Weird Sayings
What strange sayings do you use that come from your parents?
Donna just left me a message and said something about knowing that I was "busier than a one-armed paperhanger". Now there's one I've never heard.
Here's a few from my growing-up days:
"Wound tighter than a two-dollar watch"
"For crying in the soup!"
"Running around like a chicken with its head cut off"
"Raining pitchforks and hammerhandles"
"Good Lord willing and the cricks don't rise"
I'll add more if I think of them. Anyone else?
Donna just left me a message and said something about knowing that I was "busier than a one-armed paperhanger". Now there's one I've never heard.
Here's a few from my growing-up days:
"Wound tighter than a two-dollar watch"
"For crying in the soup!"
"Running around like a chicken with its head cut off"
"Raining pitchforks and hammerhandles"
"Good Lord willing and the cricks don't rise"
I'll add more if I think of them. Anyone else?
Comments
The pitchforks and hammerhandles came from my Dad. I am sure that there are lots of others. It seems to me that southerners can come up with more sayings than you can shake a stick at. I think that researching where all of these sayings come from would be really interesting, eh?
My cousin Pat always says, "Holy buckets." I say "Uff da!" - it tickles our cousins from out East.
Lately I've been catching myself saying Holy Canoley and I have no idea where I've picked that up from!
(when you do something good)