"I ken I hae a gude deal o' the cuddy in me, when I'm straikit against the hair; and my mother used to say, I had mair than eneuch o' the sookin' turkey in me!"—The Disruption.
Ye hae ower foul feet tae come sae far ben.
Spoken jocularly to persons who, when they go to visit a friend, ask, "Will they come in?"
Ye hae ower muckle loose leather about yer chafts.
"Spoken to them that say the thing they should not."—Kelly.
Ye hae put a toom spune in my mouth.
A country farmer complained of having been fed with a "toom spune," when he had listened to the exhortations of a very poor preacher.
Ye hae run lang on little ground.
Ye hae sew'd that seam wi' a het needle and a burning thread.
Spoken facetiously when an article of clothing, which has been hurriedly mended, gives way soon.