Subject: Expressions (Page 2)

Wound up tighter than an eight-day clock

He’s so lazy he wouldn’t work in a pie factory.

He breathes through his nose to keep from wearing out his teeth.

He's grinning like a possum eating a persimmon.

Faster than a dog's tail in a meat market.

He's got a face like the north end of a south bound cow.

So skinny she’d have to stand up twice to make a shadow.

Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?

He's as crooked as a barrel of snakes.

Does a fat boy like cake.

Happier than a pig in slop

Goin’ around your ass to get to your elbow

Raising kids is like being pecked to death by a chicken.

It is so flat, you can stand on a milk crate and watch your dog run away for three days.

Like a four-horned billy goat

So short he has to stand on a box to kick a duck in the ass.

Ain’t nobody out at that time a night but burglars and bad women.

She has a four-pocket backend.

Looks like he’s been sortin’ wildcats.

So crosseyed, she could look at her own head.

He could sell socks to a rooster.