Favorite farm life sayings

   / Favorite farm life sayings #63  
If it was a snake it would have bit ya!!! Said in the thickest southern accent you can muster.
 
   / Favorite farm life sayings #65  
A shoddy repair: Close enough for a government job!
My grandfather used to say that about repairs, but with time, I came to understand that in his time, the government had so many specifications, that a job done to well enough for a government job was done with care, dotting "i"s, and crossing "t"s. I never heard him use it about a sloppy job, just jobs done with care. He did work for the government for a bit, which may have influenced his use of the phrase.

I know that most folks use it today in the sloppy meaning. Idioms do shift.

All the best,

Peter
 
   / Favorite farm life sayings #67  
He has a burr up his A-- about something or another.
 
   / Favorite farm life sayings #69  
Y'all sizing to git over here sometim' quick?
 

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