Old Fashioned Phrases From My Youth

I find that at my age, and especially when I'm not feeling up to snuff, I resort more and more to the vernacular of my youth.

Below I'll write what someone would say nowadays, and then what we might have said in the old days...

"Stop having a tantrum."
"Stop having yourself a hissy fit."

"Please come back and visit us again."
"Ya'll come back now, ya hear?"

"What's done is done."
"Ain't no point beating a dead horse." 

"You're being irrational."
"Your too hard-headed to mess with."


"Oh really!
"I declare!"

"I'm really angry."
"I'm so mad I could spit."

"You don't sing well."
"You couldn't carry a tune in a bucket."

"Oh, yuck."
"That would gag a maggot."

"You missed the target."
"You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn."

"I'm really surprised by that."
"If that don't take the cake."

"Is that right?"
"You don't say!"

"I'm really frustrated with you."
"You're about to worry me to death." 

"That poor man is not handsome."
"He looks like he's been beat with an ugly stick."

"Really?"
"Oh, my stars!"

"I don't think that's worth it."
"That ain't worth diddly-squat."

"I haven't offered you a refreshment."
"Where's my manners?"

"I'd like that."
"Don't mind if I do."

"You seem unhappy."
"You look about as happy as a tick on a fat dog."

"What is that noise out there?"
"What's that racket out yonder?"

"I don't care."
"I don't give a hoot."

"You're going too slow."
"Quit poking around and come on."

"I'm really tired."
"I'm just tuckered out."

For fun, please add your own favorite sayings in the comments.

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