Now, Nancy, tell us what all those expressions mean.....<G> Pat -----Original Message----- From: benttree <benttree@bright.net> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 9:29 PM Subject: [KYL&F] OLD EXPRESSIONS >There were some on this list that I don't think I ever heard of, but most I >heard at one time or another. > >Beating around the bush > >There's more than one way to skin a cat > >Passing the buck > >Running around in circles > >Sick as a dog > >Beating a dead horse > >Dragging your feet > >Making mountains out of mole hills > >Killing two birds with one stone > >Hitting the nail on the head > >Pushing your luck > >Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs > >Shooting fish in a barrel > >Take a tiger by the tail > >Make silk purses out of sow's ears > >Eating crow > >Pass a camel through the eye of a needle > >Climbine the walls > >Toot your own horn > >Pig in a poke > >Throuwing your weight around > >Taking the bull by the horn > >Talking turkey > >Balancing the books > >Bending over backwards > >The buck stops here > >Eat like a horse > >Moving at a snail's pace > >High as a kite > >Kneew high to a grasshopper > >Hared row to hoe > >Bark up the wrong tree > >To get one's goat > >Selling like hotcakes > >Apple pie order > >Put on the dog > >Flash in the pan > >Pull up stakes > >Fly off the handle >Nancy: benttree@bright.net > > > >