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… more than Carter’s got pills.

He won’t hit a lick at a snake.

We in the short rows.

He was so fat it was easier to go over top of him than around him.

Ain't that the berries!

Watermelon talk

You’re not worth the gunpowder it’ll take to blow you away.

Georgia buggy

That kid could break an anvil.

Within a lash

Put it on the front door.

So ugly the tide wouldn’t take her out.

Couldn't hit a barn if you were on the inside.

You don't have the sense God gave a chigger.

She looked like death eating a cracker.

You don’t know shit from apple butter!

You can put a porcupine in a wood chipper, but you will not make maple syrup.

Y'all stay the night. We don’t have extra beds, but I’m sure we can find a nail to hang you on.

I was as surprised as if a sheep had bit me.

Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes

He’s just loudin’ off.