sayings

[Pedrocut]

lynn i still use the expression" on a line" but where did that come from

lyn

I take this to mean being annoyed. It is an interesting one because if you Google and look at the Urban
Dictionaries, it difficult to find one giving that kind of meaning.

Perhaps it is a true local saying?

 

[Edifi]

When I was in the Lift Car making business and you couldn't get things to fit.Our managers favourite saying was IMPROVISE

 

[sospiri]

Edifi,

Our favourite was "if it isn't square, bash it square!".

Pedro,

Yes, my mother used the "on a line" expression to mean annoyed. She was a Brummie, who came from 200 year line of Brummies.

 

[mw0njm.]

Edifi,

Our favourite was "if it isn't square, bash it square!".

Pedro,

Yes, my mother used the "on a line" expression to mean annoyed. She was a Brummie, who came from 200 year line of Brummies.

If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't, paint it!

 

[Edifi]

Wonder if it still happens today.Orwould the Snowflakes complain.

 

[lmr3103]

I take this to mean being annoyed. It is an interesting one because if you Google and look at the Urban
Dictionaries, it difficult to find one giving that kind of meaning.

Perhaps it is a true local saying?

It must be. I've lived near Burton on trent for nearly 30 years and I've never known anyone around here who knows what it means!
Pronunciations are similar. I've always said tuthbrush not tooothbrush (toothbrush), and forrhead not fourhead (forehead). Think thats a Brummie thing!

 

[mw0njm.]

I take this to mean being annoyed. It is an interesting one because if you Google and look at the Urban
Dictionaries, it difficult to find one giving that kind of meaning.

Perhaps it is a true local saying?

mom used to say it if she was getting mad with us. "I am getting on a line now" she was a true brummie

 

[Pedrocut]

One from the Black Country, and maybe Birmingham?

"Her’s a dirty bag of washin.”

 

[sospiri]

New one on me Pedro.

Maurice

 

[brenda barr]

Edifi,

Our favourite was "if it isn't square, bash it square!".

Pedro,

Yes, my mother used the "on a line" expression to mean annoyed. She was a Brummie, who came from 200 year line of Brummies.

my mother always said" ive got a bone to pick with you ", then l knew l was in trouble

 

[podgery]

One I heard a lot when I was a kid i'm flat broke.

 

[Smudger]

Gossiping about a very skinny man.. "I`ve seen more meat on Lester Piggots whip"
About a very skinny woman " If she swallowed an apple she`d look pregnant"
She`s got a face like the back of a bus.
She can turn it around with a smile.

 

[mw0njm.]

Gossiping about a very skinny man.. "I`ve seen more meat on Lester Piggots whip"
About a very skinny woman " If she swallowed an apple she`d look pregnant"
She`s got a face like the back of a bus.
She can turn it around with a smile.

 

[maypolebaz]

Gossiping about a very skinny man.. "I`ve seen more meat on Lester Piggots whip"
About a very skinny woman " If she swallowed an apple she`d look pregnant"
She`s got a face like the back of a bus.
She can turn it around with a smile.

A couple of additions, if I may.......
"I've seen more meat on a chicken's lip".
"I've seen more meat on a bone handled knife".
One I always thought cruel, calling a skinny girl "Sparralegs".

 

[Smudger]

Boys are especially cruel. We called flat busted girls `planks`. I remember one girl who we planked, & a mate said he saw her when she was about 30 & she was absolutely stunning. I guess she had the last laugh on us `yobs`. Having said that boys were cruel, i dare say the girls had their own `put-downs` for boys.

 

[I Am Nico]

"Cat: The small animal, of course, but in slang it means something that looks, sounds or simply is absolutely awful. It’s short for cat malojan, which is probably short for the phrase, cat on a melodeon. You can imagine that a cat standing on a melodeon is likely to make an awful sound. That is probably where the idea came from. Now it’s used to describe anything people don’t like and think is terrible." [Guide to Irish Slang]

My late friend would say if he got angry at someone, I reared or rared up cat.

 

[I Am Nico]

A couple of additions, if I may.......
"I've seen more meat on a chicken's lip".
"I've seen more meat on a bone handled knife".
One I always thought cruel, calling a skinny girl "Sparralegs".

My grandad had thin legs, he said he had bee's knees and sparra's ankles, Nan said here here comes, we plough the fields and scatter, she meant splay footed.

 

[I Am Nico]

One from the Black Country, and maybe Birmingham?

"Her’s a dirty bag of washin.”

A nasty bag o' washin, or her looks like a bag of sh@t tied up ugly.
Hers got a clarnet on er.

 

[mw0njm.]

"When I read about the evils of drinking I gave up reading."

 

[mw0njm.]

i said to my wife, what do you want for xmas? a book or a babby, "she said dont be stupid you know I cant read".

 

[Pedrocut]

One Brummie adaptation for a lucky person...

"If he fell off Lewis's, he’d fall into a new suit."

In place of "If he fell in a bucket of ****, he'd come up smelling of roses.”

 

[sospiri]

And again about a skinny lady's legs - "She's got lucky legs - lucky they don't break!"

Maurice

 

[Lumpammer]

If he fell off the Co-op he’d fall in the divi

 

[Edifi]

My mother often said.Hes like Horse Muck he's everywhere

 

[I Am Nico]

Gossiping about a very skinny man.. "I`ve seen more meat on Lester Piggots whip"
About a very skinny woman " If she swallowed an apple she`d look pregnant"
She`s got a face like the back of a bus.
She can turn it around with a smile.

I've seen more meat on a butcher's hook.
For someone in a small hat, grandad said like a tom tit on a hayrick.
My colleague used to say of our boss, she has a face like a bag of spanners.
I Drink Zuyder, it makes yer bally wider.

 

[I Am Nico]

I've seen more meat on a butcher's hook.
For someone in a small hat, grandad said like a tom tit on a hayrick.
My colleague used to say of our boss, she has a face like a bag of spanners.
I Drink Zuyder, it makes yer bally wider.

Mum said of a colleague keen to please their boss, "she was all over him like a cheap shirt."

 

[mw0njm.]

it fits were it touches

 

[I Am Nico]

it fits were it touches

Grandad used to say I am wearin' me 'ard 'at with sleeves in.
Great grand said trouser bags. For trousers.

 

[mw0njm.]

my grandad said put wood in the hole....(shut the door)

 

[I Am Nico]

my grandad said put wood in the hole....(shut the door)

Nan would say shut yer trap. Shut yer clarnet. Shut yer mouth and give yer @xxe a chance. Usually to my dad.