“Going to town”

Meaning to do a task rapidly. E.g., “Sam is really going to town on that log.”

Comes, I think, from the time when rural folks welcomed a trip to town, even if only for shopping. They made haste for that happy break from humdrum, isolated, life.

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eat it or go to bed hungry

Didn't even have that option in our house. Just "Eat it."

The "or else" didn't need to be said out loud.

To this day there are things that I absolutely WILL NOT eat. Not in my house, not in someone else's house to be polite. Liver in any form, cauliflower, rutabaga and parsnips top the list.

We didn't have 'options' either, we had orders...."You're eatin' it"!

Is there a movie on in that refrigerator (for quit staring, pick something and close it)

Inside or outside (for quit going in and out the front door leaving it open)

In winter to be followed by: We are not heating the outside

I used these on my kids when they were growing up, especially the movie in the refrigerator.

Cruisin for a bruisin

When I would get anxious, “Keep your shirt on!”
When I did something stupid, “Don’t be a gum ball.”

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“Cold as a well digger’s ass”

"in the Klondike!"

Cool your tool

For Pete's sake!

"Alfalfa" if I said "Hey" to get his attention.

I don’t want to hear another peep from you kids.

My favorite was "That would gag a maggot on a gut wagon"

Living in South Omaha near the packing house's it gave a good graphic image for me.

If someone said: “I didn’t know whether to shit or go blind!” The reply would be” So close one eye and fart!”

If someone asked what she was doing, my mother would say scraping hides. If I said something stupid the folks would say “Go blow up somewhere”. What that means I don't know. If I screwed something up “Hey, that’s great/wonderful”. When I made a social mistake, “You’re like a crooked log in a woodpile” I guess that means not fitting in with everybody. A bad suggestion was met with “Why don’t you go break your neck”. Dads standby “you want a knuckle sandwich”. Future problems or issues were met with, “I’ve ( you) got a rough road ahead”. Any time something bad occurred my mother would say, “God save us”. And if I was doing something stupid outside my mother would always say, “what would people say if they saw you doing that”. My brothers favorite for any or every occasion was to tell FU, or give you the finger. He also like to say “tough shit” In Korean. “Me ohn Hong”. And don’t forget “ that and $$ will get you GD cup of coffee”.

My father in laws favorites; “Chevrolet coupe’ to you.”
“When they were passing our brains you thought they said trains and didn’t get one”.
“If you had a brain it’d be lonesome”. (Really)
“You think you’re gonna talk to me like that”
“You want a Dutch rub?”

Mother in Law,
“I never said I was nice”.
“If you don’t like it, there’s a restaurant on the corner.”

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My Dad....If Yo said something very stupid..his usual retort.... "You're talking like someone with a paper asshole".

Never been able to figure that one out.

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When he or I made a silly mistake that should have been very obvious , we would look at each other and he would say " green side up".

When we couldn't get something to work , over and over, Dad would say " Three men in a boat and the oars leaked ".

When I was going to undertake something new and different, he'd say " don't be pooping in your mess kit".
After the 3rd week of summer vacation, mom would tell us to " go on outside and get the stink blowed off of ya"

.And if we ever complained about being cold she would tell us " if you are too cold, you are not moving fast enough".

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Don't sit there like a bump on a log, get moving.

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My Dad....If Yo said something very stupid..his usual retort.... "You're talking like someone with a paper asshole".

Never been able to figure that one out.

Prior to seeing what you typed, I heard this for the first time today. Guy is a Texan if that helps.
He was referring to the ladies doing door duty (making sure customers are wearing masks, and no more than 8 in the store at a time. He stated; “need to get some guys on door watch, without paper assholes. Not these little soft ladies.”

Twice in one day, and never before had I heard this. Cinco de Mayo 2020. What a weird day.

It’s not a saying but my Dad would appropriately use:

“He/she/you/it are/is giving me a red ass!”

I don’t say it every week week but it has a recognizable meaning...

"You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground."
And describing a large person as a "round mound of sound."

That guy couldn't find his own butt ,with both hands

He/she is sucking on the hind tit.

Meaning, they're the smallest of the group or coming in last in a competition.