12/19/2023 0 Comments Southern expressionsThey ate so many armadillos, grandpa rolls up into a ball when a dog barks. “Acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.” – Ambrose Bierce “What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.” – Mark Twain So poor he’d have to borrow money to buy water to cry with. Note: A righteous and prosperous man, Job has his faith tested by Satan (with God’s permission) and endures all manner of torment, including the loss of his children, his livelihood and his physical health. Rather than: I’m so poor I can’t pay attention. If I stepped on a worn out dime I could tell you whether it’s heads or tails. “Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.” – James Baldwin If a trip around the world cost a dollar, I couldn’t get to the state line. “Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.” – Steven Wright I couldn’t jump over a nickel to save a dime. Who says you can’t get killed by a blank?” – Milton Berle I couldn’t buy a hummingbird on a string for a nickel. “What I’m saying is we were poor, people I mean, blues singers would show up at our house when they had writer’s block – that’s how poor we were.” – Rich Hall I am so broke I can’t buy a flea on a motorcycle jacket. “The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.” – Napoleon Bonaparte They’re the only ones that’ll help - the only ones.” – John Steinbeck “If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need go to the poor people. We were so poor, in my neighborhood the rainbow was in black and white.” – Rodney Dangerfield Here are the sayings used in the South to describe those who are less well off.Īin’t got a pot to pee in let alone a window to throw it out of. More people think they are poor today because the media tells them so. The South may seem poor by Park Avenue standards, but it is rich in community spirit, self-sufficiency and dignity. I had some wealthy classmates in college, but it was not until I experienced Manhattan’s wealth disparity did I feel poor. Those were simpler times when kids had to be called to come back into the house at supper. My memories of growing up in the South are happy ones.
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