old sayings

[a-l]

Wow! Conahy you are on a roll

[Treetotal]

On greed:

"He would take your teeth and come back for the gums"

"He would take your eyeballs and come back for the sockets"

Carol

[Melbell]

My Dad, who came from Liverpool, used to tell my brother and me off if we were messing about, by saying "Act soft and I'll buy you a coal-yard".  My mother, brother and I (all born Sussex) never understood where this saying originated.  Does anyone know?  Do people in Liverpool still use it?!!!

Love to know...

Melbell

[DORAN54]

if I used to say to my mother
it's not fair she would say neither is a blackmans a*s*

[fizzix]

if I used to say to my mother
it's not fair she would say neither is a blackmans a*s*

went to click 'like', realised wrong site oops 

[TropiConsul]

From Texas--

There are a lot of nooses in his family tree.
If that ain’t a fact, God’s a possum.
He’s yellow as mustard but without the bite.
So dry the Baptists are sprinkling, the Methodists are spitting, and the Catholics are giving rain checks.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to the doctor.

[Annui]

Here on the Texas border I've heard:

"He looks like he's been rode hard and put away wet!"  (When somebody is looking a bit rough)

and

"She's all growed up an' haired over"

[TropiConsul]

That would apply to some of the heifers I've met, but I could never ask them out on a date.   

Being a Longhorn alumnus, I know the answer to the question, "Why are there no Aggie cheerleaders?"

Answer: Nobody could keep them off of that tall sweet grass between the goalposts!
 

[Annui]

One that always makes me laugh - my husband (a Kansan) once had someone who had recognised him from a distance say:

"I knewd I knowd ya when ya retched up yer hand an' wove!"