idioms - id·i·om /ˈɪdiəm/ [id-ee-uhm]

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  1. Gator & H (GA)

    Gator & H (GA) Well-Known Member

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    By challenge of Sarah, I'm starting an idiom sharing topic. Evidently Sarah and I have a like for the 'southern' type, but all idioms are welcome. We might need to sanitize some - but that should be OK.

    I'll start off with a few:
    "root hog or die poor" - [look out for yourself as no one's going to do it for you]
    "A dewdrop's chance in hell"
    "Sweatin' like a ***** in church"

    (if anyone has issue with any I come up with please let me know and I'll modify)
     
  2. Michelle & Prudence

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    Hmmm, ok I will try....

    "a hop, skip, and a jump"

    DH says, "Shut your pie-hole" does that count :D
     
  3. Hope and Aria

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    May not seem like much and I'm not sure if the connotation is the same in other parts, but down here when you say "Oh bless his heart" it's usually because said person has just shown a bit of the idiot streak. I'm sure more will come to me as the day progresses.
     
  4. Gator & H (GA)

    Gator & H (GA) Well-Known Member

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    The animal series:
    "Sometimes you get the chicken and sometimes you just get feathers"
    "feeding corn to a dead rooster"
    "Chickens coming home to roost"
    "A hen in the chicken house"
    "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
    "you better lick that calf over again"
    "Cows don't give milk"
    "Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then"
    "high as cats backs"
    "Hog heaven"
    "don't let your humming bird ass get ahead of your alligator head"
    "makes about as much sense as tits on a boar"
    "Dumber than owl poop"
    "Can't change a leopard spots to stripes"
     
  5. Karen & Angus(GA)

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    As useful as teats on a boar.
    Has the brains of an underripe pea.
     
  6. Sarah and Buzz

    Sarah and Buzz Well-Known Member

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    Gator, that is an impressive list!! :mrgreen:

    I will modify some of these, but I'm sure y'all can come up with their true words if you want to. ;-) (*=modified)

    Hotter'n two rats screwin'* in a wool sock.
    Hotter'n a June bride in a feather-tick mattress.
    Busier'n a one-armed paper hanger.
    Busier'n a three-legged cat with diarrhea on a marble floor.
    Lost like a ball in tall weeds.
    It's rainin' like a cow pissin' on a flat rock.
    Slicker'n owl snot through a tin horn.
    Slicker'n goose poop* through a tin horn.
    He's so stupid he couldn't pour water from a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.
    She's so stupid she can't tell the difference between s*** and shineola.
     
  7. LynnLee + Mousie

    LynnLee + Mousie Well-Known Member

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    does "sh*t fire and save the matches!" count?
     
  8. Kelly & Oscar

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    "Don't pee on my leg and tell me its raining"
    "Like a duck to water"
    "Happy as a pig in slop"
    "Its colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra"
    "One french fry short of a happy meal"
    "My grandma was slow, but she was old!"
    "Slow as molasses in January"
    "Kiss my foot"
    "Dead as a door nail"
    "Dumb as a bag of rocks"
     
  9. FurballLover

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    For all us crazy cat people:

    Letting the cat out of the bag
    Hotter than a cat on a tin roof
    When the cat's away, the mice will play
    Cat nap
    Fat cat
    Cat burglar
    Look what the cat dragged in
    Curiosity killed the cat
    Raining cats and dogs
    Cat got your tongue
    There's more than one way to skin a cat


    Then there's some of my fave ways to call someone stupid:

    The elevator doesn't reach the top floor
    One card short of a full deck
    One brick short of a full load
    The light is on, but nobody's home
     
  10. FurballLover

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    Oh yeah, and a few of my favorites:

    Going postal
    Pushing up daisies
    Kicking the bucket
    Wigging out
    Having a cow
    High as a kite
    Close but no cigar
    Three sheets to the wind
    Blow smoke up your arse
    She fell out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch on the way down
    Blowing off steam
     
  11. Sarah and Buzz

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    That is one of my favorites! I can't believe I forgot it. Thanks for reminding me. :mrgreen:
     
  12. Gator & H (GA)

    Gator & H (GA) Well-Known Member

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    I love it! The cat ones are particularly apropos. You guys [gals] have come up with some really goodies.

