...busier than a one-armed paperhanger...
...dumb as a rock...
...ugly as the south end of a mule facing north...
...dumb as a rock...
...ugly as the south end of a mule facing north...
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I've had it said to me. A misunderstanding or a brief encounter with a black person who doesn't like white people and with a very insincere look on their face they say, "have a blessed day".Whats your cracjer ass saying?
This show I watch is doing these non stop. What was the one from yesterday I wanted to remember?...busier than a one-armed paperhanger...
...dumb as a rock...
...ugly as the south end of a mule facing north...
NO, an idiom is like 'kick the bucket' something that won't literally go to another language in a word -for -word wayThose are called idioms.
noun
- 1.
a gro up of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).
NO, an idiom is like 'kick the bucket' something that won't literally go to another language in a word -for -word way
Okay grammar expert .. then what are they called?NO, an idiom is like 'kick the bucket' something that won't literally go to another language in a word -for -word way
North Carolina says those thingsIt’s hotter than a tin roof in July? I’ll be back quicker than you can say jimini crickets. Happier than a pig in shit.
All I can find is Texas sayings. Maybe doing this started in Texas?
Why do I ask? There is a show Nightmare Next Door where the host or narrator these things waaay too often. To the point it’s as ridiculous as a singer with a studded.
I don't think these things are called idioms. I think they are called Southern SayingsNorth Carolina says those things
Or the nicely placed insult bless your heartI don't think these things are called idioms. I think they are called Southern Sayings
But the richness of Southern speech goes far beyond one or two-word expressions. There's a Southern expression for every occasion.
- Faster than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking competition.
In North Carolina and much of the south we don't have corrals we call them paddocksLooks like it's fixin' to come a turd floater!.
Translation: It's going to rain so hard, the horse turds in the corral will be floating.
I always knew whenever a black woman said to me "have a blessed day" it wasn't sincere. I could just tell by the way they said it that it wasn't meant sincerely. Then I found out it is a polite way for blacks to say fuck off honkey.Or the nicely placed insult bless your heart