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Sayings We Grew Up With:
These are all from Grandma, Elizabeth Phoebe Leverton.
"What is, is and what is, is best."
"Your wants are many but your needs are few."
When she saw our mother's beautiful wedding ring: "Well someone has more money than brains."
When she couldn't remember something: "I've slept since then."
The following sayings were compiled by Virginia (Geege) Spurlock Gardner.
What is worth doing is worth doing well.
Bounce around like spit on a hot stove.
Full as a tick.
Fine as frog hair.
Mad as a hornet.
Mad as a wet hen.
Mad as a settin' hen.
Off like that old bat.
Off like a herd of turtles.
Ugly as a mud fence.
So ugly he/she's cute.
Lies like a rug.
Call this place Cheyenne. (means to leave)
Rough as a cob.
Rode hard and put up wet.
Too wet to plow.
Snake in the grass.
I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.
Pretty as a speckled pup.
Tight as Dick's hatband.
Shoulda stood in bed.
So there! Now bawl!
Battin' your eyes like a frog in a hail storm.
Slicker'an snot on a doorknob.
Cold as a witches tit.
Nervous as a whore in church.
Useless as an old maid's tit.
Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock.
So hungry I could eat the south end of a north bound skunk.