Amazon,

I think most of these is a Southern thing......we've had "sayins" all my life and I'm up there in years now. Have taught a few of them here and there, especially the one, Bless her/his little heart.

We lived in New England a couple years and they had never heard any sayins I don't think. Now they have.

I say "lets blow this pop stand" Don't know why or where it's from. To me it means lets get out of here. Has any one ever herd it?
I call it kitty corner not catty corner.

Or " Well, bless your heart"


My nephew told me a couple of years ago that whenever anyone says, "Well bless his heart", what they REALLY mean is, "Well ain't he stupid?". He said..."Now just think about it. Have you EVER heard anyone say, 'bless his heart' when 'ain't he stupid' couldn't be used instead and it mean the same thing? Like...'Poor Joe got himself arrested again last week. Bless his heart.', or 'Billy-Bob blew his thumb off playing with M-80's. Bless his heart'. Just switch out the 'bless his hearts' for equal placements of 'aint he stupids' and it means the same darn thing!" ROFL!

Donna

Oh! And I almost forgot! My mother used to LOVE to tell me, "You'd argue a black cat was a white one if you had to skin it to prove it!". She'd say that every time I tried to reason with her. :::::halo appearing above head:::::

Donna

Lots of old sayings I'm sure the kids today don't hear. "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched". "a penny saved is a penny earned", "rode hard and put up wet" (rated R) for a few.

Bless her lil pea pickin heart.
Not the sharpest crayon in the box.
dumber than dirt.
crazy like a fox.
been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
butter my butt and call me a biscuit.
If God don't get you, I will, and you better hope God does!
You've got splinters in the windmills of your mind.

The one I say is when there is problem getting along with someone is "kill 'em with kidness'. When my friends heard me say that they thought that was a "killer" OOPS! another saying 'killer"

My Mema used to say "Sure as a dog in Georgia" when she wanted you to know she wasn't foolin'. Or if someone did something very fast it was "Like Grant through Richmond". She also said she would measure our heads for knots! But she never did even spank a one of us girls. And when she was having a bad hair day, she said she "looked like the tail-end of bad luck with worse commin'up!" I miss my Mema. She was a hoot!

So many good old sayings! And they are not necessarly from the south... I was raised in Sout East Alaska and have heard nearly all of them. How 'bout " if a toad had wings he wouldn't bump his butt when he hops?"

she should've responded "Like chicken" ... everything tastes like chicken :D