Quirky sayings

Well find me a box of Crayolas & color me tickled pink! Is an expression that means one is really happy and often is shortened to tickle me pink a saying I used on occasion.

Today, I am going to explore quirky sayings and their meanings. Some of these will be old to you and others will be new, but all are sure to make you grin just a little.

Uglier ‘n homemade sin. This is a reference to some one’s lack of physical beauty. Another saying meanings the same things is fell out of the ugly tree. A few contrast quirky sayings are pretty as red shoes or pretty as a speckled pup in a little red wagon.

Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.Is used when a person is telling someone an obvious bold face lie.

If it were a snake, I would have been dead by now. This is said when you realize what you’re looking for is close to you.

 The devil is beating his wife. Is often times used when it’s raining and the sun is shining.

Image credit

Are you hogtied? This is said when someone can’t do something easy.

Well sh!t fire and save matches!  A southern phrase equivalent to Wow, how about that?!

Just like horse s***–where it falls, it stays. Although I’ve never heard this one before now, it makes perfect sense as this means nobody picks up after themselves.

That and 25 cents will get you a cup of coffee. This phrase is referring to worthless information, but with inflation 25 cents won’t buy a cup of coffee today. Maybe, the saying needs to be updated to That and a buck will get you a cup of coffee (if only at McDonald’s) :D.

Is the Pope Catholic? Or, Does a bear s*** in the woods? Is a sarcastic way of saying “yes” to a question.

I smell a rat.  Or, Something smells fishy. Implies someone is stirring trouble.

All hock and no spit. Refers to someone who is all talk and no action.

Well isn’t that just the pot calling the kettle black. This one needs no explanation.

I need that about as much as I need another hole in the head. You may say this when something is useless.

I ain’t seen you in a month fulla Sundies (Sundays). We all have used this phrase, I bet. It’s a stretch of one’s interpretation of describing it has been a long time since seeing you last.

Man, that boy has more problems than a math book. I think this explain itself, don’t you?

Why he’s crazier’n a pet coon. You may use this southern phrase to describe a person as being nuts!

Now hop on that like a duck on a junebug (translation…hurry up)  and go visit Miss Jenny and the rest of the Alphabe-Thursday classroom for more homework assignments of the letter “Q” and while you’re hopping around, be sure to play along with Miss Amanda in her latest edition of Thursday Two Questions.

1. Do you remember any quirky sayings used by your parents or grandparents? If so, share them!

2. What’s the one quirky phrase you most often repeat?

Save