How about "ugly enough to make the dog on the front of a Mack truck turn tail and run away" ??? (G)

>David,
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>>>>What are the funny local idioms and sayings in your area?
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>>Where I grew up in rural Alabama, and also in the rural areas of Georgia, you find things like this:
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>>When pushing away from the table after Thanksgiving dinner, you rub your belly and say "I'm 'bout as tight as a tick".
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>Right. THis is awfully close to the 'Ernie-isms' I'm looking for. Like "Ugly enough to make a freight train take a dirt road". *g*
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>>"As a dog" is a good one to use for just about anything bad: "Ah'm as sick as a dawg today." or "You look like a dawg". If referring to the messy house: "This place looks like a dawg pen".
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>>My alltime favorite is very simple: 'nems. (refers to other people -- and them's). "Ah'm goin' up to mama 'nems. I'll be back directly".
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>*g*
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>Best,
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>DD