hat marries mam's pet.

He has feathered his nest, he may flee when he likes.

He has gane without taking his leave.

He has gi'en up a trade and ta'en to stravaigin'.

A humorous way of expressing that a man has retired from business to
live comfortably. To "stravaig" is to walk about idly.

He has got a bite o' his ain bridle.

He has gotten his kail through the reek.

"To meet with severe reprehension. To meet with what causes
bitterness or thorough repentance as to any course that one has
taken."--_Jamieson._

He has gotten the boot and the better beast.

This saying has evidently emanated from the stable. When persons
wish to exchange horses, he who has the poorest animal gives a
"boot" or compensation in addition to the horse, to make the
exchange equal. The proverb is applied to a person who has
over-reached his neighbour.

He has gotten the whip hand o' him.

He has got the heavy end of him.

Meaning that in an argument or struggle he has the best of it.

He has help'd me out o' a deadlift.

Or rendered very great assistance in an emergency.

He has hit the nail on the head.

He has it o' kind, he coft it not.

Meaning that a person's bad qualities are inherited from his
parents; equivalent to the saying, "What's bred in the bone won't
out of the flesh."

He has left the key in the cat-hole.

He has licket the butter aff my bread.

To "lick the butter," in proverbial phraseology, is to supplant a
person in business, or so interfere with his arrangements as to
injure them.

He has made a moonlight flitting.

To "shoot the moon," as the English say, is to decamp from a house
without paying the rent.

He has mair floor than he has flail for.

Or more work than he can overtake.

He has mair jaw than judgment.

He has mair wit in his wee finger than ye hae in your hale bouk.

He has muckle prayer, but little devotion.

He hasna a bauchle to swear by.

He hasna a hail nail to claw him wi'.

He hasna as muckle sense as a cow could haud in her faulded nieve.

He has nae clag till his tail.

"A vulgar phrase, signifying that there is no stain on one's
character, or that no one can justly exhibit a charge against
him."--_Jamieson._

He has nae mair mense than a miller's horse.

_Vide_, "As menseless as a tinkler's messan."

He has naething to crave at my hand.

He has need o'