“Like a duck on a junebug” is the earliest Texas expression that I remember learning. As I recall, I was about four years old and wanted to run through the lawn sprinkler.
Maybe it was a little cold, or it was right before dinner. I know we were outside, and it involved my trying to turn on a water faucet.
I remember Daddy stopping me from turning on the water, saying “If I let you do that, your mama would be on us like a duck on a junebug!”
If you’re ever seen ducks hunting for bugs in the grass, you know they are very fast. I hadn’t at that time (though I have lots of times since), but even at four years old, I knew exactly what he meant.
And now, so do you.
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