الجمعة، 8 نوفمبر 2013

"Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine"

"When a pig dies, presumably in a sty outside, the sun dries out its skin. This effect pulls the pig’s lips back to reveal a toothy “grin,” making it look happy even though it’s dead. This phrase describes a person who’s blissfully ignorant of reality."
From "13 Southern Sayings That The Rest Of America Won't Understand." Also explained at the link -
  • "We're living in high cotton."
  • "He could eat corn through a picket fence."
  • "You look rode hard and put up wet."
  • "That thing is all catawampus."
  • "He's got enough money to burn a wet mule."
And others.  I spent two decades living in "the south," but some of these were new to me.

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