Do you have any crazy sayings?

"Skin a rabbit for ninepence" When pulling clothes off a small child.

I know that Nelliemoser it was just meant to be a joke.

We tend to say Whoops-a-daisy or even just whoops.

My grandad used to say someone with a rotten voice sounded

like a cow farting through a small tooth comb

Sorry GillyB I must be loosing my marbles today! Daft old bat I am.

Norman Long, who sang comic songs at the piano, sometimes had as his bill matter, 'All Teeth And Trousers'.

challagedtech That's a bit of a mixed up saying - although I suppose it works! More usually 'In and out like a ...'

As much use as an ashtray on a motorbike...

Not worth blacking up for... Thought to have been said by Billy Bennett ('Almost a Gentleman') after working to an unresponsive audience - in fact he did appear in blackface as half of a double act with Albert Whelan, known as Alexander and Mose...

Gillybob "Sounds like a wino retching through a kazoo..."

My friend has a saying "There might be snow on the roof, but there,s still a fire in the grate!"She means that just because she is old,dosnt mean she,s not passionate and fiesty.

I like that one liminetta

I used 2 new stolen from Gransnetters sayings yesterday and both went down very well, thank you.

We have always used Oops a daisy too Gillybob! I thought it was an old well known phrase when picking up a child or to a child, like you say, who has tripped.

Still haven't had an answer as to what a piffy is!

It's woops a daisy over here also.

When I asked 'Why' my gran would say' Because Y's not Z' and B's nor a bulls head !!
If I asked 'What's for dinner she said '3 jumps at t'pantry door and a bite a't shelf'.

When asked where he was going, my Dad would answer ' there and back to see how far it is'. If he found a lost item ' it was up in Annie's room, behind the clock!'

My Dh refers to slightly plump people ( ) as having a ' belly like a bombay money lender..)

Our family saying was ; if you cant be good, be careful, if you cant be careful, buy a pram..

Hungry enough to eat a scabby horse between two bread sacks!

If a beans a bean what's a pea ?- a relief! one of my Dads sayings

Penny for your thoughts!

His eyes stood out like chapel hat pegs (about someone who was looking surprised)

How many beans make five? A bean, a bean, half a bean, a bean and a half and a bean. That's five beans, take away the beans and you have five.

When someone pursues a hopeless argument: "It's like farting against thunder".

When someone gets a fright: "Eyes like organ stops".

When a place is crowded and people are having a good time: "It's like Christmas Day in the workshop" - because where I worked in my early twenties, come Christmas Day all the holiday shift staff would gather in the workshop, kick back and enjoy themselves.

Mine are often from Yorkshire:

Throng as Throp's wife (extremely busy). The full saying is, Throng as Throp's wife who washed, baked, brewed and fettled (cleaned) all on the same day, then hanged herself wi t' dish claht (with the dish cloth).

Warr ner a man mad o' band (worse than a man made of string)

Gnat's piss (weak tea)

Daft as a brush and not half as handy (Mum's description of me as a kid!)

Eee, I went whiter than a privy mawk ( toilet maggot)

Oh, Joan, I haven't heard Throp's wife for years!

When you have to get up too early - 'Up at sparrow's fart'. I have heard someone else say 'Up at lark's fart'.

Whenever we asked "why?" as a child I was told "because 4's not 5".

janerowena ...

it's "stupid o'clock" in my house

Oh yes inthefields we say that too !

My son-in-law who is German says that too and I had never heard it before.

I've heard that one as well inthefields ! So many sayings on here that I had forgotten, I hope they don't all die out.