Country Way Of Life

A Bone to Pick (someone who wants to discuss a disagreement)
A stick-in-the-mud (One who lacks initiative, imagination)
A stitch in time saves nine (the longer you ignore a problem, the harder it is to fix.
An Axe to Grind (Someone who has a hidden motive)
One bad apple spoils the whole barrel (one corrupt person can cause all the others to go bad if you don't remove the bad one)
At sea (lost or not understanding something)
Bad Egg (Someone who was not a good person)
Barking at a knot (meaning that your efforts were as useless as a dog barking at a knot.)
Barking up the wrong tree (talking about something that was completely the wrong issue with the wrong person)
Bee in your bonnet (To have an idea that won't let loose)
Been through the mill (had a rough time of it)
Between hay and grass (Not a child or an adult)
Blinky (Between sweet and sour as in milk)
Busy hands make light work (Staying busy gets work done)
Calaboose (a jail)
Catawampus (Something that sits crooked such as a piece of furniture)
Dicker (To barter or trade)
Don't count your chickens before they hatch (Don’t assume that you’ll get the things you want until you have them)
Every nook and cranny (every small, out of the way place where something can be hidden)
Feather in Your Cap (to accomplish a goal)
Hold your horses (Be patient!)
Hoosegow (a jail)
I reckon (I suppose)
Jawing/Jawboning (Talking or arguing)
 Kit and caboodle (The whole thing)
Let sleeping dogs lie (shouldn't disturb a situation that could result in trouble or complications)
Like a Hog lookin at a wrist watch (You have no idea what your looking at)
Like a lost ball in high weeds (You have no idea what your doing)
Madder than an old wet hen (really angry)
Needs taken down a notch or two (like notches in a belt usually a young person who thinks too highly of himself and needs a lesson)
No Spring Chicken (Not young anymore)
Oh Fiddlesticks (Something of little value or to express impatience or annoyance)
Out of whack (Something that does not look like it fits)
Persnickety (overly particular or snobbish)
Pert-near (short for pretty near)
Pretty is as pretty does (your actions are more important than your looks)
Scalawag (a unprincipled person)
Scarce as hen's teeth (something difficult to obtain)
Skedaddle (Get out of here quickly)
Snug as a bed in a rug (to feel very comfortable and warm because you are in bed or under a cover)
Sparking (courting)
Straight From the Horse's Mouth (privileged information from the one concerned)
Stringing around, gallivanting around, or piddling (Not doing anything of value)
Sunday go to meetin' dress (The best dress you had)
Waste not want not (If we don’t waste what we have, we’ll still have it in the future)
Wearing your birthday suit (unclothed - not wearing clothing)
We wash up real fine (mean you look real nice and neat)
That’s hogwash (false, or ridiculous nonsense)
There's more than one way to skin a cat (There is more then one way to get what you want)
Tie the Knot (to get married)
Too many irons in the fire (to be involved in too many things)
Tuckered out (tired and all worn out)
Under the weather (not feeling well this term came from going below deck on ships due to sea sickness thus you go below or under the weather)
Wearing your 'best bib and tucker' (Being all dressed up)
Whatever floats your boat (Do what you want to)
Whippersnapper (Young person)
You ain't the only duck in the pond (It's not all about you)