Old family expressions--

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Originally Posted by ProfessorM

Grandma who was from Nova Scotia would always describe anything she didn't like as ugly as a bucket of eels. Too bad she is long gone as she had many back woods sayings that i can't for the life of me remember anymore.

Trust me P., when ya get older you'll remember every one of them and you'll realize how much truth was and is in them.

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Couple more:

When a young stud was full of himself and thought he knew all the answers--

"He's full of pi$$ and vinegar, now he's running, but soon he'll be walking."

Another one similar --

"Hire a teenager while he still knows all the answers."