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    A few bricks shy of a load.
    bats in the belfry.
    Watch the submarine races with your girl.

    When my mother worked on the Manhattan project in Tennessee. the FBI. made them stop referring to Oak Ridge as "Podunk". The FBI felt that name would arouse interest rather then deflect it away. I believe a comic strip of the time was set in the town of Podunk.

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    on dit; It might have been "Dog Patch"
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    Quote Originally Posted by John K Jordan View Post
    "Have at it."

    Is that local or universal? I've only heard it in the south.

    JKJ
    Pretty sure "have at it" is universal. It has been heard often in my travels.

    jtk
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
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    "Crooked as a dogs hind leg"

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    Colder than a witch's tit.
    Hotter than the hinges of hell.
    Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth!
    As I age my memory fades .... and that's a load off my mind!

    "We Live In The Land Of The Free, Only Because Of The Brave"
    “The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
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    Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill

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    Colder than a witch's tit.
    Hotter than the hinges of hell.
    Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth - my original that I sometimes use on a talkative person, i.e. wife (my own Kelly Ann Conway).
    Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth!
    As I age my memory fades .... and that's a load off my mind!

    "We Live In The Land Of The Free, Only Because Of The Brave"
    “The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
    "
    Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill

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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Launier View Post
    Colder than a witch's tit.
    Hotter than the hinges of hell.
    Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth - my original that I sometimes use on a talkative person, i.e. wife (my own Kelly Ann Conway).
    Somehow this reminds me of "More nervous than a whore in church." I once invited one of my sailing buddies to church- a salty fellow who personifies all stereotypes of sailors and fishermen. He turned to me and said, "I'm more nervous than a whore in church..... heck... right now I AM a whore in church!!!" I'll never forget that.

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    Busier than a blind dog in a butcher shop--

    I'd be all over that like stink on $#!*
    -or- white on rice

    if it don't move, paint it

    One my dad used-
    Uglier than a mud-woman's fart

    what to say about an ugly baby?
    "He's as cute as he can be!"

    what I tell my customers when I'm really busy:
    "I'm so far behind I can see my a$$ with a pair of binoculars"

    to the boss who just fired you-
    "I was lookin' for a job when I found this one"

    And the overused phrase that makes me grit my teeth:
    "No worries"
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    These are all great. Here's some I can think of during my break:

    The train has already left the station.

    Half of each and neither of the either.

    Don't believe everything you think.

    Whatever floats your boat.
    Whatever cranks your tractor.

    Madder then a wet hen.



    Some zingers:
    He/she strives to be adequate.
    He/she would argue with a signpost.
    He/she has an intellect rivaled only by garden tools.
    He/she has it floored in neutral.
    Slinky's kinked.
    Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.



    Break time is over. Back to work for me. ..... I'm so busy I don't know if I found a rope or lost my horse.
    I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, "Well, that’s not going to happen."

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    Great collection Jim!
    "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

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    six of one half a dozen of the other. I guess it describes a choice between two equal things?

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    I used to work with a lot of farm kids from southern Minnesota, below are some that I picked up. Translations in parentheses.

    Bindin' hay John Deere (effin' A bubba)
    Close enough to pi$$ on
    It ain't a church (it is good enough)
    About as useful as t*ts on a boar
    Son of a biscuit
    God bless it (god d@mmit)

    Those were some of the more polite ones.

    Relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch story, myself I grew up in an urban area but with heavy Swedish ancestry on my mother's side (20 minutes into Christmas and our accents get worse than Fargo) and German on my dad's (you can always tell a German, you just can't tell him much) and as a result to this day, I still can't get prepositions right in Standard English. For us, "Are you coming with?" apparently translates to "Are you coming along?" to the rest of the country "Are you coming with?" is an almost literal translation of the German "Kommst du mit?" Here "Are you coming along?" is missing an object of the preposition. To us it should be something like "Are you coming along the side of the house" or something like that.

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    Looks good from my house! (said on a jobsite)

    It ain't going to my house...ship it! (said in a factory)

    Good enough for government work!

    He's more annoying than tangled pubes.

    He's walking around dead, just doesn't have enough sense to lay down.
    Jason

    "Don't get stuck on stupid." --Lt. Gen. Russel Honore


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    What a great thread! Andrew, I love the German and Swede stories.

    I thought of one more: "I'm gonna rip off your head and spit in your neck!" (You've made me very angry.)
    "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

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    "That calf doesn't suck".....farm boy expression when doubting something someone's said.
    Ken

    So much to learn, so little time.....

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    Bob's your uncle
    Stand for something, or you'll fall for anything.

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