100 Southern Sayings You Can Learn

[littlemissmartypants]

If you are not a southerner then you might find it a little bit hard understanding some of the Southern sayings when you are among them. Southerners has their own slangs and sayings they only can understand. But in case you have something to do with them, then you might want to learn a few lines. Here are some southern sayings that will interest you. Whether you are from another part of US or from another country altogether, I hope you enjoy this collection of Southern sayings

100 Southern Sayings You Can Learn

1. Holler like a stuck pig. (someone mislead you)
2. I do declare. (usually means nothing)
3. In high cotton. (rising up in society)
4. In a coon’s age. (been a long time)
5. A whistling woman and a crowing hen never comes to a very good end. (be who you are)
6. Ain’t that the berries! (that is great!)
7. As easy as sliding off a greasy log backward. (very easy)
8. Barking up the wrong tree. (you are wrong)
9. Don’t let your mouth overload your tail. (talking too much)
10. Either fish or cut bait. (work or make way for those who will)
11. Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then. (everyone is sometimes lucky)
12. Every dog should have a few feas. (no one is perfect)
13. Scarce as hen’s teeth. (no such thing)
14. Sight for sore eyes. (Nice to you!)
15. Stomping grounds. (familiar territory)
16. Sun don’t shine on the same dog’s tail all the time. (you’ll get what you deserve)
17. That takes the cake. (surprised)
18. Go to bed with the chickens. (in bed early)
19. Go whole hog. (go for it all)

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Much more at the link: https://chartcons.com/100-southern-sayings/

[MyMission]

1. Butter my buns and call me a biscuit!

Didn't see that on the list, but it should be. Some of them are mostly used in the south, while others are just expressions heard in American speech or rural America.

Another one heard here...Finer than frog hair (split 4 ways)

And up north we say "I'll give you a shout" but down south we say "I'll holler at you"

Bless your heart, for sharing this! Thats another common one, although I hear it a lot less than I used to.

[abqtommy]

2. Don't forget the classic"Get yer biscuits in the oven and your buns in bed!"

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. And don't forget "That's just marvelous"

Which is a polite replacement for "That's just bullshit".

[Nitram]

8. "Isn't that nice."

[CDerekGo]

4. Of course

I start reading this, and forget all of my Grandmother and Granddaddy's 'sayings'. They were backwoods Northern Shenandoah Valley Virginia. Not as 'South' as some would expect, but still Appalachian. I still catch myself saying "warsh rag" instead of wash-cloth. Always gotta add that extra "R".

[SCantiGOP]

5. #10 needs to be tweaked

It should be "Shit or get off the pot."

[yellowdogintexas]

6. Too many repeats in the full list to even come close to calling it 100

Besides, where is "Bless Your Heart"? I mean seriously???

I submit
Y'all. All y'all.
Costs like smoke (keeps rising up)
If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen
I do not have a dog in this hunt
That dog won't hunt
Slow as molasses in January
Knee high to a grasshopper
All hat, no cattle (often used to describe Shrub)
Like a cat on a hot tin roof
Bless your pea-pickin' little heart!
If you don't stop that crying, I'll give you something to cry about!
"Fixin' to "
Down Yonder

many more here: https://wanderwisdom.com/travel-destinations/Funny-Southern-Sayings-and-Southern-Expressions

[MyMission]

7. Dang!

My momma didn't raise no fool!

She were from Canada.
(And if she heard me speak like that, she'd tan my hyde!)

[Hangdog Slim]

9. I love those old sayings

My folks are from southern WVa not too far up the road from VA though I grew up in MD where they had moved and still reside shortly after my older sister was born in 1958. Mom never swears but she will say, "I swan" or sometimes "I swan to my goodness". I always thought my cousins having Sunday courtin' days was funny. My grandmas always wanted me to "give them some sugar" (a kiss) or wanted me to hug their necks (hug them). I came home from a date one time and my paternal grandparents were up visiting. I came in and sat down on the couch in the living room and my grandpa looked over at me and drawled, "ya been sparkin' ain't ya boy". One expression I always found particularly amusing was one my mom used when complaining about some politician or other as being "crooked as a dog's hind leg". Dad was from the mountain and mom from the holler. Lordy all the sudden I'm hungry for some beans and cornbread.