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Forty eleven

Nobody will ever notice it on a galloping horse.

"shootin" horseshoes

He was grinnin' like a possum eatin' briars.

Old as dirt

The apple never falls too far from the tree.

He looks like something the cat drug in and the dog wouldn't eat.

He’s got molasses in his britches.

Not blessed with beauty…

His front porch light is burnt out.

I swaney, Mama shoulda named me Grace.

Lower than a snake’s belly

So tight you can hear him squeak when he walks

Grace the table.

As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party

Big hat, no cattle

He's as country as a bowl of grits.

Useful as a broken leg.

Well, slap my head and call me silly.

She is so ugly I would hire her to haunt a house.

She’s so ugly she has to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink.