Mums sayings.

When asked what was for tea she'd say, "A walk round and a kick at the table leg."

pam

She's all sugar or all shite

A whistling woman
A crowing hen
Brings the devil
From his den

Hubbies used to say when he asked what he could have for Christmas was all you can see with your eyes shut
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When my friends children asked what was for tea they were told green sh*te and sugar, i hate that saying

Dont do as I do, do as I say

My dad once asked me "what time do you call this". It was 11 pm, I was half an hour late and 17 years old. I answered "Alfred" and ran up to my bedroom, fast! Not that dad was aggressive but his disapproval wasn't something I sought out usually.

'What time do you call this?' When I was late. No answer was acceptable!

Also 'bread and pull-it' when I asked what was for tea

'If the wind changes you'll stay like that' if I pulled a face

Least said, soonest mended
Mutton dressed as lamb
Street angels, house devils
Stitch in time saves nine
Up and down like Brown's cows
Mind your P's and Q's
You've made your bed, now lie on it (usually reported speech about someone else)

She's got hair like a yard of pump water.
About anyone with really straight hair, like mine

Me rather anxiously: "Mum"" have I got your nose or dad's nose?" Said noses were both quite large!
Mum: rather briskly "Oh for goodness sake I don't know, you've got a nose like God only knows!"
The other good one was "sticks and stones may break your bones but names will never hurt you" I didn't believe her then and haven't changed my mind!!

My Dad would say "pigs feet and custard " for tea.

When asking mum what was for tea her answer would be
'A run round the table and a kick at the cat!'

Where have you been? Here there and back again to see how far it is!
As I was born with squints I had "one eye on the pot and t'other up the chimney!
If I was limping I had "one leg and a flapper"
And as a chubby child was told giving me a cuddle it was " one arm round me and twice round the gasworks"
"Mum am I pretty ..well your not pretty your not ugly just pretty ugly"
My mum had such a way with words..

"just wait till your dad gets home"

Dad used to come home and give us cuddles (he worked away for long periods of time) and tell mum she should have sorted it out herself at the time (in the kitchen when they thought we couldn't hear)

Of someone in a dress that was too tight was like a sack of shit tied in the middle

"Pick you feet up" errr ok mum.

Had their mouths....

Children at my primary school who swore (usually boys) hands their mouths washed out with soap. I used to think it quite appropriate as they had said 'dirty' words!

I remember " Dont care was made to care "

I'm all behind like the cow's tail.
Up and down like a fiddler's elbow.
Don't do as I do, do as I tell you

Teetime, do hope your mum was joking as that was a really
horrible thing to say to you.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anyone, come sit by me ))

That made me think of another one Teetime 'Say that again and I'll wash your mouth out with soap' I did - and she did, with that green block stuff

My mother, a health visitor ,used to say when you had a new baby. " Do not worry about dirty old men worry about lovely clean children harbouring bugs " We learnt that lesson to our cost when DD got chickenpox at 9 months old .

Teetime

Swanny A lot of the ones I remember were from my friends' mums in Birmingham. My mum was Irish and had some very different ones! I worked with a girl who was described by some of the office workers as 'here's me head, me arse is coming'