| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A hard row to hoe | A difficult task |
| 2. | A lick and a promise | Quick, careless effort |
| 3. | Ain’t got a pot to piss in | Very poor |
| 4. | Ain’t my first rodeo | I’ve done this before |
| 5. | All get-out | An extreme degree |
| 6. | All hat and no cattle | Showy, lacks substance |
| 7. | All over but the shoutin’ | Almost finished |
| 8. | As nervous as a long-tailed cat | Very nervous |
| 9. | As sure as God’s got sandals | Absolutely certain |
| 10. | Backwoods justice | Rough local punishment |
| 11. | Baptized in the creek | Country-raised; rustic |
| 12. | Barking up the wrong tree | Blaming the wrong person |
| 13. | Bat out of hell | Very fast |
| 14. | Big as all outdoors | Very large |
| 15. | Bless his pea-pickin’ heart | Folksy insult |
| 16. | Bless your heart | Polite insult or sympathy |
| 17. | Broke as a joke | Very broke |
| 18. | Burning daylight | Wasting time |
| 19. | Busy as a one-armed paperhanger | Extremely busy |
| 20. | Can’t hold a candle to | Not as good as |
| 21. | Can’t see past your nose | Not thinking ahead |
| 22. | Cat got your tongue? | Why so quiet? |
| 23. | Colder than a witch’s tit | Extremely cold |
| 24. | Come a frog-strangler | A very heavy rain |
| 25. | Come hell or high water | No matter what happens |
| 26. | Couldn’t pour piss out a boot | Very incompetent |
| 27. | Cute as a speckled pup | Very cute |
| 28. | Don’t get above your raisin’ | Don’t get arrogant |
| 29. | Don’t go borrowin’ trouble | Don’t invite problems |
| 30. | Don’t take any wooden nickels | Don’t be fooled |
| 31. | Done fell out | Had a falling-out |
| 32. | Done gone and | Went and did it |
| 33. | Down in the mouth | Sad or unhappy |
| 34. | Down the road a piece | A little farther away |
| 35. | Draggin’ the river | Searching thoroughly |
| 36. | Dumber than a box of rocks | Very stupid |
| 37. | Fair to middlin’ | So-so; average |
| 38. | Falling off the turnip truck | Being naive |
| 39. | Feelin’ poorly | Feeling unwell |
| 40. | Fell off the back of a truck | Probably stolen |
| 41. | Finer than frog hair | Very fine; excellent |
| 42. | Fixing to | About to |
| 43. | From can to can’t | All day long |
| 44. | From here to kingdom come | Very far |
| 45. | Full as a tick | Very full |
| 46. | Get down to brass tacks | Get to the point |
| 47. | Get your dander up | Get angry |
| 48. | Get your ducks in a row | Get organized |
| 49. | Go whole hog | Do it completely |
| 50. | Goin’ to hell in a handbasket | Getting worse fast |
| 51. | Good as gold | Very well-behaved |
| 52. | Grinnin’ like a possum | Smiling widely |
| 53. | Happy as a clam | Very happy |
| 54. | Harder than a cat’s head | Very hard |
| 55. | He’s a few fries short | Not very smart |
| 56. | High as a Georgia pine | Very tall or high |
| 57. | Hold your horses | Wait; slow down |
| 58. | Holler at me | Contact me |
| 59. | Hotter than blue blazes | Extremely hot |
| 60. | I declare | Expression of emphasis |
| 61. | I wasn’t born yesterday | I’m not naive |
| 62. | If the creek don’t rise | If all goes well |
| 63. | In a coon’s age | In a very long time |
| 64. | In the doghouse | In trouble |
| 65. | In the same boat | In the same situation |
| 66. | Knee-high to a grasshopper | Very young or small |
| 67. | Like molasses in January | Very slow |
| 68. | Like two peas in a pod | Very similar |
| 69. | Mad as a wet hen | Very angry |
| 70. | Make hay while the sun shines | Use opportunities now |
| 71. | Mean as a junkyard dog | Very mean |
| 72. | Might could | Possibly could |
| 73. | Not my cup of tea | Not my preference |
| 74. | Off like a herd of turtles | Very slow start |
| 75. | Over yonder | Over there |
| 76. | Pretty as a peach | Very pretty |
| 77. | Proud as a peacock | Very proud |
| 78. | Put lipstick on a pig | Make bad look better |
| 79. | Rode hard and put up wet | Worn out; rough-looking |
| 80. | Scarce as hen’s teeth | Very rare |
| 81. | Shaking like a leaf | Trembling with fear |
| 82. | Slicker than snot | Very slick |
| 83. | Slow as Christmas | Very slow |
| 84. | Smell a rat | Suspect something wrong |
| 85. | So hungry I could eat a horse | Very hungry |
| 86. | Spitting image | Exact look-alike |
| 87. | Stir up a hornet’s nest | Cause trouble |
| 88. | That dog won’t hunt | That won’t work |
| 89. | That’ll put hair on your chest | It’s strong or toughening |
| 90. | The devil is beating his wife | Sunshine while raining |
| 91. | The whole nine yards | Everything; the full amount |
| 92. | Tighter than a tick | Very stingy |
| 93. | Too big for your britches | Overly proud |
| 94. | Uglier than a mud fence | Very ugly |
| 95. | Well, I swan | Expression of surprise |
| 96. | What in tarnation? | What on earth? |
| 97. | When pigs fly | Never |
| 98. | Wouldn’t know him from Adam | Don’t recognize him |
| 99. | You can’t swing a dead cat | Very common; everywhere |
| 100. | You’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’ | Asking for trouble |