Sayings - Weird as an Ozarks witticism
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Introduction
There are books full of witty sayings. Most of my favorites originate from the Ozarks.
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Crooked as a rail fence.
Or, a barrel of snakes.
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Busier than a fiddler's elbow.
Or, a one-armed paperhanger.
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Ugly as homemade hell.
Enough said.
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So disheveled she looks like she has been pulled through a hedge fence backwards.
Ditto.
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He doesn't have his waddin' in right.
Or, one brick shy of a load.
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Slower than sorghum at Christmas.
Or, the seven-year itch.
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Thank God we don't get all the government we pay for!
Amen, Will Rogers.
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You can't depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus.
Mark Twain
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It is not only what he doesn't know, but what he does know that isn't so.
And that can be so.
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He would mess up a two-car funeral.
Or, as worthless as a milk bucket under a bull.
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He had deep pockets and short arms.
Someone that is tight.
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He lied so much, his wife had to call the dogs in.
And so it goes...
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A feller's down on what he ain't up on.
Must be why it is hard to keep up?
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It is so dry, the creek is only running every other day.
Or, the creek is so high you can walk under it.
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They'd lie when the truth would fit better.
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He was shakin' like a moonshiner in a tent revival.
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It doesn't do any good to jump halfway across the pond.
There must be county differences; my Mom was raised in Ozark, MO:
4. She looks like she's been drug through a knothole backwards.
6. He's slower than molasses in January.
3. Ugly as a mud fence.
1. Crooked as a dog's hind leg.
And my personal favorite: Nutty as Oscar's pet coon.
4. She looks like she's been drug through a knothole backwards.
6. He's slower than molasses in January.
3. Ugly as a mud fence.
1. Crooked as a dog's hind leg.
And my personal favorite: Nutty as Oscar's pet coon.
from the geezer - if i had a dog that ugly i would shave it's butt and teach it to walk backwards. -- jp
Colorful language. I can't resist a well-turned phrase. :)
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