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  HillBilly Phrases & Sayings  So dull he couldn't cut hot butter with a knifeCrazier than a run over dog Tougher than a one-eared alley cat One sandwich shy of a picnic Ran like a scaled dog Rough as a cob Purty as a speckled pup Crookeder 'than a dog's hind leg No bigger than a 'tater bug Plumb tuckered out Silly as a goose As loose as a goose What do you mean "we"?You got a mouse in your pocket? Rode hard and put up wet Higher than a Georgia pine (drunk) All over him like a cheap suit "Can't never could do nothin If wishes were horses,then beggars would ride Cussed like a sailor Howled like a banshee Strutted like a rooster Brayed like a mule Highwater britches Colder than a welldigger's behind Hitch in his get along Ugly as a mud fence As mean as a grizz (grizzlybear) Faster than greased lightnin' As nosy as a pet 'coon If the Good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise' Don't let your mouth overload your butt' Fine as frog hair' Workin' like a beaver' Brown as a biscuit Tight as a bootjack Poor as a whippoorwill Happy as a hog wallowing in mud Empty as last year's birds's nest Hot as a fox in a forest fire Red as a pickled beet Old as Methuselah.(in case you forget your Bible larnin',he lived to be 900) Mad as a hornet Slow as molasses Happy as a 'coon on a log Rare as hen's teeth Snorin' like sawin' logs Like a bird let out of its cage Fightin' like two cats with their tails tied Like an airplane needs mudflaps Has eyes like a hootowl Big enough to go bear huntin' with a switch So tight he could skin a gnat and use its skin for tallow So cold you have to jump-start your beagles Like swattin' a fly with a cannon So buck-toothed he could eat corn on the cob through a picket fence I caught a fish so big, the picture weighed two pounds He was so windy, he could blow up an onion sack (talks a lot) His porch light is on, but nobody's home (dumb) Poor as Job's turkey Smells like a wet chicken Like a cat lickin' a grindstone Like drivin' nails in your own coffin Like the old lady wettin' in the ocean - every little bit counts He's a silver tongued devil A shadow of his old self Put your mouth in motion before your brain is in gear A dog that will bring a bone will take a bone Get your ducks all in a row Either lead, follow or get out of the way Little pitchers have big ears The proof is in the pudding Old fishermen never die, they just smell that way You stole my thunder. (took credit for) Walkin' ain't crowded How do you like them apples? Speakin' of the devil (someone appears that you were talking about) A wink is the same as a nod to a blind horse One thing about bein' bald-it's neat Someone else has been shuckin' my corn The coffee was so hot, it must have been boiled twice Do it by hook or crook A watched pot never boils He looked like ugly warmed over So poor you get married for the rice So slow it takes an hour to boil Minute rice He ain't even got walkin' around sense He had his tail tucked between his legs He's head hog at the trough Does a bear too-too in the woods? (I wouldn't know--never followed a bear mahsef) When pigs fly He didn't have nuthin' under his hat but hair He was as shy of brains as a terrapin is of feathers He's as crazy as popcorn on a hot stove He can't tell skunks from house cats He was so mean, he'd fight a rattler and give him the first bite He's so crooked, he could swaller nails an' spit out corkscrews One can short of a six-pack One french fry short of a Happy Meal The elevator is stuck between floors One wave short of a shipwreck Not the brightest light on the porch There is an old expression when you like something real well : "gooder'n salad; better'n taters This'll jar your preserves. (to rattle somebody) If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down I'm just about as welcome at my inlaws as a hair in a biscuit It's so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs Cute as a sack full of puppies Your momma's so fat, when she got on the scales to be weighed, it said 'To be continued' when it ain't rain'n the roof don't leak harder 'n uh shell bark hickory - very hard uglier 'n homemade sin wilder 'n a buck - really wild meaner 'n uh stripped snake flatter 'n a flitter - flat loaded to the gills - drunk like a fish out of water - agitated or out of place "Gitcha sum smarts!" "Yore as purtee (pretty) as a speckled puppy under a red wagon" Snug as a bug in a rug Scoot or poot, but don't poot - meanin move over Finer than a redheaded stepchild - meanin she's purty Taste so good you'll slap your momma - meaning its some fine tastin food I ate so much I feel like a ol porch dog - meaning I'm so full Idun got lazy He's as old as dirt - meaning he's very old. He's a waste of good skin - meaning he's no good He's so ugly they had to tie a pork chop around his neck to get the dog to play with him - dang dats ugly I got a itch I need ya ta itch Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit It's been hotter'n a goat's butt in a pepper patch He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down Have a cup of coffee, it's already been 'saucered and blowed She's so stuck up, she'd drown in a rainstorm It's so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs My cow died last night so I don't need your bull Don't pee down my back and tell me it's raining He's as country as cornflakes This is gooder'n grits Busier than a cat covering crap on a marble floor I'm fuller than a tick on a hot-blooded hound dog Does a chicken have lips? I'd have to git better to die. Weather: Dawg days, Indin summer, Red bud weather. "The leaves on the trees are turned over, so it's a gonna rain". When Fishermen Meet: "Hiyamac" - Hi ya Mac "Lobuddy" - Hello buddy "Binearlong?" - Been here long "Coplours" - Couple of hours "Cetchanenny?" - Catching any "Goddafew" - Got a few "Kindarthay?" - What kind were they "Bassencarp" - bass and carp "Ennysizetoom" - Any size to them "Couplapowns" - Couple of pounds "Hittinhard?" - Hitting hard? "Sordalike" - Sort of like "Wahchoozin?" - What are you using? "Gobbawurms" - A gob of worms "fishanonaboddum? - Fishing on the bottom? "Rydononaboddum" - Right on the bottom "Whatchadrinkin?" - What are you drinking? "Jugagimbeam" - A jug of Jim Beam "Igoddago" - I've got to go "Tubad" - Too bad "Seeyaroun" - See you around "Yeahtakideezy" - Yeah, you take it easy. "Guluk"-Good luck Biscuits & gravy - Doesn't get any better than this Finer an frog hair - very fine Fuller n' a tick - Can't hold any more You'uns is handy as pockets on a teeshirt leader - what ma does to the mare when she guides it by the reins oner tother - one or the other skeerdy cat - someone who is afraid |
 My name is Norma. I'm married to Lionel. We have 5 kids - Taryn, Sarah, Robyn, Wendy and Peter, and one grandchild, Tony. At the moment, I am teaching French and Home Economics at a Christian School. I also enjoy writing, reading, facilitating Christian study groups, exercise, gardening, playing guitar, and a multitude of other interests.
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