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"shootin" horseshoes

Like a buzzard in a tree waiting for a mule to die

Looks like he’s been chewin’ tobacco and spittin’ in the wind.

He’s so skinny… looks like he swapped legs with a wasp and got cheated out of the stinger!

I've had an apple out of that bag.

It's coming up a cloud.

As scarce as hens teeth.

Watch him; he'll slip a baby copperhead in your pocket, then ask you for a light.

Well, shut my mouth.

Tight as a tick

She could ruin a two-car funeral.

Two shakes of a lamb's tail

Mess with

Let your vittles shut your mouth.

When Satan goes ice skatin’ in Hell.

I'm so hungry, my stomach is gnawing on my backbone!

Madder than spit on a griddle

Meaner than a snake

Piss on the fire and call in the dogs.

Them that don’t work, don’t eat.

Uglier than a burnt stump