| TEXAN
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ENGLISH
TRANSLATION
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"As
welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.ä
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Self-explanatory
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ãTighter
than bark on a tree.ä
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Not
very generous
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ãBig
hat, no cattle.ä
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All
talk and no action
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ãWe've
howdied but we ain't shook yet.ä
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We've
made a brief acquaintance, but not been formally introduced.
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ãHe
thinks the sun came up just to hear him crow.ä
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He
has a pretty high opinion of himself.
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ãIt's
so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs.ä
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We
really could use a little rain around here.
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ãJust
because a chicken has wings doesn't mean it can fly.ä
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Appearances
can be deceptive.
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ãThis
ain't my first rodeo.ä
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I've
been around awhile.
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ãHe
looks like the dog's been keepin' him under the porch.ä
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Not
the most handsome of men.
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ãThey
ate supper before they said grace.ä
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Living
in sin.
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ãTime
to paint your butt white and run with the antelope.ä
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Stop
arguing and do as you're told.
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ãAs
full of wind as a corn-eating horse.ä
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Rather
prone to boasting.
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ãYou
can put your boots in the oven but that doesn't make them
biscuits.ä
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You
can say whatever you want about something, but doesn't
change what it is.
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ãWe're
walkinâ in tall cotton.ä
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Things
are going well
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