Ye're a' grease, but I'm only grushie.
Ye're a gude seeker but an ill finder.
Ye're a' made o' butter, an' sew'd wi' soor milk.
Ye're a maiden marrowless.
Satirically applied to conceited maidens who hold high opinions of themselves, that they are unequalled.
Ye're a man amang geese when the gander's awa.
Ye're ane o' Cow-Meek's breed, ye'll stand without a bonoch.
Ye're ane o' snaw-ba's bairn time.
"That is, such as health and prosperity make worse, or who insensibly go behind in the world."—Kelly.
Ye're ane o' the tender Gordons—you daurna be hang'd for ga' in your neck.