I wasna sae
ill-favoured that the tikes wad bark after me.'"--_The Monastery._

He's in the wrang when praised that glunshes.

He sits fu' close that has riven breeks.

"This elegant speech was made by the Earl of Douglas, called
Tineman, after being wounded and made prisoner at the battle of
Shrewsbury, where

"'His well-labouring sword
Had three times slain the semblance of the king.'"
--_Fortunes of Nigel._

He sits wi' little ease wha sits on his neighbour's coat tail.

He's John Tamson's man.

"'Atweel, Cuddie, ye are gaun nae sic gate,' said Jenny, coolly and
resolutely. 'The deil's in the wife!' said Cuddie, 'd'ye think I am
to be John Tamson's man, and maistered by women a' the days o' my
life?' 'And whase man wad ye be? And wha wad ye hae to maister ye
but me, Cuddie, lad?'"--_Old Mortality._

He's laid down the barrow.

That is, "he's cowpet the crans," _q. v._

He sleeps as dogs do when wives sift meal.

Meaning that a person is very sharp, and that he, figuratively,
sleeps with one eye open.

He's lifeless that's faultless.

Implying that no one is without fault.

He's like a bagpipe, ne'er heard till his wame's fu'.

He's like a chip amang parritch--little gude, little ill.

He's like a cow in a fremit loaning.

That is, strange, or out of place. "Fremit loaning," strange lane.

He's like a flea in a blanket.

He's like a singet cat--better than he's bonny.

He's like the craws, he eats himsel' out o' ply.

He's like the smith's dog--so weel used to the sparks that he'll no
burn.

Spoken of people who are so much accustomed to tipple, that they
never seem any the worse of it.

He's like the wife's bawty--kens naething about it.

He slippet awa like a knotless thread.

He's loose in the heft.

He's mair buirdly i' the back than i' the brain.

He's mair fleyed than hurt.

He's mair worth hanging than hauding.

He's nae gude weaver that leaves lang thrums.

No good workman who wastes material, or leaves work in a slovenly
state.

He's nae sma' drink.

He's ne'er at ease that's angry.

He snites his nose in his neighbour's dish to get the brose himsel.

This rude but expressive saying is used when a person has done
another an injury in order to benefit himself.

He's no a man to ride the water wi'.