Topic: Colloquialisms

[jgger]

We do it nice because we do it twice. That is what my framers would tell me when they screwed up.

[spotty]

Uglier than a hatful of arseholes

[mick7504]

An arse as wide as a Taxi.
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.
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With the back doors opened. 

[Stev-o]

It's raining here today and it might just be a "toad-strangler" later!



[A heavy downpour of rain that can often lead to flash flooding]

[Tracksnblades1]

Gramps used to say, "Now boys Woman are a lot like Farming. "Always, now I mean Always, Plow deep, and Cultivate often".

I always thought in the earlier of the comparison, I would rather cultivate first. Then Plow deep.
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[Tracksnblades1]

An arse as wide as a Taxi.
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.
.
With the back doors opened. 

I heard when younger older guys say, now that's a "Wide Gluide" for you.

[Tracksnblades1]

When referring to poor performing trucks, tractors, etc.

That wouldn't pull a fat girl off a trike.

[Gene]

wound up tighter than a frog's ass.

[ewanhughes]

When referring to poor performing trucks, tractors, etc.

That wouldn't pull a fat girl off a trike.

Or, "wouldn'y pu' the skin aff a rice pudding"

[Gene]

... Cornbinder...

International Harvester
Some more measurement related:
An inch is as good as a mile.
Close, but no cigar.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
If it was a snake, it would have bit you.

My reply to the last is always "if it was a snake I wouldn't have been looking for it!"

[Stev-o]

wound up tighter than a frog's ass.

Hey Gene...I've heard a slightly different version:

"Wound up tighter than an airport sandwich!"

[ewanhughes]

wound up tighter than a frog's ass.

Hey Gene...I've heard a slightly different version:

"Wound up tighter than an airport sandwich!"

"as tight as a duck's @rse" (watertight)
"as tight as a camel's @rse in a sandstorm" (airtight)

These ones are usually used when referring to people with deep pockets and short arms! 

[mick7504]

Or a Crocodile in ya pocket. 

[bear]

"He's off like a brides nighty" (He's in a hurry)

[Stev-o]

"Yep, it's getting set to rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock!"

My buddy told me this one about a particularly hard rain storm yesterday

[Gene]

These are great.

He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

[Old Moe Toe]

Got a roo loose in the top paddock.= not right in the head.

[mick7504]

She's got a set of forks on her like a Harley Davidson. 

[pmanning]

lazy - "if he had to strain to s**t, he'd fill up and die."

[ewanhughes]

"Couldnae hit a coo ower the erse wi' a banjo"   In football (soccer) terms, perhaps not the greatest goal scorer of all time!   

[754]

An arse as wide as a Taxi.
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.
.
With the back doors opened. 

Her ass is two axe handles wide..!

[demon78]

Thanks for remembering that Frank only we called it two axe handles and a can of Snoose wide, There was a lot of stuff on the coast when I was growing up that your mother would wash your mouth out with soap for even hinting at.
Bill the demon.

[Gene]

When ushering someone offensive out the door,

"Here's your hat, what's your hurry."

[Stev-o]

When ushering someone offensive out the door,

"Here's your hat, what's your hurry."

Or   "Dont let the door hit your ass on the way out!"

[irish44395]

I like to say "Come back when you can't stay so long"
Pete