Idioms phrases and proverbs

Two favourite sayings of my Lancashire Sil were
"I'm not as green as I'm cabbage-looking" and
"when Adam were a lad"

Or, elegran, “Ye’d make a better door than a windae”!

There are so many I remember;

“Clean meat never fattened a pig” (if something was dropped on the floor)

“Third cat keep oot” ( if someone outwith the family criticised a family member, even if it was justified)

If I stood in the way of the TV, Dad told me I'd make a better door than a window!

I think that I remember that Jock Tamson was a minister of the Kirk in a district of Edinburgh. He fed starving people including I think Roman Catholics despite that he was minister of the Kirk, because all people were his bairns. The full story may be googled.

If you stood between them and the TV, or something else they wanted to see, "Your father wasn't a glazier."

My grandfather used to say "let the dog see the rabbit" meaning move out of the way so I can see what I'm doing

Is it my imagination, or are most of these sayings from Scottish grans?

And ,Rosieroe that also was one of my mother’s, along with, “ ready for a clap wi’ a spade” and, “ there’s a smell of clay about him/her”.
I think I may have posted before the saying if two unattractive people got together;” Nae sense in wastin’ twa hooses”.

'I don't know if I'm on this earth or fullers' was one I learned when I moved oop north to Sheffield..

also "Put wood in t'oile" (excuse my attempt to write 'hole' in a Sheffield accent..)

Rosiroe !

In the East Midlands whenever someone looks puzzled if they don't understand what you mean we say, "he/she looked at me gone out" with a very strong emphasis on the last two words.
A bread roll is called a cob here - don't do what I did once and ask for a cheese cob down south or they will indeed look at you gone out or maybe just giggle.

I said to a friend recently that *I was up to high doh.
She gave me a blank look.

My grandfather would often say
yer a wee scunner
And aw and bile yer heid

The maxim I try and live my life by is
caw canny lass often said by Grandmother

DH family used to say "This watch is running on teacakes ... it's running on currants!" in other words it keeps stopping all the time

‘Another clean vest will do him’
On someone who looks ill... ?

'A penny for your thoughts'?
An invitation to a person lost in thought to share his or her preoccupation.

Daddima, it's great to be reminded of that. My mother (Glasgow/Lanarkshire background) used to talk about "Letting the bunnets go by waiting for the hats" and used this to chide me gently into settling down as soon as a nice young man came along (in case the "hat" never materialised).

She also used the phrase "bunnet crack" to refer the the chat (crack) you have as you're getting ready to leave a gathering, putting on your cap (bunnet). Very useful phrase, but with no standard English equivalent that I'm aware of.

If I asked my Granny what was for tea, she always used to say "two jumps at the cupboard door and a bite at the knob". Never worked that out....

nae knickers

sorry all fur coats and nae knickers

All fur coats and name knickers

That reminded me grandtante When I said I didn't want to breastfeed my daughter the midwife said " well why not, you have nipples like chapel hat pegs" still not sure if that was a good thing.

When I asked question whyI was always told ..because y is a crooked letter that can never be straightened. Very frustrating! When I asked what someone was making..sky hooks for teddy bears..

All very very funny please can explanations come along with the phrases it makes for good reading.

On speaking about a rather snooty spinster in our village, my mother said was single because she’d, “ let the bunnets go by ‘cause she was waiting for a hat”.

When saying goodbye to my mother, she would offer say, "if I don't see you through the week I'll see you through the window". I never understood what she meant, and I still don't.

Schumaker's bairns are aye ill shod