Had to google that - I knew I'd heard it...SOB is dug in like an Alabama tick......and he ain't got time to bleed.
Old country sayings
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My cousin didn't get running water & indoor plumbing until somewhere in the late 90s. He had electricity, but the county laws stated what kind of septic system he needed to install (the Hill Country sits on limestone & shale, and is riddled with underground caverns) and he didn't want to spend the money. His kids were in high school & college when he finally broke down & installed it.
My mom always said "Straining gnats and swallowing camels" referring to someone sweating the small stuff while ignoring the bigger problems.
She also used to say, "they can kill me but they can't eat me," which to me meant don't pay attention to mean things people say.
Another one she used to say after a meal was, "I've had a great sufficiency. Anymore would be an excess superfluousness."
"I'm hungrier than boar shoat in a cob pile," is one I've heard all my life.
Ironically, I used to work with a millennial, who always accused me of making stuff up whenever I used one of these sayings, and I've used just about every one listed in this thread at some time or another. I told the whippersnapper that there's an invention called Google and if you think I made it up, put down your video game for a second, look it up on there and it will show you that it's a pretty common saying.
She also used to say, "they can kill me but they can't eat me," which to me meant don't pay attention to mean things people say.
Another one she used to say after a meal was, "I've had a great sufficiency. Anymore would be an excess superfluousness."
"I'm hungrier than boar shoat in a cob pile," is one I've heard all my life.
Ironically, I used to work with a millennial, who always accused me of making stuff up whenever I used one of these sayings, and I've used just about every one listed in this thread at some time or another. I told the whippersnapper that there's an invention called Google and if you think I made it up, put down your video game for a second, look it up on there and it will show you that it's a pretty common saying.
This reminds me of a guy in college, who wore farmer's pants (the ones with the hammer loop on them) every day, because ... well ... he was a farmer and he was as green as a copper penny (there's another saying). His roommate was just the opposite and was sort of a lady's man and had hung up centerfolds all over their room. The farmer would get dressed in the closet because he said the centerfolds were looking at him. "Their eyes follow you all around the room," he said as his excuse for not wanting to get naked in front of them.
Was going to ask you the definition of a whippersnapper, and thought better of it. https://grammarist.com/usage/whippersnapper/
They actually are called carpenter pants.
That's like my Grandpa, who would say, "well, it's behind the barn, no one will see it". So fricking funny...
