When asked how she was feeling, my aunt would say, "Oh, fair to middlin' I suppose."

To the same question, her sister (my mother), would respond, "Pretty apt to be arguin' too."

Both expressions came from their mother's family.

There is a local expression for something with a bad odor. "Smells like c'yarn (carrion) in the road."

And, describing a child tackling an adult task, or trying to fight with an older child or adult. "He warn't no bigger than a fart in a whirlwind."