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Texas Sayings-Are These For Real?

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Saying: The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving.

Translation: Not overly-intelligent.

Saying: Tighter than bark on a tree.

Translation: Not very generous.

Saying: Big hat, no cattle.

Translation: All talk and no action.

Saying: We've howdied but we ain't shook yet.

Translation: We've made a brief acquaintance, but not been formally introduced.

Saying: He thinks the sun come up just to hear him crow.

Translation: He has a pretty high opinion of himself.

Saying: As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.

Translation: (self-explanatory).

Saying: S/He's got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth.

Translation: Talks a lot.

Saying: It's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs.

Translation: We really could use a little rain around here.

Saying: Just because a chicken has wings don't mean it can fly.

Translation: Appearances can be deceptive.

Saying: This ain't my first rodeo.

Translation: I've been around awhile.

Saying: He looks like the dog's been keepin' him under the porch.

Translation: Not the most handsome of men.

Saying: They ate supper before they said grace.

Translation: Living in sin.

Saying: As full of wind as a corn-eating horse.

Translation: Rather prone to boasting.

Saying: You can put your boots in the oven, but that don't make 'em biscuits.

Translation: You can say whatever you want about something, but that doesn't change what it is.
Nina

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steveorino    7

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Born and raised in Texas, the only one I ever even heard of was "This ain't my first rodeo".

Now, my mom did say "a mouse in a cookie jar isn't a cookie" usually referring to people who called themselves Christians (or attended church) but didn't act like one (meaning: being kind and generous).

She also was found of saying, "ya never know", "it's always something", and "if it ain't one thing, it's another".;)

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boinky    0

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I didn't recognize many of them either. :S

Here's one I use a lot:

Saying: She looks like she wuz rode hard and hung up wet!

Translation: She hasn't aged very well, has she?
Nina

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I guess the telling thing is I knew what each one meant before I read your translation...

Oh yeah; it was clearer'n the nose on your face what each one meant ;)

But the only one I ever heard was the howdy'd but not shook one. And that might have only been in a book...

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If you're not using at least three of these every day, we need to have a long talk.



Umm....I guess we need to have that talk then. ;) Do I not get brownie points for the one I added about being rode hard and hung up wet?

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BTW, been visited yet??



No! :P
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boinky    0

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'Bout useless as tits on a boar!



Hey...I've heard that one!
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You can tell him... just can't tell him much!
(a real know it all)



I know some people like that! And of course, they're here in Texas! ;)
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"The truth must be in em', because it ain't coming out!"



:) :) :) I could NEVER tell who... :) :) :)


....but THEY know who they are! >:(
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My favorite is from an old boyfriend who was from a little town in the pan handle:

"That ain't worth a pinch of flea s**t"

It was good for so many occasions!
Erleichda!

"I just wasn't myself today," Gupta commented. "I wasn't any self today. I was an egoless particle of the universal no-soul."

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My favorite is from an old boyfriend who was from a little town in the pan handle:

"That ain't worth a pinch of flea s**t"

It was good for so many occasions!


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He wasn't from around Lazbuddie, was he? Maybe Whiteface?


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Some more Texan sayings....

Saying: I'm checkin' ma tires.

Translation: A nice way of saying he's got to pull over on the side of the road to go pee, 'cause it's too far to the next city to wait.

Saying: Full as a tick.

Translation: No longer hungry.

Saying: Snatch you bald.

Translation: What mamas threaten to do to kids.

Saying: The whole enchilda.

Translation: Everything...and it usually doesn't mean food.

Saying: Gig 'em Aggies.

Translation: I live in Bryan/College Station where Texas A&M is...need I say more?

Saying: Hook 'em Horns.

Translation: A cheer for the UT people..which seems to come with a hand gesture too. :)
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masterrig    1

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O.K., kiddo. I'm not tryin' to be ugly here but, in your number one, the word is 'tars'! But, you're getting it! Good work!
The reancher I work for uses probably every one you've mentioned on a regular basis. I told him one time, he's so 'country' he could smell a mule fart a mile away and tell you what size collar he wears! He just smiled real big.;)


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boinky    0

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the word is 'tars'!

Sniff, sniff, sniff...but the book said "tires."

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But, you're getting it! Good work!

:D :D :D

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I told him one time, he's so 'country' he could smell a mule fart a mile away and tell you what size collar he wears!

LMAO!!!
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