Posted on 03/02/2023 10:26:46 AM PST by fidelis
For some reason my dad used to refer to me and a friend as jazzbos.
Where are you two jazzbos going?
My mom is English so I have a ton from her that I grew up with that will come out of me or come to mind fairly often.
For a woman, especially, that is dressed up or overly made up.
Look at her...all done up like a dog’s dinner.
So I’ve got idioms that will spring out of me from my Southern and English roots.
How about, “Busier than a one-armed paper hanger with the itch”?
English mom had a retort to Bob’s your Uncle...
And Fanny is your Aunt.
Southern Side:
Male indulging in self pleasure:
Loping his mule.
A skinny man with no butt:
He’s probably got enough to hammer his nail.
English side:
For a stingy person or penny pincher:
Tighter than a cat’s ass.
So my mom is English and I always heard it in the context of explaining something to someone in steps, usually, and at the end you say:
Bob’s your Uncle.
To express that it’s not a hard concept following these steps or knowing the chronology of the story.
And there you go, Bob’s your Uncle.
Or as Paul Harvey used to say:
And now you know the rest of the story.
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A lot of Southern sayings have been adopted by the US military. Army drill sergeants loved saying “You move slower than molasses in winter!” or some variation.”
Southern? LOL!
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