YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE FARM BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE FARM OUT OF THE LANGUAGE

From 1910-1920, one-third of all Americans lived on the farm.  Today, the farm population is less than 2 percent of the population of the United States.  However, we continue to use expressions with farm connotations.

How many of these do you use? 

Can you add more to the list?

Dumb as a post

Workhorse

Showhorse

Pigheaded

Stubborn as a mule

Looks like a pigpen

Take to the woodshed

Make hay while the sun shines

Till the cows come home

Seperate the wheat from the chaff

Hold your horses

Horsing around

Butt your head against a stonewall

Spring chicken

Herded like sheep

Horse of another color

Were you born in a barn?

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