elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor.
Everything, lock, stock and barrel.
He’s so tight he squeaks when he walks.
And so on......
Hotter than a three peckered billy goat.
Dumb as a door knob.
He was so tall he could stand flat footed and c__p in the back of a dump truck.
Everything but the kitchen sink.
The cheese fell off his cracker a long time ago.
His elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor.
Everything, lock, stock and barrel.
He’s so tight he squeaks when he walks.
And so on......
SR1911SHOOTER
Blackhawk
flattop44 said:
Flattop,
I always heard it was a well digger's butt in the Klondike!
Blackie
SR1911SHOOTER
Blackhawk
eveled said:
eveled,
I believe that expression is Scandinavian. As in Make open the window!
Blackie
CGDustDevil
Buckeye
Here's a few I grew up hearing & using, and still use quite regularly today. (Much to the delight of young folks who just sit and roar with laughter when we work together. ;) )
Hard as a pine knot.
Tighter 'n Dick's hat band.
Can't see the forest for the trees.
Cock for dolly.
[messed] up worse than Hogan's goat.
I'm gonna wear you out.
etc etc. ;)
Regards, Pete
Hard as a pine knot.
Tighter 'n Dick's hat band.
Can't see the forest for the trees.
Cock for dolly.
[messed] up worse than Hogan's goat.
I'm gonna wear you out.
etc etc. ;)
Regards, Pete
SR1911SHOOTER
Blackhawk
opos said:
opos,
I remember the Burma Shave signs from the 40s and 50s.
Blackie
Enjoy!
https://fiftiesweb.com/pop/burma-shave-1/
