I’ve done some blogs on unique words cowboys used, but here are some phrases that are just as colorful!
Short:
She wasn’t ankle high to a June bug.
Looked like he’d been sawed off at the pockets
He couldn’t brag without a box to stand on.
Tall:
So tall he couldn’t tell when his feet were cold
He sprung up like a spring toadstool
Built like a snake on stilts
Skinny:
If he’d a closed one eye, he’d look like a needle
So think you couldn’t a hit him with a fistu full of gravel
He had to stand twice in the same place just to cast a shadow
Fat:
He was fat in the middle and pore at each end
Another twenty pounds and she could a joined a sideshow
Beef plumb to the hocks
Talkative
He ain’t zactly tongue tied when it comes to makin’ chin music
As full of verbal lathers as a shavin’ mug
They ought to hire him to keep the windmill goin’
Quiet:
As quiet as a thief in a hencoop
So quiet yuh could hear daylight comin’
Quiet as a hoss thief after a hangin’
Grinnin’ like a jackass eatin’ cactus
He’s steppin’ as high as a blind dog in tall grass
Grinnin’ like a weasel peekin’ in a henhouse door
Unhappy:
Looked as sad as a bloodhound’s eye
Happy as a hog bein’ dragged away from a feed trough
His luck was runnin’ kinda muddy
Hanged:
His neck was so short they took him out and stretched it
He climbed the golden stair on a rope
A case of a stiff neck an’ a short drop
Dude or Drugstore Cowboy:
One of them stall-fed tenderfeet
Never been closer to a cow than a milk wagon
He’s shore pea green if I ever saw one
5 comments:
That was funny! Like the hunk up there too.
My favorite was "If he'd a closed on eye, he'd look like a needle."
The sayings are great. I liked "He couldn’t brag without a box to stand on." I may have to add a few of these to my repertoire.
Nice photo! And great lines! My favorite is "He's so ugly flies won't light on him.";)
Luck runnin' kinda muddy - I like that! Great post. :)
Thanks, ladies. I love how colorful the sayings are--and what great mental images they paint in your mind!
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