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Made-up Sayings

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FannyCornforth Fri 04-Dec-20 11:20:00

Hello Everyone tchsmile
As per title really.

I think that everyone has these in their family, or between themself and their spouse.

One that I regularly use is
"The weasel's share", meaning the smaller portion of two; ie the opposite of "the lion's share".

Tell us and yours, and we can add them to our lexicon!

lemongrove Mon 07-Dec-20 19:15:48

What a lot of annoying things parents said back then?
Things have changed, haven’t they, as we older ones answer children properly.
Apart from well known sayings, I don’t think my family has more than two (which would be too revealing to put on a public forum.)

lemsip Mon 07-Dec-20 19:18:22

if we asked what's for dinner mother would say 'bread an pullit', and other sayings!

SpringyChicken Mon 07-Dec-20 23:12:08

Instead of saying 'go for a run and jump', my sister would say 'go for a run with your leg up'. It always made us laugh and naturally, our whole family adopted the saying.

Rumpunch Mon 14-Dec-20 13:28:05

My grandfather being a true cockney always went up the apples and out for a ball of chalk.
( Apples and pears - stairs , Ball of chalk - walk.) amongst many others.

Nannagarra Mon 14-Dec-20 16:19:44

Anyone who frets and flaps is ‘frapping’ in our family.
My dad loved malapropisms. Having been teasingly insulted, he would comment, ‘I resemble [resent] that remark’.
My mother, who was brought up in Cheshire, used an archaic verb ‘crewdle’. Apparently it referred to the way chickens squat.