If you're ready to and "chew the fat and " and "strike while the iron is hot and ", then this book's for you.Do you want to understand Midwestern talk and bring color to YOUR speech? You'll have fun learning about the meaning and uses of over 1,000 popular rural phrases, sayings, and curious expressions.Here you'll find authentic country talk about nature and life off-the-beaten path in the rural mid-west. Many of these down-home sayings celebrate the wisdom and commonsense values of America's heartland. They touch on weather, money, love, sex and marriage, food, sports and other events concerning country life and rural living.Many of these curious expressions are no longer commonplace as they have faded with time, developing technology, and way of life. The younger generation doesn't hear these phrases as frequently and as a result, doesn't understand them in conversation.Growing up in a small town in northeast Nebraska, author Bob Bohlken was surrounded by country folk and their colorful language. He has chronicled these sayings and expressions from an almost lost early rural culture into this entertaining guide.He has shown that the power of verbal suggestion can give differing meanings to words and expressions. Any language lover will be inspired with the double meanings attached to words.Some sayings may appear to be crude and crass, but they are authentic. This book will make a fun gift for country folks and others associated with rural living, or for anyone who enjoys language humor. Buy two, one to keep and one to give away. Click the order button above.