What Do These Southern Phrases Mean?

Published on 01/06/2021
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Three Sheets To The Wind

Anyone who has ever been intoxicated in the past should use the word. We appear to overestimate ourselves in more respects than just one! You’re just going to suggest that you’re all right while you’re on your way to being drunk. Ok, we bet your buddies disagree with that. Trust us; if you don’t want to make poor choices, you can trust us! That’s when the word in question falls in. The term sounds nautical because it is. The “sheet” is, in reality, a string that is unmoored, flailing like a drunk person in the storm.

Three Sheets To The Wind

Three Sheets To The Wind

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Madder Than A Wet Hen

We have to confess that we’ve never seen a wet hen before. The word is not intended to be taken literally, however. If a woman is reported to be “madder than a wet hen,” that means you’re not going to provoke her any further. You never know what she’s going to do when she’s driven to the max! In reality, this is very close to the old saying that says, “Hell has no fury as a woman scorned.”

Madder Than A Wet Hen

Madder Than A Wet Hen

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