It snowed last night!!! Oh it was so beautiful when I left the house this morning!!! Unfortunately it was also colder than a witch's t . . . uh, well digger's a . . . uh, hmmm. I have just realized that I don't know any 'colder than' phrases that are repeatable here. Who'da thunk it? Let me do a quick google search for something southern I can type here. Okay, it was colder than an old maid's bed in March or colder than a bad marriage.
They just don't have the same zing, do they? Have you ever noticed how many southern expressions were only used by men (b/c women did not use that language) but were absolutely scintillating?!?!?! I mean, let's be honest here, women were not crass or crude and did not use such language. Where was the fun in that?
And have y'all ever noticed that a southern woman can get away with saying anything about anyone if she prefaces it with "Lord love her/him, and you know I do, but . . ."? What is up with that? Not that I don't use that phrase all the stinkin' time!
And heaven forbid a southern lady ever spit out what she is trying to say. I personally believe that all the great euphemisms came from southern women. 'Born on the wrong side of the sheet' (who knew there was a right and wrong side to the sheet?!??!). 'Three sheets to the wind' (why not just say so drunk he couldn't even crawl up the steps?). 'Ruffled feathers' (why not just say you ticked them off?).
Anyone else have a quant southern saying they love?
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