where do these old sayings come from?

[bowwow]

Tighter than bobos hat-band.

Tighter than 3 coats of paint.

 

[Phil96]

"in the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king" Knew a couple of guys who were
enamored of that phrase, they became alcoholics.

 

[rusheriv]

...busier than a one legged man in an arse kicking contest.

 

[V-Max 2 Busa]

Wonder who came up with these.

1) Sh!t eatin grin

2) Tastes like sh!t

 

[Cut2theChase]

I'v been all over Hell's Half Acre...Slicker than a cats a$$...Six of one, half dozen of the other...You can't make a sow's ear into a silk purse...When you realize the horse is dead...dismount

 

[Phil96]

Never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing

 

[Zoinks!]

Sexier than socks on a rooster. . . Hotter that 2 rats f****** in a wool sock.

 

[si-lo]

Sweating like a wh*re on dollar day.......2

Another version is
Sweatin' like a gerbil in a gay bar.

 

[RYC1966]

For the confused group of individuals..."they look like three monkeys effing a football"

 

[notright]

For the confused group of individuals..."they look like three monkeys effing a football"

how about effed up like a soup sandwich

 

[notright]

effed up like a football bat

 

[Phil96]

a monkey in silk is still a monkey

 

[Phil96]

Busy as a beaver (yellowstone or main st)

 

[proud dad]

Why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free.

Why buy an entire pig just to get a little sausage.

 

[Zoinks!]

effed up like a football bat

The first time one of my friends heard someone say "that's more F'd upper than a football bat" we were at work. The next day at work he said when he got home the evening before, his son was outside hittin a football with a baseball bat and he fell out laughin. The son was like, "what you laughin at daddy?" "Nothin Seth, you can just keep playing."

 

[shadetree57]

More nervous than a dog shi!ttin peach seeds.

 

[GA_boi]

aint no fun when the rabbits got the gun...im outta here like a fart in the elevator....sweatin like an ignorant tryin to read...im outta here like an ignorant in a spellin bee....looked like a bunch of monkeys tryin to f*** a chicken...tighter than a mouses ear...

 

[Shadowside]

how about effed up like a soup sandwich

My dad would say "Raggedy as a soup sandwich".

 

[Phil96]

Here i sit broken hearted
paid a nickel and only fahrted.

 

[MO-BUSA]

Sounds like a cool teacher.

he was