oh, and when my mom got mad she'd yell: "butter my roll!"
sharet

My wonderful granddaughter often does not know what what I am talking about when I am using Texanisms, e.g., "it's the one that's catty cornered across the street," "dumber than a box of rocks," "I feel like I've been dragged through a brush heap backward."
It's a shame that sayings like "eating an elephant one bite at a time" are becoming endangered species because they are so colorful and imaginative.
Don't give up using them and use them in your writing. And if you want to know more, Google Texanisms or New Jerseyisms or any other state 'isms' and you will find wonderful examples of regional language.

wound as tight as an 8-day clock; busier than a one armed paper hanger.

These are some that my Mother-In-Law used to say.

She could make a preacher cuss!

She needs some fries to go with that shake.

Well, slap my head and call me silly!

That boy’s two bricks shy of a full load.

That boy looks like he’s been whooped with an ugly stick.

Dumber than a box of rocks.

I’m serious as a haert attack!

I am busier than a set of jumper cables at Redneck picnic !

I'll knock you into next week.

You’re drivin me up the wall.

It is so good, it makes you want to slap your momma!

Hot enough to fry an egg.

There’s more n’ one way ta skin a cat.

Queerer than a THREE dollar bill.

Fit to be tied.

Madder than an old wet hen.

Who put a bee in her bonnet?

I done told you fifty eleven times.

Great Day in the Morning.

he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Even a blind hog gets an ear of corn once in a while.

All over that like white on rice.

“So put that in your pipe and smoke it”

Chewed me up one side and down the other!

Couldnt hit the broad side of a barn.

“Don’t put the cart before the horse”

That smell will gag a maggot.

Going to hell in a handbasket.

“I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck yesterday.”

That rolled up like a 10 cent window shade.

OMGoodnes, I forgot all about this one...I done told you fifty eleven times,lol :lol: and Gag a maggot :lol: Thanks, dpparris

Here's another one my mother used to say to us when we went to another kids house to visit. "don't wear out your welcome"

About my cheap DH

"he's so tight when he passes gas only dogs can hear it"

or

"when he squeezes a nickel, the Indian rides the buffalo"

Have to explain that one to the youngsters too.

and instead of
I'll be darned

I have been known to say

Well I Swan

or
I'll be hornswoggled.

Not the sharpest card in the deck

Blessed is he that runs around in circles; for he shall be known as a wheel.

Waste not, want not.

my dad used to say things like: he's so cheap if it cost a nickel to sh--, he'd vomit or

if I had a dog with a face like his, i'd shave its behind and make it walk backwards

I also once had a boss (in NJ) from MS or MO (can't remember) who would ask "How much do you lack" though pronounced "Lack" like "like"--he was often answered "I don't like" rather than something like, "oh, i need another 10 minutes to finish" which is really what he was asking!

Laurie

and I forgot a lot of them too! thanks for the reminder!