Thought of some more ...
My mom would say a curvy woman was “built like a brick hen coop.”
Someone who hates to spend money: “tighter than a tick” or “tighter than the bark on a tree.”
I don’t know where we heard this one — when the housework is done, “it’s shipshape in Bristol fashion.”
College friend’s dad said he was “feeling finer than frog hair, and that’s mighty fine.”
When my dad gives directions he often includes “pert near” and “yonder.”
Describing horses ...”bomb proof,” (very calm)”baby sitter” (ditto)or “dawdy horse” (suitable for Grandpa and Grandma to drive)”woman driver” (pretty calm)or the opposite would be a “boy’s horse” (very spirited) Some of that is picked up from the Amish and Old Order Mennonites.
The vet once said a neighbor’s too thin horse suffered from “lack of grocery itis.”
Cape Cod version: "Down the road a piece."
More from Back East:
(Stingy or thrifty person): "Tighter'n the paint on the wall."
(Too verbose): "He could talk the ears off a brass monkey."
(Old person): "He (she) was around when dirt was young."