Senses (sight, smell, hearing, etc.)
THEY SAID: Better than a
poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

WE SAY: Things could be a lot
worse.
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THEY SAID: Couldn't carry a
tune in a bucket

WE SAY: Can't sing very well
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THEY SAID: Even a blind man on
a galloping horse could see it.

WE SAY: It's really obvious.
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THEY SAID: He could talk the
dogs off of a meat truck.

WE SAY: He's very persuasive.
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THEY SAID: He could talk the legs off an iron pot.

WE SAY: He talks too much.
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THEY SAID: He has blinders on.

WE SAY: He doesn't know what is, he only sees what he
wants to see going on around him.
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THEY SAID: He looked at me
kinda funny

WE SAY: He didn't believe what
I said
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THEY SAID: He's talking
through his hat.

WE SAY: He's just teasing or you can't believe everything he says.
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THEY SAID: He/she has a tongue
with a pivot in the middle and it flaps at both ends.

WE SAY: He/she never shuts up.
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THEY SAID: I haven't seen hide nor hair of 'em.

WE SAY: I haven't seen them.
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THEY SAID: I see says the
blind man

WE SAY: I see (I understand
what you are saying)
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THEY SAID: If it were a
snake, it would have bit you

WE SAY: It's right there in plain sight
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THEY SAID: It went up in
smoke!

WE SAY: It disappeared!
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THEY SAID: Quit flappin' your
jaws!

WE SAY: Be quiet!
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THEY SAID: Quit wagging your
tongue!

WE SAY: Stop talking!
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THEY SAID: She couldn't hit the wall with a wet mop.

WE SAY: She can't see very well.
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THEY SAID: She/he wouldn't say
it if she/he had a mouth full

WE SAY: She/he would never
swear
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THEY SAID: Smelled bad
enough to gag a dog on a gut wagon!
 WE SAY: It really stinks!
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THEY SAID: Stop doing
that,"You'll go Blind"

WE SAY: Caught masterbating
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THEY SAID: The fox is the
finder, the stink lies behind her.

WE SAY: You "tooted".
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THEY SAID: The man smells like
a sack full of Grandaddys

WE SAY: He smells bad
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THEY SAID: The smeller's the
feller.

WE SAY: The one who smells it
first is the one who did it.
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THEY SAID: What's the
matter...cat got your tongue?

WE SAY: Why are you not
talking?
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THEY SAID: Your daddy wasn't a
glass maker!

WE SAY: Move over, I can't see
around you!
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