(March 6, 2015 at 1:31 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: Damn, Alex. I wouldn't want to get on your mean side!
That's true in general. But that particular saying in current usage isn't excessively mean, it just means annoying weeds are hard to kill. It can sometimes even be meant slightly affectionately.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition