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Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Hmmm Date: October 5, 2021, 2:40 pm
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On the old site, there was a thread of colorful phrases or
sayings. I seem to remember most of them were of US Southern
origin. I ran across an article today of Texas sayings many I
had either not heard or hadn't heard in a long time.
Please share some from your region.
Here's a few from the article.
Being Boastful
He can strut sitting down.
He chamber-of-commerced it.
Honest
He�s so honest you could shoot craps with him over the phone.
If I say a hen dips snuff, you can look under her wing for the
can.
Dishonest
So crooked that if he swallowed a nail he�d spit up a corkscrew.
She�s more slippery than a pocketful of pudding.
Brave
Brave as the first man who ate an oyster.
She�d charge hell with a bucket of ice water.
Argumentative
She�s so contrary she floats up-stream.
He�ll tell you how the cow ate the cabbage.
Unsophisticated
He�s so country he thinks a seven-course meal is a possum and a
six-pack.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: jpcher Date: October 6, 2021, 12:47 pm
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I can't think of any right now, but these are funny . . .
looking forward to more! ;D
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Rain Date: October 6, 2021, 9:12 pm
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My DH's family is from Texas
He'll sometimes say someone is "All hat, no cattle" = full of
hot air/all talk that you can't back up
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Aleko Date: October 7, 2021, 5:29 am
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[quote]My DH's family is from Texas
He'll sometimes say someone is "All hat, no cattle" = full of
hot air/all talk that you can't back up[/quote]
There are various versions of that format current in the UK. One
is 'All mouth and trousers' for a man who is both verbally and
sexually pushy. Another, for a woman, is 'All fur coat and no
knickers' - no explanation necessary, surely, except that UK
knickers = US panties.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Lilipons Date: October 7, 2021, 6:25 am
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New York State and New England here.
�Wicked� as a positive intensifier.
For a really good baseball player, �He�s a wicked pitcher�.
A dinner compliment, �Those baked beans were wicked good, Mom!�
When a published photograph of someone was obviously taken years
ago.
�That must be his Bar Mitzvah/Confirmation picture�.
I�m sure there are others I can�t recall at the moment.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Lilipons Date: October 7, 2021, 6:50 am
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It�s me again.
I think this is a family thing instead of a regionalism but I
love it.
When it�s a cloudy day and a bit of clear sky shows my German
Grandma would always say, �Good! There�s enough blue there to
patch a Dutchman�s pants�
I never quite got what she meant but it was an optimistic thing
to say.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: vintagegal Date: October 7, 2021, 7:00 am
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Also New England here - I picked up one I use a lot. "How did
you like that sandwich?" "It's nothing I'd run uphill after."
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Hmmm Date: October 7, 2021, 7:29 am
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[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=2179.msg70683#msg70683
date=1633607404]
It�s me again.
I think this is a family thing instead of a regionalism but I
love it.
When it�s a cloudy day and a bit of clear sky shows my German
Grandma would always say, �Good! There�s enough blue there to
patch a Dutchman�s pants�
I never quite got what she meant but it was an optimistic thing
to say.
[/quote]
I had never heard this but loved the imagery. I looked it up and
it is a saying of old of "Patch a Dutchman's breeches". Based on
the Dutch seafarer's wide blue trousers. Every time I look at a
sky like that, I'll have this saying in my head now.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: Aleko Date: October 7, 2021, 1:31 pm
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[quote][quote]When it�s a cloudy day and a bit of clear sky
shows my German Grandma would always say, �Good! There�s enough
blue there to patch a Dutchman�s pants�[/quote]
I had never heard this but loved the imagery. I looked it up and
it is a saying of old of "Patch a Dutchman's breeches". Based on
the Dutch seafarer's wide blue trousers. Every time I look at a
sky like that, I'll have this saying in my head now.[/quote]
I first knew it in my childhood as a question. When the weather
has been grim and someone says hopefully 'I think it's clearing
up - I can see some blue sky' the response is, 'is there enough
to make a Dutchman's trousers?' The image is of traditional
Dutch trousers like these:
https://www.vintag.es/2019/12/dutch-traditional-worker-pants.html.<br
/>If you can really see that much blue in the sky, there really
is
a good chance the sun will come out.
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Re: Colorful Regional Sayings or Phrases
By: vintagegal Date: October 8, 2021, 9:39 am
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[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=2179.msg70683#msg70683
date=1633607404]
It�s me again.
I think this is a family thing instead of a regionalism but I
love it.
When it�s a cloudy day and a bit of clear sky shows my German
Grandma would always say, �Good! There�s enough blue there to
patch a Dutchman�s pants�
I never quite got what she meant but it was an optimistic thing
to say.
[/quote]
My stepmother used to say that too. She may have had German
heritage.
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