Phrases/Sayings/Word Origins

[Aries]

"I don't have a dog in this fight."

"Smells like a skunk that crawled out of another skunk's butt."

 

[Mos Eisley]

Rob Peter to pay Paul

The origin comes from the Peter tax and the Paul tax: The expression refers to times before the Reformation when Church taxes had to be paid to St. Paul's church in London and to St. Peter's church in Rome; originally it referred to neglecting the Peter tax in order to have money to pay the Paul tax.

 

[Snattlerake]

If your brain were surgically removed and stuck inside a peanut shell it would rattle like a BB in a boxcar.

 

[Woody's Janitor]

She's as purdy as a bowl of fried okra.
He's happier than a skunk in heat.

 

[sanjuro893]

"Too many irons in the fire"
"Crazy as a sack of cats"
"Dumb as a bag of hammers"
"meaner than a one-eyed water moccasin"

 

[Catt57]

Angrier than 2 bobcats in a burlap bag.

I'm so hungry my belly button is rubbing a hole on my backside.

I ain’t seen him since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.

Don’t get your knickers in a knot.

Happier than a tornado in a trailer park.

I’m more nervous than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

He's busier than a one-legged man in an @ss kicking contest.

 

[Okiedog]

Cuter than a speckled pup under a red wagon.

Just like a catfish. All mouth an no brains.

 

[O4L]

A good one for today...

It's colder than a witches tit in a brass bra!

 

[TerryMiller]

Y'all aren't doing this right...

...you're supposed to include a history of how the phrases came about.

 

[Snattlerake]

Y'all aren't doing this right...

...you're supposed to include a history of how the phrases came about.

Oh ****!

1. "Shittåh": Hebrew word for a species of tree (probably acacia) which is famously hard to work with. It dulls chisels—fast! Hence—possibly—short for, "{****!} This is hard work.” Far more likely, however is

2. The (ancient) Greek word, (xi, theta, omega, nu): "chthôn." Pronounced "kshit'-awn," (or less closely, “**** on”) it merely means, "earth." This is to say it means: anything associated with and in particular the earth’s surface qualities. Thus and in particular, something that is mindful of the color of earth is "(k)****" ~ty.