I used to hear these expressions all the time and I still hear them occasionally. I even use them myself sometimes. They make me smile and I hope they make you smile too.
1. Butter my butt and call me a biscuit.
2. His face was so sour it could turn buttermilk.
3. Don’t go down that slippery slope.
4. Don’t upset the apple cart.
5. Working harder than a one legged man in a butt kicking factory.
6. He’s not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
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7. Do you want me to open a can of whip ass on you?
8. His mood was darker than a stack of black cats.
9. That will put a little starch in your shorts.
10. You are preaching to the choir.
11. Who do you think you are, God Almighty?
12. Haven’t seen you since heck was a pup.
13. Jittery as a cat in a room full of rockers.
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14. Whipped as a hound dog.
15. Don’t get your panties in a wad.
16. She is hell on wheels.
17. You’re just asking me to fix your clock.
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18. She looks like a tiger fixing to pounce.
19. The apple don’t fall far from the tree.
20. That youngun is cunning as a serpent.
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21. If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
22. She’ll cast you off like a spent match.
23. Mad as an old wet hen.
24. He thinks he’s cock of the walk.
25. It’s not called white lightning for nothing.
26. She’s as ugly as a homade fence.
27. He will swear to a lie on a stack of bibles.
28. She’s mean as a rattle snake.
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29. He’s not a butt patch on you for cussedness.
30. He could represent the devil against God Almighty and come away with a settlement.
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