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More Old Time Sayings

By Frank Ryan on April 28, 2009

More old-time sayings that we used to hear,  from the 40’s -50’s and 60’s – it is a good idea to go over them with kids just for fun if you know the meanings!

  • Hotter than a pepper sprout

  • Faster than greased lightning

  • Bright as a penny

  • Silly as a goose

  • Slick as a whistle

  • Down home

  • Turn down the volume (on the radio)

  • Johnny come lately

  • Old as space dust

  • Sings like a canary

  • Younger than springtime

  • Stickier than a porcupine

  • Lumpier than mashed potatoes

  • Hotter than fire

  • A real Einstein

  • He / she is a gem

  • Solid as a rock

  • Soft as putty

  • Slim as a reed

  • Slim as a rail

  • Strong as a bull

  • It is fun to look back and remember the old days!

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