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We’re fixin’ to teach you to talk like an NC native: A Guide to Southern Sayings. Martha Quillin. July 28, 2023 at 10:16 AM. ... He’s older than dirt in dog years.
When someone is getting long in the tooth, it might be observed that they’re older than dirt or two days older than water. ... Some sayings are meant to convey wisdom, cite a universal truth or ...
Cold hands, warm heart [a] Comparisons are odious [a] Count your blessings [a] Courage is the measure of a Man, Beauty is the measure of a Woman [a] Cowards may die many times before their death [a] Crime does not pay [a] Cream rises. Criss-cross, applesauce [a] Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
50 common hyperbole examples. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse. You’re as sweet as sugar. I have a million things to do today. That bag weighs a ton. She talks a mile a minute. He’s as ...
a lump of Hashish, bigger than a blim but less than a louie nob 1. Person of high social standing. [231] 2. Head. [231] nobble Disable (particularly a racehorse). [231] nod out To lapse into a drug induced stupour. [232] nonce Sex offender, most commonly a child molester. (Prison slang) [233] noodle Brain. as in "Use your noodle for once". nordle
"Old Dirt Road" uses the road as a metaphor for a point of stability in an unstable world and a life subject to variability. [4] In the line originally provided by Nilsson, life is described as "trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind." [3] [4] Even though the road is apparently stable, it too is at risk from the possibility of a ...
The Durham Proverbs is a collection of 46 mediaeval proverbs from various sources. They were written down as a collection, in the eleventh century, on some pages (pages 43 verso to 45 verso, between a hymnal and a collection of canticles) of a manuscript that were originally left blank. The manuscript is currently in the collection of Durham ...
For most of the 21st century, conversation heart sayings had an annual theme. In 2023, for example, they contained pet-themed phrases like “big dog,” “purr fect,” and “beary cute.”