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#21
High as a Georgia pine...Describes a state of extreme intoxication

Rare as hen's teeth...something near impossible to find

Finer than frog hair...(1) Too small to be seen with the naked eye. (2) A condition of extremely good temper, fortune, etc. see also...if I was doing any better you'd have to kill me.

Are you (we) gonna do something, or are you (we) gonna just sit here like a bottle of urine?...This is to the best of my knowledge an exclusive to my dad as i've never heard it any place else, even from close friends or relatives of his, and he used the profane word for urine. Basically it is a call to action when there are no good choices. A goad to end putting off a decision that is going to suck no matter which option is chosen.
 
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#22
Mom used to always say: "Hundred years from now it won't matter anyway."
This was her response to someone (herself included) making a mistake.
It's clear to see the reasoning behind it, at least in most cases.
And it served to remind us that our mistakes probably aren't as big as they really seem at the time.

"Might as well, can't dance."
Used after someone suggests an action of some sort.
Don't know where that came from, but I seem to use it, or variations of it, often.
I suppose it was good to use if there was nothing better to do.
"Should we paint the living room?"
"Might as well, can't dance."
"Let's go dancing."
"Might as well, can't play bass."

"Six of one, half dozen of the other."
Of course meaning, it doesn't matter.
or my variation...
"Half of one, six dozen of the other."
Just to see if anyone is paying attention.
 
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#29
"Son of a gun"
In times of war way back when, there were women on war ships. These ships stayed out at sea for long periods. Ultimately these women would become pregnant and have children....on the ship. Usually they gave birth between cannons so as to keep the alleyway clear for soldiers. Thus the baby was a "son of a gun". If I remember correctly the term came from the British Navy originally.
 
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#31
"Them dogs wont hunt"
"He'd rather climb a tree to tell a lie, than stay on the ground and tell the truth"
"Bless his heart"
"A GOOD friend would've stabbed you in the chest"
- the dirty dirty south
 
#35
"Don't get your dander up"

Meaning: Become agitated or angry. If 'get one's dander up' is based on an earlier phrase 'get one's hackles up', which has the same meaning as 'get one's dander up'. Hackles are the hairs on the back of the neck, especially of foxhounds when excited by an imminent kill, but is also applied more generally.
 
#36
"Keep a stiff upper lip"

Meaning: One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion. The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom "keep a stiff upper lip", and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British people, who are sometimes perceived by other cultures as being unemotional.
 
#38
Going out for a short mosey. (taking a walk)
Might maybe. (might)
Woulda couldas. (things you didn't do)
Colder than a well digger's ass. (self explanatory)
God willin' and the crik don't rise. (if things go as planned)
Slippery as a pig in a poke. (probably garbled, but it means hard to catch, also wiggly as a pig in a poke)

I have heard a whole lot of the ones that have been mentioned so far. It's probably a rural thing.
 

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