Sayings from previous generations

[LibraryLady]

"treated him like a red headed step child"
Did your family use that expression? Was reminded of it today when my husband remarked on a situation, used that expression, and followed it with "and he didn't even have red hair."

[BillB]

I've heard the expression quite a few times.

[bodine]

My dad still says "people in hell want ice water..."

[ralph]

snowballs chance in hell .

[ralph]

at work the old guys would say , he's standing on thin ice and he's got one foot on a banana peel . ------ Said to a guy in a precarious situation is best I can explain it .

[ralph]

said ABOUT a guy in a precarious situation . Also said to a guy in a precarious situation if you are making fun of his precarious situation .

[ralph]

cut a fat hog on the azz !! Maybe just something my Dad would say , don't know where he heard it . Meant that a guy was looking for a reward / windfall that he wasn't really entitled to like in a lawsuit . ------ something like that !!

[grouchy]

Were you born in a barn?

[Grassman]

You better straiten up kid, or I'll get my belt out.

[crocmommy]

Knee high to a grasshopper.

[glenn/dallas]

dag nabbit

hot damn

that'll make your teeth rattle

well,,, bust my britches

wisenheimer

hunky dory

druthers

All the above from my late, great Grandfather (a farmer in Waxahachie)

[Jami]

My husband says hunky dory. He also says..... my belly button is gnawing on my backbone.

[grouchy]

fixin' to

out yonder

[GRANDPA]

If you think you're going to live the life of Riley around here . . .
I didn't get where I am today by . . .

[crocmommy]

One that came to mind this morning when I had to stop and get gas was "Colder than a welldiggers arse".

[bodine]

Butt assed neked....

[grouchy]

One that came to mind this morning when I had to stop and get gas was "Colder than a welldiggers arse".

Also colder than a witches fit.

[BillB]

I'll dance at your wedding with bells on.
Fitter 'n a fiddle.
Fine as a frog's hair.

[Cowman52]

You ain't just a woofin

You're gettin too big for yore britches

meaner then a red boar hog

He's so lazy he wouldn't holler soooeeee if the sows had him

He couldn't find his a$$ with both hands and a flashlight

[jellowrestling]

Dumb as a post.
Slicker than greased owl s**t.