The Down Train

[christopher short]

When my Father thought I was telling him a lie or someone told him something he could hardly believe, he would say,
"You must think I came up on the down train". A great put down, I still use it to this day.

On the same theme he sometimes would say, " Is there (or, see) any green in my eye ?"

 

[MickyT]

When l was little and couldn't find an old toy (that had probably been binned) my nan would say , " It's gone west up the new line". A reference to the railway line crossing America. Has any one else come across this saying?

 

[sospiri]

"Gone West" certainly was used by my father when referring to something that was broken and needed throwing away. No reference to a new line though.

Maurice

 

[Radiorails]

"Gone West" certainly was used by my father when referring to something that was broken and needed throwing away. No reference to a new line though.

Maurice

Gone South often used in the USA.