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OLD Sayings

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Astonian

gone but not forgotten
WhilstOut The Other Day
In The Field Bird Watching ,Or Should I Sat Twittiching
The Old Saying Came Back To Me

Stone The Crows , I Don,y Beleive It
Was An Old Expression, And A Saying I Recalled Hearing When I Was
A Little Whipper Snapper ,

Have A Nice Day Every-One Best Wishes Astonian ,;;;;;;
 
Pigs ear.

:) I remember if anyone went on about something my uncle would say 2don't make a pigs ear of it" TTFN. Jean.:)
 
Warning: Adults only!

My (slightly crude, but very funny) aunt used to say of a generous person:

"He'd give you his a*se and sh*t through his ribs!"

OK - so where did THAT come from?
 
Oh dear Charlie that did make me laugh:D just shows my sense of humor. I have never heard that one!
 
Hello Charlie,
My mother who was very prim and proper would say that to me, and the reason being was because i would always give away more than i got and still do......Cat:)
 
My friend's father used to say of something blunt (like a knife), 'you could ride bare a*se to London on that' which I always found very amusing.

My Mom's favourites are, 'tap me with a tram line' and 'she was in her oil tot' (whatever that it!)
 
An old geezer I worked with always greeted me in the morning with, "How's your mother off for dripping?" At the end of the day, he'd say, "Mind out for the cracks in the pavement".

Whenever I had my hair cut, my dad would say, "Haircut? Penny bag o'figs!" He never could explain this, but said it was what his dad would say to him.

Big Gee
 
My parents, if telling you something that shouldn't "go any further". They would say........"between you, me and the gate post"
 
All round the bloody Reakin, my wife and I lived in Australia for some years and I was a truck driver and I can remember useing this saying and the Aussies new what I ment.
 
:2140:Hi Eric. Funny thing we went round the Wrekin last week. Drove round the Long Mynd Church Stretton etc. Lovely county. Tune in to radio Shropshire on Saturday where thet have a quiz called the Wrekin wrangler.:2140: TTFN. Jean.
 
:2131:Hi Steve Never found out who Bills mother was though. Anyone out there know?. TTFN. Jean.:2131:
 
Bill Smothers lived at the back of us his dad was a coal man an is mom worked in our chip shop in Bell Lane Tile Cross when we were kids, hope this helps.
 
My nan used to say of someone who was a bit dishonest "he's a fly by night" !

Also, "she/he needs putting in a bag and shaking up"!
 
A few expressions I recall.....

Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs! (amazement, disbelief)

'Blige me! (similar to Christ! or goodness me!)

He's got a face as long as Livery Street! (miserable person)

'er looks like she's bin pulled through an 'edge backards! (untidy hair)

He/she's got a face like the back of a number 8 bus! (unattractive)

If wit was s*** you'd be constipated! (unfunny person)

Yer barmpot (stupid)

'er legs've got different postcodes (promiscuous girl)

Red hat and no drawers/fur coat and no knickers/kippers and curtains (all show with no substance)
 
Just remembered another one my gaffer used if I was late arriving... I had moved from Great Barr to a house nearer to my work.

Nearer to church, further from God.
 
when i used to ask my mom for something i could,nt find .
(mom where,s my football boots ?she,d say up my shirt hangin on a nail)
happy days regards dereklcg. :):P
 
Hi Steve Never found out who Bills mother was though. Anyone out there know?.

Not sure about this, but maybe it was Carl Chinn that said the expression
came from the first world war when mothers/wives got the dreaded telegram telling them that their loved one was lost/missing in action, hence the expression "Black over Bills mothers" a cloud of depression set over the household, maybe a lot of rubbish, I don't know though, sounds plausible.

My dads saying at bedtime was "Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire" as he carried me up to bed.
 
With no central heating and trying to keep one room warm, if someone kept getting up to go out of the room.................."for goodness sake sit down, you're in and out like a fart in a colander":D
 
Charlie said:
Warning: Adults only!

My (slightly crude, but very funny) aunt used to say of a generous person:

"He'd give you his a*se and sh*t through his ribs!"

OK - so where did THAT come from?
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My Mom still says that Charlie, & her Mom taught her that little gem. Must be a Brum thing eh?:D:D
 
How about:

Put wood in the hole (shut the door)

He/she is as bent as a nine bob note. (not to be trusted)

You've got eyes bigger than your belly (someone over estimating their eating capacity)

He couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding (poor fighter)

He/she couldn't stop a pig in an entry. (Bowlegged person)
 
An Old Saying Used Quite Often Used By Kids



Catch Me If You Can ,
When We Used To Argue And Fight With Each Other
And Fight If We Got The First Punch In First
Or If The Big Kids Threatend You
 
My dad had used to say:

"In and out like a dog at a fair" for someone who couldn't stay still kept going in and out of the house.

A general expression was "ha ha she said as she waved her wooden leg"

also "well well, two holes in the ground"
 
Ron Hutton said:
How about:

Put wood in the hole (shut the door)

He/she is as bent as a nine bob note. (not to be trusted)

You've got eyes bigger than your belly (someone over estimating their eating capacity)

He couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding (poor fighter)

He/she couldn't stop a pig in an entry. (Bowlegged person)
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My dad used to say, of a bad driver:
"He/she couldn't drive a pig up an entry!
 
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