FUN COMPARISONS AND DESCRIPTIVES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE...

Here is an interesting saying taken from a recent book. It is sort of a witty rejoinder that is NOT a compliment. More like a 'slap in the face'. A comment about a person's intelligence.


...he wasn’t able to string two words together without misspelling both of them.

Here are a couple more favorite "Southern" sayings (Similes, Metaphors, other Allusions..)


"As welcome as an outhouse breeze"

"Dark as a sack of black cats"

"Brave as a bigamist"

Here are a couple more sayings that evoke a distinct image in the 'mind's eye'.


"The wrinkled visage looked older than Florida..."

"A smile as warm as a clear morning in January..."

Here is an interesting usage for a common phrase...

"I had met her.  A shit-stirrer. With a great big spoon."

From  Never Have I Ever   by Joshilyn Jackson



Here is another...

"Reacher chose a fried egg sandwich.  It tasted pretty good. Maybe a little rubbery. Nutritious, anyway. Protein, carbohydrate, grease. All the food groups."

From  Past Tense (A Jack Reacher novel)  by Lee Child

Here are a couple of sayings from a recent book. Could be called an adage possibly, or perhaps "proverb' would be closer to correct.


“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king,” 

 From The Druid  by Jeff Wheeler



“It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.” 

From The Druid  by Jeff Wheeler