I've seen more meat on a butcher's hook.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.
Mum said of a colleague keen to please their boss, "she was all over him like a cheap shirt."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.
Grandad used to say I am wearin' me 'ard 'at with sleeves in.it fits were it touches
Nan would say shut yer trap. Shut yer clarnet. Shut yer mouth and give yer @xxe a chance. Usually to my dad.my grandad said put wood in the hole....(shut the door)
mom said shut yer faceNan would say shut yer trap. Shut yer clarnet. Shut yer mouth and give yer @xxe a chance. Usually to my dad.
yer with a face like thunderDressed up to the nines.
Mutton dressed as lamb.
From Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Finagle -
transitive verb
1: To obtain by indirect or involved means
'finagle a ride home'.
2: to obtain by trickery
'finangled his way into the concert'.
intransitive verb
to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve one's ends
First known use 1924, perhaps from fainaigue to renege
Nan.... - Ram dressed up as lamb,Dressed up to the nines.
Mutton dressed as lamb.
'appy as a pig in muck.Pleased as PUNCH? comes to mind????
Merriam-Webster says "from fainaigue to renege". OED gives Renege: to deny , renounce. Renege on: fail to keep (promise etc.) disappoint (person). Surely not much different from your understanding?Fainaigue is a word I remember from my childhood - I thought it meant to give up on something you were trying to do?
When I was in my teens Nan called one of our neighbours Gawpy Gob to his face, because he was, gawping at her. And later when I worked at the Newspaper I was always sent to serve the bad debters, the odd balls, the smelly customers, nutters, aggressive ones and anybody the reps didn't want to see. And one was him, and he remembered!Nan.... - Ram dressed up as lamb,
the tilsietty - the loo,
'appy as a pig in muck.
bum fodder - toilet paper.
If a person started at you they were gawpy,
If Nan caught them looking in her window, yow got yer eye full mate?