If The Creek Don’t Rise
Maintaining a healthy social life isn’t easy because you have a lot on your mind. Perhaps you can have to decline invites due to previous obligations. There’s a strong southern expression you can use in these cases. The photo shows a few elderly gentlemen. Let’s assume they meet concurrently on Tuesdays. So one of them wants to do something else next Thursday. He may have cooked arrangements for his nephew, but it must be confirmed. Well, Jim, if the creek doesn’t rise, I’ll be there.” That means he’ll see, but no guarantees!
Yankee
You actually aren’t from the south if this word applies to you. There’s nothing to do with baseball if you’re lost. In the south, this is actually a term used to identify someone who is from the north. If not, anybody will act like that. This word extended to the south in the Civil War. In those days, identifying a Union soldier was a term used.