Here are some expressions my mom used to use: #1)"My God all hemisphere!!" (Don't know if anyone else ever said that!) #2) "I wouldn't say 'Boo' to him." (Meaning she was slighting someone.) #3) "You kids would make a preacher swear!" (Voicing exasperation.) #4) "He's carrying on to beat the band." (He's upset, and making an excessive fuss.) #5) "She talks to hear her head rattle." (Said of someone given to mindless prattle.) #6) "She would cut off her nose to spite her face." (Said of a spiteful person.) #7) "He thinks the sun rises and sets in her." (Devoted to his beloved.) And, the way my dad described me as a kid who was crazy over horses -- #8) "She eats, sleeps, and breathes horses!"