Welcome Back to Sunday & Southern Monthly!
If you missed the previous installments, you’ll be interested in reading Issue 1 where I give a full definition of colloquial and a favorite example of one. In Issue 2 you’ll find out what my youngest daughter does every morning. In Issue 3 you’ll find out what trait I’ve been fighting. In Issue 4 you’ll read about a quirky measurement.
Here in Sunday & Southern Monthly in an attempt to bring a little southern style, charm, grace, and humor to you once a month, I publish a colloquialism favored in the South ~ a southernism.
My oldest daughter recently turned 5. She’s developed a stubborn streak a mile wide. I’m tempted to tell her this when she tries my patience ~
TOO BIG FOR YOUR BRITCHES
Metaphorical Idiom / Adjective Phrase
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Conceited, with an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance
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Bossy, above station or position
(Source)
Expanded Definition
Alludes to becoming so “swollen” with a conceit that one’s pants or boots no longer fit. [the late 1800s ] (Source)
Tune in next month {in a month of Sundays 😉 } for the next installment of Sunday & Southern Monthly. You’ll read all about another silly southern saying.
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P.S. Do you have any favorite sayings?
