"Sit Down & Rest Your Face & Ears" is one.

And I’m a little north of 60.

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shank's mare.

had to google it. What would we do without google???

old as the hills / older than the hills
no fool like an old fool
same old song and dance
old ball and chain
old lady / old man (meaning partner or parent)
up to your old tricks
the old country
dirty old man
same old, same old
old blue eyes
ring out the old, ring in the new
(can't) teach an old dog new tricks
chip off the old block
what's old is new again
age old

er, I mean "them" haha!

I'm only surprised that you spotted it so quickly.

Like buying a pig in a poke.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Acting like a broody hen.

hadn't heard the one in your header before.

The others I heard growing up in Missouri.

falls by the wayside. )

Dan Rather likes to use idioms. He used one the other night on Don Lemon's show. They were talking about Trump he said "If bullshine were music, he'd be a symphony orchestra."

Taking the King's shilling (old British saying for enlisting)

aka a "toad-strangler".

Is a pig's ass pork?

Is the Pope a Catholic?

Does a bear shit in the woods?

All meaning "of course."

Gee, thanks, Dad.

And if anyone was honking at us in the car, or we wanted him to hurry up and do something, he would always say, "the road to heaven is paved with patience."

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Do skunks pee on flat rocks?

Wolf

Another common country expression mostly used by men who are either stepping out to pee or take a swig in private- "I'm Goin' to see a man about a dog" or horse

a stitch in time saves nine.

poor grandpa!

"heave and set like a ram at a gatepost"
"slow and steady like a cat eating a grindstone"
"I've a good mind to...(fill in as needed)"
"I'll do that directly" (pronounced "dreckly&quot

My Mom would say that when it wasn't going to happen.

I never add the lamb's tail, although I know that's where it comes from.

'cause "swear" would be too coarse, I guess

Speaking of coarse, in Oklahoma we would say, "Well, fuck me runnin'" instead of "Well, I swan"

I swan was her favorite and she was coming over directly also

Good saying for someone who overcomplicates things.

From an old Mainer.

Asking a girl out to dance.....

How would you like to be buried with my people ?

Marriage proposal....

those are truly funny, and sooooo weird! Oh wait, that was "would you like to beat the floor," and I read it as "beat the flour."

I don't use the "new" expressions unless I like them. Most of them (IMO) are insipid and meaningless.

The older ones I like because I consider them imaginative and meaningful.

Taking a dim view
Blessing in disguise
A dime a dozen
Taking it as it comes
Call it a day
Benefit of the doubt
Begging the question
Cutting corners
Get out of hand
Pull someone's leg
Pull yourself together
So far so good
Speak of the devil
The last straw
The best of both worlds

ALSO (straight from The Bard-- still used often after ~400 years!)
Heart of gold.
Kill with kindness. ...
Laughing stock. ...
Wild-goose chase. ...
Green-eyed monster. ...
Lie low.
Faint-hearted...
Apple of my eye

Cervantes also coined many phrases we still use-- but I'm in California and my power is going to be cut any minute so I can't elaborate.

I use many of those, and probably many others do also.

Good luck with the power and fires - hope you aren't in any danger.

Hoping things settle down soon.

...I went looking for the Cervantes ones, and in the process I renewed my interest in getting through Don Quixote. I made a half-assed attempt when I was a teenager, but I crashed and burned on that one. Now I'm 58 and I want to give it another go. I kind of knew there were a lot of different translations, but the consensus when I googled it was the best translation is "whichever one you have."

So I downloaded it for my kindle last night and I've been reading and laughing ever since.

Thanks for the unintended kick in the ass.

It's really a trip, isn't it? I love words. I hadn't realized Cervantes coined so many expressions-- I think he said, "Thou hast seen nothing yet."

Meaning it’s the best!

Why, I have no clue

Catty whompus

Out of sight, out of mind, or Absence makes the heart grown fonder. Which is it???

My children say I have an old saying for every occasion

never heard that one before.

this is the lounge, after all. Spill 'em!

