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1. The man’s engine is runnin', but ain't nobody driving.
= [The guy’s not overly intelligent.]
2. She’s bout as welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.
= [She ought not to have come.]
3. That old feller is tighter than bark on a tree.
= [He’s most un-generous.]
4. Her friendboy is just big hat, no cattle.
= [The boy’s all talk and no action.]
5. We've howdied but we ain't shook yet.
= [We've sorta met after a fashion, but haven’t been properly introduced.]
6. He thinks the sun come up just to hear him crow.
= [He thinks his feet don’t stink.]
7. Harriet's got tongue enough for ten rows of teeth.
= [Harriet can talk.]
8. It's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs.
= [We need a rain here ‘bouts.]
9. Just ‘cause a chicken got wings, don’t mean it can fly.
= [Appearances can be real deceiving.]
10. Honey, this ain't my first rodeo.
= [I got some experience, you see.]
11. J. R. looks like the dog's been keepin' him under the porch.
= [J.R. won’t win any beauty contests.]
12. Them two ate supper before they said grace.
= [They been living in sin.]
13. Man, it’s time to paint your butt white and run with the antelope.
= [Just quit fussing and do right.]
14. Lawd, you just as full of wind as a corn-eating horse.
= [You tend to be a right smart braggart.]
15. You can put your boots in the oven, but that don’t make 'em biscuits.
= [You can say what you want, but that don’t change nothin’.]
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