    OK here's some more-

    One more animal one:
    bat *poop* crazy

    Others:
    "I tell you what..." [I hear this prefaces much in southern speak]
    "You'd probably complain if you were hung with a new rope."
    "goin' to a strip club on Valentines day"
    "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
    "The pot calling the kettle black"
    "When all you got is a hammer, everything looks like nails"
    "The only secret is one you never tell"
    "A penny saved is a penny earned"
    "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
    "Slower than molasses in January"
    "Slippier than snot"
    "Colder than a *****'s heart"
    "Like a one legged man in a ass kicking contest"
     
  13. Terry and Puttz

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    Where are the Short Bus jokes? :razz:
     
  14. FurballLover

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    Gator--

    I cant believe I forgot about bat s@#t crazy--we use it in this house all the time!!

    here's one from my DBIL when he asked my DSIL out for the first time (he's from Tallahassee):

    I'm gonna carry you out for some vittles. (gonna take you out for dinner)

    I'm 'not firing on all cylinders' this morn, so cant think of any others right now, but what a list we are compiling!!

    eta
    just remembered another fave;
    Busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
     
  15. Karen & Angus(GA)

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    need to pee like a Russian race horse
    doesn't mash my potatoes
    like the southern end of a north bound horse
    couldn't hit the broad side of a barn
    nuttier than a squirrel turd
    two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do
    do chicken have teeth?


    And, my favorite Irish idiom - He has a queer, soft hand under a duck. (He is gentle).
     
  16. Donna & Buddha

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    This is fun!

    where the sun don't shine
    got a corn cob up her butt
    wish I had a swing like that on my back porch
    like a duck on a june bug
    in the weeds
    out in the sticks (or boonies)
    don't rain on my parade
    makes her own clothes
    all that and a bag of chips
    two left feet
    penny pincher
    in a coon's age
    blind as a bat
    don't have kittens!
    underwear in a bunch
    Africa hot
     
  17. Donna & Buddha

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    I've heard ape *poop* more than bat *poop*. Wonder if it's different degrees of the same thing?
     
  18. Donna & Buddha

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    Hard to stop once I get started:

    lend a hand
    bury the hatchet
    in hot water (I told this to DS once, and he thought I was going to give him a bath)
    in over your head
     
  19. Donna & Buddha

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    oh no, it won't stop!

    rattle (or yank) your chain
    push your buttons (that's another one not to use around small children, they will argue with you for hours about not having buttons, only a zipper)
    panties in a knot
     
  20. Ele & Blackie (GA)

    Ele & Blackie (GA) Well-Known Member

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    You guys & gals are hilarious. I've heard many of these, but some are totally new! Now that the list is so long, I don't see how I can think of any to add. But I'll try.
     
  21. MicheleS

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    "doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground"
    "who peed in your wheeties?"
    "panties in a bunch"
    "panties in a wad"
    "not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree"
    "I need ________ like I need another hole in my head"
     
  22. Sarah and Buzz

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    More excited than a mosquito in a nudist camp.
     
  23. Karen & Angus(GA)

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    Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit
     
  24. FurballLover

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    Love it! Gonna have to remember to use that one!


    As water tight as a frog's arse
    Takes to ____ like a duck in water
    Happy as a clam
    High as a kite

    80' reference anyone---
    Gag me with a spoon

    This one is lewd, so I'll remove it if anyone wants:
    Does the carpet match the drapes?
     
  25. Hope and Aria

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    <Snort> That was funny. Laugh out loud and shoot milk through your nose kinda funny.

    Did anyone already post: Like water off a ducks back
     
  26. Donna & Buddha

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    "not a snowball's chance in hell"
    "if you are not the lead dog, the view never changes"
    "wolf in sheep's clothing"
    "two shakes of a lamb's tail"
    "bleeds like a stuck pig"
     
  27. Donna & Buddha

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    Went to my kids "OE Expo" last night where some of their work in the gifted program was displayed. One of the projects displayed was illustrating an idiom. So here are a few more for the animal theme:

    you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
    hungry enough to eat a horse
    sick as a dog
    stubborn as a mule
     
  28. Karen & Angus(GA)

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    It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from here
    as easy as herding cats
    don't hold a lit match behind the powder keg
    yeah, sure, you betcha
    chew the fat
    shoot the breeze
    that will put hair on your chest
    born with a silver spoon in his mouth
    don't have kittens over it

    And then, all of the vomit ones:
    blow chunks
    feed the fish
    bark at the ants
    paint the walls
    launch lunch
    bow down to the porcelain god
    toss a sidewalk pizza
    whistling beef
    yodeling groceries
     
  29. Kelly & Oscar

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    lol the barfing ones made me think of another one:

    Calling Ralph
     
  30. FurballLover

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    "Whistling beef & Yodeling groceries" HAHAHA!!

    UpChuck
    Tossing cookies
     
  31. Donna & Buddha

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    barking tree frogs
     
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