That's supposed to be a "long-tailed cat"

I'm Southern. I know all those sayings.

And don't forget- "Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kickin' contest."

Shaking like a dog shitting a peach seed.


One of my old friend's favorites:
As fucked up as a football bat.

There are so many idioms from the South it is hard to keep up.

I've never heard "Shaking like a dog shitting a peach seed"

but I have most certainly heard

as fucked up as a football bat.

I thought my friend had made that one up himself. I've never heard anyone else use it. But the peach seed thing was VERY common where I grew up. How's ya mamma 'n 'em?

There are so many customs and phrases that are not just Southern, but very sub-regional within the South. I could not possibly keep up with all of them.

The peach seed thing is common in MS. I was in East TN when I heard the football bat one.

I can see where the peach seed tale would be prevalent in MS and GA where peach trees are common.

The football bat thing. I have no idea where that could have originated.

the phrase got diluted on its way up North.

I think the saying is though: "Sweating like a whore in church."

....At a redneck wedding.

as tits on a bull.

to hunt ducks with a rake.