Good ‘Ole Southern Sayings

Good Ole Southern sayings can be quite humorous. I am remembering a few and wonder if you remember hearing them also.

– Jumpy as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

– Slower than molasses in January

– Lord willing and the creek don’t rise

– In between the devil and the deep blue sea

– Between a hard place and a rock

– Madder than an old wet hen

– He’s as poor as Job’s turkey

– Old as dirt

– He’s about three pickles shy of a quart

– He’s been rode hard and put up wet

– Fit to be tied

– I wouldn’t give you air if you were in a jug

– Running around like a chicken with its head cut off

– Thicker than thieves

– She’s three quarts shy of a load

– Tighter than Dick’s hatband

– Deader than a door knob

– Green as a gourd

– Katie bar the door

– If it had been a snake it would had bit you

– Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

– A rolling stone gathers no moss

– I’m blind as a bat

– He hasn’t got a lick of sense

– Don’t bite off more than you can chew

– You’re barking up the wrong tree