Useless as tits on a boar.
Colder than a witch's tit.

And this one, which is as rapey as it sounds, and which means "as much as you hate it, you're going to have to put up with it and get through it for the greater good":

Lay back and think of England.

See? Not very nice.

the third one - well, doesn't have to be about rape. Not so bad, Iggo.

...so that's the one I use instead of the more colorful one.

"Haven't seen you in a coon's age" (raccoon, not racist - common upstate staying around where I am from).

It's southern. Then there is also, "He's not worth the powder it'd take to blow 'em to hell." I thought that one was also southern but I've heard it here in the west.

I've never heard the cow/cabbage one. What does that mean?

you are telling it like it is - or how you THINK it is.

There's more to that one but I can't remember it anymore.

Also:

Slap my ass and call me Sally. (Also expresses surprise)
Better than a / beats a kick in the teeth. (Something not very good but could be worse)
Colder than a witch's tit.
Fast as a cheetah with its ass on fire.
Dumb as a box of rocks. (Also 'a box of hair')
Happy as a puppy with two peckers.
Mean as a junkyard dog.
Mad as a hatter. (Or 'a March hare')
Pretty as a peach (or as peach perfume)
Busy as a one-armed paper-hanger.

I love sayings, also love hearing about ones used in other countries.

It might be southern but I heard it from my dad, who was from Wisconsin.

useless as tits on a bull.

"Shit or get off the pot." I picked that one up from my dad, who picked up during WW2 poker games.

" "N Boer maak 'n plan." Means I/we'll think of something. I occasionally use that one.

Wolf

That would make you slap your mammy.
Older than dirt.
Cute as a bug's ear.
Tighter than Dick's hatband.
Come hell or high water.
Praise the lord and pass the biscuits.
Hurry up every chance you get.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Just who do you think you are, anyhow?
Lord help us.
Lord have mercy.
Lordy, lordy Miss Claudey.
Stranger than friction.
Hotter than a two-dollar pistol.
My goodness gracious.
Looky yonder.
Farther than a country mile.
Ain't you a sight for sore eyes........

Just a few from down South........ ........

What's a check says young person.

you hit me on the head with a stick.

Just peachy, or ducky.

Fine as frogs hair.

Harder than Chinese algebra

23 skidoo.

Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

My mom used this expression a lot when talking about someone who was unashamed of saying or doing something stupid or wrong, as in this example:

"That someone would say such a thing out loud, with his bare face hanging out, in a public forum, is sufficient evidence of lack of fitness to serve in public office."

According to my Google search, most often it refers to someone with a stupid or helpless look on their face.

telling it like it is, plain and simple. IOW, the truth.

Spill the beans. I'm not going to beat around the bush, I'm busy as a bee. I'll be there with bells on, even though it's not my cup of tea. Straight from the horse's mouth, I'll bite the bullet and say that you're the cat's meow or the bee's knee. Sometimes I wake up on the wrong side of the bed and it's like rubbing salt in the wound. I always mind my P's and Q's and sometimes wear my heart on my sleeve. I don't want to rain on your parade but it's raining cats and dogs outside. The grass is always greener on the other side since I don't have a green thumb. I don't always end up with the fuzzy end of the lollipop and everything is peachy keen.

I remember a few of them -

Nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers -
Back 40 -
Every momma crow thinks their baby is the blackest. I never used this one, it seems racist, but mom was born 1921 so I give her the benefit of the doubt and include it because it is a very old saying from my great great grandmother from Scotland.
Can't never did anything - I think this was her best one

It makes me so sad, she's been gone 6 years and her sayings are fading from my mind. Think I'll call my sister and see if she remembers some that I've forgotten. Hopefully we can help each other remember her better as she was an angel.

A favorite of my Southern mom. Also:

Mean as a snake, or mean as cat dirt.

George Harrison
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Ringo Star

I can’t believe the number of “youtz”
that said “Paul McCartney was a Beatle?”
Yikes