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Thread #56733 Message #890742
Posted By: Mary in Kentucky
14-Feb-03 - 10:06 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: favorite southern US expression
Subject: RE: Folklore: favorite southern US expression
all stove up (my grandmother said this referring to stiffness from arthritis)
meaner 'n a snake
just like a snake in the grass (sneaky, lowdown person)
hips like a chicken snake (slim)
slicker 'n a minna's (minnow's) dick
more than you can shake a stick at (a lot)
teched in the head (crazy)
I can't talk 'cause I have a lot of chicks out just now. (said by a man with teenagers -- your chickens come home to roost)
rode hard and put up wet (mistreated, or lived a hard life -- originally referring to a horse)