My family used “My foot.” a lot. Best way to let someone know you doubted something they said. We also used the phrase, “…while I tap my foot.”, to mean, “You just keep on telling me that story, and I’m gonna let you know that I’m just not buying it”. That brings up another term that we used all the time. In my house, we weren’t allowed to use the words, “lie”, or “liar”. They were considered bad words. Instead,…
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Sayings from Appalachia
The Deer Hunter cut the blood out of one of his fingers at work last week with a saw. As…
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Here’s the most recent sayings my friend Suzann and her mother sent me: I’ll be iddly and gum! (Same as…
Never in my life have I been accused of being slow, but I have heard the expression “slow as Christmas”…
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That bucket of water and mud mess they left in the backyard stinks to high heaven. —- The other day…
My friend Suzann is always sending me colorful sayings. Suzann and I went to elementary school together and as adults…
Granny I’m sharing some of my favorite old sayings with you today. I hope you’ll leave a comment and add…