File 1 – VBS 2010 Item 2: Howdy Partners!
     
     
    Welcome to LifeWay’s Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS 2010.
    To put you in the ranch hand mood, look at the following western idiomatic phrases used by cowboys either on the range or around the ranch house. Can you decode their wild west lingo? Match the cowboy terms at the left with their modern translation on the right. Check your answers with a new friend.
     
    Tall Hog at the Trough
     
    Tuff-up, get back on yer horse, don’t back down, don’t give up, and do the best you can with the hand you’re dealt.
    Man at the Pot
     
    Someone who is always alert and seldom or never caught off guard.
    Barkin’ at a Knot
     
    To experience a “spectacular event.”
    Across Lots
     
    A preacher.
    See How the Cat Jumps
     
    To discover the secrets or ideas of others.
    Catch a Weasel Asleep
     
    Do it or quit talking about it.
    Cowboy Up
     
    Superior, outstanding, exudes leadership.
    Fish or Cut Bait
     
    When a cowboy gets up to refill his cup from the coffee pot, if someone shouts this term, he is required to fill everyone’s cup.
    See the Elephant
     
    Doing something useless; wasting your time, trying something impossible.
    Gospel Sharp
     
    The fastest way possible, in the most expeditious manner.

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