Sayings That Don't Make Sense
#11
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Location: Dakotas
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Have you read any Jan Karon books ? I started to write them down !
Starved as a barn cat
Green as tasseling corn
Came like ants to jam
Ran like a scalded dog
Dull as dishwater
Like a bee to clover
Hot as a depot stove
You messed with the wrong rhino
Looks like you were yanked up by the roots
Clinging like moss to a log
Stacking up like planes over Atlanta
That house is too small to cuss a cat
Dumb as wash on a line
Older than the Bill of Rights
Tires so bald he should start writing his obituary
Weak as pond water
Proud as a pup with 2 tails
Panting like a farm dog after a rabbit
Went through him like seed corn through a goose
Starved as a barn cat
Green as tasseling corn
Came like ants to jam
Ran like a scalded dog
Dull as dishwater
Like a bee to clover
Hot as a depot stove
You messed with the wrong rhino
Looks like you were yanked up by the roots
Clinging like moss to a log
Stacking up like planes over Atlanta
That house is too small to cuss a cat
Dumb as wash on a line
Older than the Bill of Rights
Tires so bald he should start writing his obituary
Weak as pond water
Proud as a pup with 2 tails
Panting like a farm dog after a rabbit
Went through him like seed corn through a goose
#12
Raining cats and dogs-- learned what that one was when visiting Anne Hathaway's Cottage in England (Shakespeare's wife).
The one a coworker always said was "Sexier than socks on a rooster". Never figured that one out though.
The one a coworker always said was "Sexier than socks on a rooster". Never figured that one out though.
#13
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: north Alabama
Posts: 1,908
Have you read any Jan Karon books ? I started to write them down !
Starved as a barn cat
Green as tasseling corn
Came like ants to jam
Ran like a scalded dog
Dull as dishwater
Like a bee to clover
Hot as a depot stove
You messed with the wrong rhino
Looks like you were yanked up by the roots
Clinging like moss to a log
Stacking up like planes over Atlanta
That house is too small to cuss a cat
Dumb as wash on a line
Older than the Bill of Rights
Tires so bald he should start writing his obituary
Weak as pond water
Proud as a pup with 2 tails
Panting like a farm dog after a rabbit
Went through him like seed corn through a goose
Starved as a barn cat
Green as tasseling corn
Came like ants to jam
Ran like a scalded dog
Dull as dishwater
Like a bee to clover
Hot as a depot stove
You messed with the wrong rhino
Looks like you were yanked up by the roots
Clinging like moss to a log
Stacking up like planes over Atlanta
That house is too small to cuss a cat
Dumb as wash on a line
Older than the Bill of Rights
Tires so bald he should start writing his obituary
Weak as pond water
Proud as a pup with 2 tails
Panting like a farm dog after a rabbit
Went through him like seed corn through a goose
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
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From my wise and witty Mother:
1). Drunk men and little children always tell the truth
2). Referring to a clean house: "shines like cat %#£% in the moonlight
3) I felt like a skunk who showed up at a picnic
4). Referring to politicians: It's easy to be generous with another man's money.
1). Drunk men and little children always tell the truth
2). Referring to a clean house: "shines like cat %#£% in the moonlight
3) I felt like a skunk who showed up at a picnic
4). Referring to politicians: It's easy to be generous with another man's money.
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Horse Country, FL
Posts: 7,341
I've only heard this in the South and get in trouble if I use it elsewhere...
You're a mess. It means, "You're top notch or cute or whatever." It is meant as a compliment, although it sounds just the opposite. Go figure!
You're a mess. It means, "You're top notch or cute or whatever." It is meant as a compliment, although it sounds just the opposite. Go figure!
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