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He was so nervous, he could thread a sewing machine while it was running.

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I wish to my never.

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That was back when Christ wore knee-britches.

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I don’t know her from Adam’s house cat.

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He’s so tight when he blinks his eyes his toe’s curl up.

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I was as surprised as if a sheep had bit me.

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Rough as a cob

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We don’t air our dirty laundry out in public.

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He's busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kickin' contest.

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Too poor to paint, too proud to whitewash.

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Tighter than bark on a tree

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You couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.

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Let me hug your neck.

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Lower than a snake in a wagon track.

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I'll snatch you baldheaded.

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Crying like a pine knot in a sawmill.

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Well, hush my mouth.

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Jackin yer jaw

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His mouth ain’t no prayerbook.

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Doesn’t know his ass from his elbow.

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He went after it whole hog.

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