[Originally posted on October 16, 2003]
Here in Texas, everything IS bigger and better! We even have own own vocabulary called: Texas Talkin'Here's what the heck we mean in the Lone Star State...
- The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving = Not too smart
- As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party = An unwelcome person
- Tighter than bark on a tree = Stingy
- Big hat, no cattle = All talk, no action
- We've howdied but we ain't shook yet = We've met, but haven't been formally introduced
- He thinks the sun come up just to hear him crow = He thinks his s#%! doesn't stink
- She's got tongue enough for ten rows of teeth = She's a talker
- It's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs = Rain would be nice
- Just because a chicken has wings doesn't mean it can fly = Appearances can be deceiving
- This ain't my first rodeo = I've been around the block
- He looks like the dog's been keepin' him under the porch = U-G-L-Y
- They ate supper before they said grace = They're living in sin
- Time to paint your butt white and run with the antelope = Stop arguing and do as you're told
- As full of wind as a corn-eating horse = A braggart
- You can put your boots in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits = You can say whatever you want, but that doesn't change a thing
Heh. I'll bet you've been the target of most of these phrases at one point or another :-P
Posted by: Harvey on June 26, 2004 11:15 AMHeh.
My favorite phrase is:
"I've been to a few rodeos."
And whatta ya know? I'm from Texas!
Posted by: Emma on June 28, 2004 12:14 PMBeing a lifetime Texas country boy, I'll chip in a couple.
Chip in a couple = Contribute some
tighter than Dick's hat band = cheap, or an extremely tight spot
Make hay while the sun shines=take advantage of opportunity when it is presented
cow pissing on a flat rock=torrential rains
Eat corn-on-the-cob through a picket fence = ugly with buck teeth
Nice hat, do you got two of them?=Ugly hat, one to sh!t in and one to cover it up with.
Qt. of tator salad shy of a full picnic=not all there
Watch out for the gators=watch out for the gators
Plenty of time to rest when they bury you=Get ready to work your ass off, esp. on Sunday.
roach killers=pointed toe cowboy boots
10 million ants cant be wrong=good picnic/cookout
putting lipstick on a pig=waste of time
kitchen pass=okay from the wife
can peaches (preserves)="special" time with the wife (girlfriend)
burr in saddle=asshole
dry hole=no more opportunity left
well came in=struck it rich
well tapped out=broke
you better comprendez, or, do you comprendez this?=I know you can speak english, asshole.
gay bull=not throwing any calves
got his nuts cut off=had authority removed by a higher power
useful as tits on a boar hog=not very useful
fixin to (usually pronounced 'fidna')= making preparations to do something
Geez, all I got to do is listen to myself talk. I may compile a list.
Posted by: Don Callaway on June 30, 2004 11:28 PM