Hillbilly Talk

Hillbilly Talk:

THEY SAID: Don't let it rattle your bones!

WE SAY: Don't let it bother you!

THEY SAID: Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

WE SAY: Exercise your options.

THEY SAID: Don't worry, shit floats.

WE SAY: If it rains, you'll be okay.

THEY SAID: Just because you have a crack in your ass it doesn't make you crippled!

WE SAY: Get up and get it yourself.

THEY SAID: Pretty is as pretty does.

WE SAY: No matter how pretty (or handsome) you are, if you act ugly people think of you as ugly

THEY SAID: The sun don't shine up one dog's ass all the time.

WE SAY: Sooner or later everyone has their day!!

THEY SAID: He thinks his shit don't stink.

WE SAY: He thinks he's really somethin'.

THEY SAID: You are the turd of misery.

WE SAY: You are really a miserable person.

THEY SAID: Feed a fever, starve a cold.

WE SAY: Keep warm when you're sick.

THEY SAID: Don't get your bowels in an uproar!

WE SAY: Calm down

THEY SAID: Shake the dew off the Lily!

WE SAY: I have to pee!

THEY SAID: She's got the vapors

WE SAY: She's gassy

THEY SAID: Crazy as a loon, got a hole in her bag of marbles, nutty as a fruitcake

WE SAY: She is INSANE!!

THEY SAID: He just ain't right.

WE SAY: He's a french fry short of a "Happy Meal".

THEY SAID: He pulled a boner.

WE SAY: He made a stupid mistake.

THEY SAID: He was a'hint the door when the brains wuz handed out.

WE SAY: He's not very smart.

THEY SAID: If you had a brain you'd be dangerous.

WE SAY: That was really a dumb stunt; you're an idiot.

THEY SAID: Makes the scarecrow look like a genius!

WE SAY: Not too intelligent.

THEY SAID: The lights are on, but nobody's home!

WE SAY: He/she is not too smart; she/he is empty minded.

THEY SAID: You can look in one ear and see out of the other!

WE SAY: No brains - empty headed

THEY SAID: You would forget your head if it wasn't tied on

WE SAY: You are so absent minded

THEY SAID: Happy as a clam suckin sand!

WE SAY: I'm happy.

THEY SAID: I'm about to cloud up and rain all over you!

WE SAY: Look out! You are making me mad

THEY SAID: Snug as a bug in a rug!

WE SAY: I'm comfortable.

THEY SAID: He's digging his grave with his spoon.

WE SAY: He eats too much.

THEY SAID: I'm full as a tick!

WE SAY: I ate too much.

THEY SAID: My eyes were bigger than my stomach.

WE SAY: I ate more than I can.


THEY SAID: Water is bad enough in your shoes; why do you want it in your stomach?

WE SAY: Have some wine (or beer, or schnapps, etc.).

THEY SAID: H'ain't cha got no fetchin's up? (from rural Ohio)

WE SAY: Didn't anyone teach you anything?

THEY SAID: He's still wet behind the ears

WE SAY: He's not any more mature than a new born baby.

THEY SAID: I knowed you when you was just a twinkle in your Daddy's eye!

WE SAY: I've known your family a long time.

THEY SAID: You're too big for your britches

WE SAY: You act older than you are

THEY SAID: Had to tie a porkchop aound his neck so the dog would play with him

WE SAY: He was an ugly baby

THEY SAID: He's nothing to write home about.

WE SAY: He's not that impressive

THEY SAID: Nice bumperkit

WE SAY: Nice butt

THEY SAID: When she walks, it looks like two cats fighting in a bag!

WE SAY: Viewed from the rear, she really swings her hips

THEY SAID: You look like sumpin' the cat dragged in

WE SAY: You look awful! You're a mess!

THEY SAID: Your hair looks like you combed it with an egg beater.

WE SAY: Having a bad hair day?

THEY SAID: He has blinders on.

WE SAY: He doesn't know what is, he only sees what he wants to see going on around him.

THEY SAID: Don't get your bloomers in an uproar

WE SAY: Calm down

THEY SAID: Don't get your knickers in a bunch.

WE SAY: Don't get excited or angry

THEY SAID: Dag-nabbit! (Walter Brennan)

WE SAY: Darn it.

THEY SAID: Hog wash!

WE SAY: Baloney!

THEY SAID: Quit yer lollygaggin

WE SAY: Stop wasting time.

THEY SAID: Put a sock in it!

WE SAY: Be quiet!

THEY SAID: Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

WE SAY: I don't care if you leave or not.

THEY SAID: Over yonder

WE SAY: Direction...usually pointed to (the creek is over yonder)