Weird Sayings

[okietool]

Like trying to herd cats.

Never saddle a dead horse.

 

[magna19]

That's the best thing since the Hula Hoop!!!

 

[Okiedog]

Stand flat footed and **** over a 5 wire fence

 

[Raoul Duke]

Feeling/doin' great:

shittin' in tall cotton

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

We're in for a rough ride! Batten down your hatches, pucker your ports, and cinch up your sphincters!

(I just made that up.)

Woody

 

[TedKennedy]

But the weirdest one was "I swan!" Which I used to hear growing up.
It was used by REAL country people in the ozarks.

My grandma used to say that all the time. Delaware County, OK. (right on the Ark line)

 

[DRC458]

"Squealing like a pig under a gate."

"Like trying to nail jello to a wall."

"Hell bent for leather."

"Fish or cut bait."

 

[Hawgman]

But the weirdest one was "I swan!" Which I used to hear growing up.

In some Christian circles the phrase "I swear", when used as an exclamatory way, is considered a no-no. In the New Testament Jesus says not to swear but to simply say yes when you mean yes and no when you mean no. So when one lets out an "I swear!" in response to something surprising it's considered unacceptable. "I swan" is an acceptable replacement.

 

[Cedar Creek]

I heard the exclamation "Well, I'll swan!" quite a bit growing up in SE Oklahoma, but not from my family. Both of my parents cursed like sailors.

Cedar Creek

 

[briarcreekguy]

So poor that they don't have a pot to piss in, or a window to throw it out of.

Not enough room in here to swing a cat.

Off your ass and on your feet, outta the shade and in the heat.

I ain't scared of hard work, I can lay down right next to it and go to sleep.

Squealing like a stuck pig.

In response to stepping on a nail or getting cut on rusty barbed wire, "soak it in Coal oil".

If you want to dance, you gotta pay the fiddler.