[AT] old expressions

[charlie hill]

Here's one that might be new to most.  A lady I knew (she's been dead for 
many years now) used to say in response to bad or unusual news:  "Well don't 
that just  frost your girdle?"


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From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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>I haven't heard that one in years, Phil, but I grew up with it.  What's
> strange about it is that it refers to a specific gauge of copper wire
> that is used in relays and electromagnets.  We had two or three pounds
> of "frog hair" in the shop that Dad brought home from the office in his
> lunch box.  That much weight is a LOT of wire.
>
> Larry
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> Hi Phil,  That's a good one but I've got to tell you I haven't read ANY
> of
> these old expressions that I haven't heard somewhere before.  LOL.  I
> think
> the regional aspects of American/Candian life have mostly disappeared!
>
> Charlie
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>> Anybody ever heard one of my dad's favorites: "Finer than frog hair"?
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>> dumber'n a box of rocks
>>>
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>>>> Scarce as hens  teeth
>>>>
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