Old sayings or phrases

[bolshavik]

Ok, what are some old sayings or phrases some of you remember as a kid or growing up that your parents/G-parents,uncles,old timers used? Can also be football sayings or things you heard the old coaches back in the day say.

I will start

"boy..ya better dry it up fore I give ya something to cry about"
"that dog wont hunt"
"ya see that boy there..he is about as worthless as a punting tee" (old football coach)

[trojandad]

lets see, old sayings not used anymore? how about...


"son, quit screaming in the store"

"just because i have 7 of you kids in walmart doesnt mean you get to run out the door and play soccer in the parking lot" (yes, soccer is a BIG hint)....

"no, you cant open up the candy bag, eat some and put the bag back"

"no, you cant scream at the checkout counter because i didnt buy you the 50th thing you asked for this trip"


guess what trip MY night included last night.....lol

[bobcat1]

Surely you are not laying down on my football field. Do you need some Midol?

[Txbroadcaster]

Fair to Middling..which always sounded like Fair to Midland

[BEAST]

Boy, keep your powder dry.




BEAST

[DDBooger]

Hay's in the barn.

[bolshavik]

"its like herdin cats"
"he dont know come here from sic'em"
"9 ways to Sunday"
"over Yonder"

[trojandad]

"my daughter could make that pass"

to which i was always thinking...

"of course she could, but i could get a date".....

[LionKing]

Used to hear this saying quite a bit back when Barry Switzer was the head coach of the Cowboys, " If you can't give him credit for the wins, you can't blame him for the losses''.

[PPHSfan]

"the faint of heart never got to sleep with the cook"

"you've got another think coming"

"I'm not gonna tell you again" (followed by an ass whooping) instead of another "I'm not gonna tell you again"

"you and G2 stop doing that to the cat"

[Maroon87]

"you ain't got a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of"

[Lucky2Coach]

"That boy is so lazy, he'd marry a pregnant girl just to have a baby!"

"Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane"

[Ernest T Bass]

"Ain't but one profession that makes its living on it's back/knees, and it ain't football".

[Trashman]

This is your 2 yards of grass....you don't have to water it or mow it...just keep the guy in the other uniform from walk'n on it!

[Bullaholic]

"This computer is messed up worse than a snake under a lawnmower".

[ronwx5x]

Tight as Dick's hat band.
He's older than dirt.
So tight he'd make a penny scream.
All he has in his wallet is a spider web.

[Bullaholic]

"He wouldn't pay a nickel to see a piss-ant eat a bale of hay."

[bolshavik]

"that guy is 2 bricks shy of a load"
"that boy is 2 loads shy of a brick" (for the really really dumb ones)

"Son, go fetch me the belt"...uh oh!!!! You knew what that meant

[bobcat1]

This is more fun than stepping on baby chickens

[oldtownag]

Is a four pound minow fat?

[GrTigers6]

"Get over here before I tan your hide"

[nt7on7]

Grandma sayings

He's so dumb he can pour piss out of a boot with instructions printed on the heel.

It's raining pitchforks and hammer handles.

He doesn't know (crap) from Shinola.

He can't find his (butt) with two hands and a flashlight.


Coach sayings

If you were any smarter, you would be retarded.

You can turn a wet dream into crusty covers.

[BEAST]

Originally posted by nt7on7
Grandma sayings

He's so dumb he can pour piss out of a boot with instructions printed on the heel.


Dont you mean can't?




BEAST

[MustangFootball]

"I got so plastered last night"
"dude that is so wicked"
"come on man quit joshin"
"get over here you little low-down little snake in the grass you"
:D :) :D

[trojandad]

Originally posted by BEAST
Dont you mean can't?




BEAST

lol......he didnt listen to grandma very well....

[STANG RED]

"Heavens to betsy"
"Dumber than a box of monkey a$$holes"
"Dryer than a powder house fart"
"Colder than a well diggers a$$"
"Groovy"
"Hotter than a 2 dollar pistol"
"Hasnt got the sense that God gave a goose"
"Pretty as a peach"
"Loose as a goose"
"Tight as a drumhead"
"Tight as a piano string"
"Righty tighty, lefty loosey"
"Worthless as tits on a bore hog"
"Six of one, half dozen of the other"
"If you cant hunt with the big dogs, stay on the porch"
I got a million more, but cant put most of them on here.:D

[bolshavik]

"going to hell in a hand basket"
"crazy as a loon"
"drunker en Cooter Brown"
"naked as a Jaybird"
"rainin cats n dogs"
"there come a gully washer"
"what in tarnation?"
"ya reckon?"

[BEAST]

That boy could F up a footballbat.




BEAST

[OldNavy]

Dang, I'm borke as the Ten Commandments!

[rangerjim60]

If grandma had balls she'd be grandpa............

[rangerjim60]

boy............you aint right..............

[bobcat1]

You boys could tear up a steel ball bearing.

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by bobcat1
You boys could tear up a steel ball bearing.
LOL
My dad used to tell me "Boy, you could tear up a ball-peen hammer in a sand pile".

[nobogey72]

that's like trying to pee up a rope
slicker than frog snot
he works harder than an ugly stripper
2 hogs wrestling in a tow sack
can't even drink that one pretty
he'll knock the taste out of your mouth
why buy the cow when you get the milk for free
thinner than hospital soup
luckier than a double d**ked bulldog
happier than a sissy in a cucumber patch
at my age it's like trying to shoot pool with a rope
officer, I'm so drunk I didn't know I was speeding
Wouldn't you like to have a pup outta that litter

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
Fair to Middling..which always sounded like Fair to Midland

I always thought it was Midland!:thinking: Now I have to look up middling!

[SHSBulldog00]

Son, your folding like a one egg puddin.

[GrTigers6]

Its raining like a cow pissin' on a flat rock

[SHSBulldog00]

A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
A day late and a dollar short.
A job worth doing is worth doing well.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
After all is said and done, usually more is said than done.

[sinton66]

That boy is about as sharp as a marble.
You're not the brightest crayon in the box, are you?
The fly in the ointment....

[FB-fanatic]

You guys look like two monkies poking a football.

[LH Panther Mom]

Quit playing grab ass out there! (compliments of my Dad to his football team lol)

[OldBison75]

"Son, if your brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow up a soap bubble!"

"Every time you think, you make a mistake"

Both compliments of my High School coach, Gene Darby.

[SHSBulldog00]

The two of you hit like a pair of wet socks.



I almost got wood after that hit. (said by a former coach of mine when he was excited)

[PPHSfan]

"you look like the wreck of the Hesperas"

"oh heavens to bettsy, judas priest"

"you kids are gonna cause me a nervous breakdown"

"he ain't got enough sense to come in outta the rain"

"he ain't got the sense the good Lord gave the goose"

"he's windier than a bag if farts"

"boy, go fetch me a switch"

"this is gonna hurt me more than it hurts you"

"you'd lose your head if it wasn't tied to your shoulders"

"if you had a brain, you'd take it out and play with it"

"get your elbows off the table, and sit up straight, you want people to think you were raised in s barn?"

[bobcat1]

You're gonna have to re-lick your calf

Like stink on Skunk
Like white on rice
What's that got to do with the price of rice in China
If it don't fit get a bigger hammer