Local Expressions / coloquialisms

[Peter Christensen]

Hoodies are called Bunny Hugs here in Saskatchewan.

[Dave Anderson NH]

"He's a slinky, not much use for anything but sometimes amusing to watch."

You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time......... and that's usually sufficient.

Jumpier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin' chairs

Finest kind

Can't get there rom here

[Bill Carey]

from my friends in Denmark: well sh*t boys, we're in long onions now
I think it's the same as being in deep sh*t

[Rod Sheridan]

From a German guy I worked with

"always check that the cow is brown on the other side", he would use that expression to indicate that you always check everything..............Rod.

[Malcolm McLeod]

"He's a slinky, not much use for anything but sometimes amusing to watch."
...

= All hat, no cattle.

(maybe jus' ah TEXAS thang??)

[Ken Barney]

"Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, and cut it with an ax." Reference to a screwed up work standard or a twisted sense of quality.

"You're livin' in high cotton." Living like you've got it made.

"Slicker than owl sh*t."

-Ken

[Ole Anderson]

Ugly enough to make a train take a dirt road.

That is one of my favorites. First heard about 40 years ago. Like a lot of them, you have to think about it a minute and really let it sink in. Picture a train jumping the tracks to get on a dirt road after seeing galactic ugly.

Colder than a well diggers elbow
About a funny as a fart in a spacesuit (From Junior high where boys are learning about gross things)
Honesty is the best politics (from my dad)
So small you could swing a cat and hit all four walls (from my MIL)

[Lee Schierer]

Finer than frog hair.
You win some, you lose some, some get rained out and others you can't even get a ticket.

[Jim Koepke]

Here are some more.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy.

He might see better if he had a plexiglass navel insert.

His depth is surpassed by a puddle in a parking lot.

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut.

My teeth (his teeth, her teeth) sparkle like stars… and they come out at night.

He's a humble man without much about which to be humble.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

"He's a slinky, not much use for anything but sometimes amusing to watch."

Heard it as he's like a slinky, not much use but fun to watch tumbling down the stairs.

"Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, and cut it with an ax." Reference to a screwed up work standard or a twisted sense of quality.

During my time as a drafter we had a common note on some items, "Cut to suit." Some would add, "hammer to fit and paint to match."

jtk

[William Batdorf]

"Funnier than a rubber crutch" is one I use often.
"Busier than a one-arm paper hanger" is another

[Bill Dufour]

She looks like she was rolled up and put away wet.(for an ugly gal)

[Doug Garson]

"Funnier than a rubber crutch" is one I use often.
"Busier than a one-arm paper hanger" is another

The version I'm used to includes "with hives".

[Brian Deakin]

fit as a butcher's dog

Based on the assumption that a butcher's dog is likely to be well fed because of the ready supply of its master's meat.

[Mike Null]

There's more than one way to skin a cat.