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Tall hog at the trough

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She came down the road like a Tennessee Walker.

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He could tear up a railroad track with a rubber hammer.

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You’re like the dog that caught the car.

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If you need somebody to push you in the creek, just lemme know.

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Watch him; he'll slip a baby copperhead in your pocket, then ask you for a light.

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Slower than a bread wagon with biscuit wheels.

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Meaner than a sack full of rattlesnakes.

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That was back when Christ wore knee-britches.

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It's cold enough to hang meat in here.

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It’s raining pitchforks and plowhandles.

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Well, ain’t he just the tom-cat’s kitten?

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He ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed!

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As stubborn as a blue-nose mule and as busy as a cranberry merchant.

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I wouldn't give you air if you were in a jug.

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The fool’s so lost he don’t know if he’s afoot or on horseback.

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In high cotton

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Sittin' on the bedpost.

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She can’t help that she’s ugly, but she could’ve stayed home!

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Let me hug your neck.

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Prettier than a blue-nosed mule.

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