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Old fashioned expressions you still use.

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NanKate Fri 28-Jan-22 21:29:34

When DH serves up his weekly stir fry he always says to me ‘Put on your bib and tucker’ knowing I can be a bit messy. ?

When I trip over or make a mistake I say a man’s name (which I can’t remember). I’ve used the name for years. Can you remember it please ?

ixion Sun 30-Jan-22 10:54:07

My mother used to look in the mirror and say she looked like the wild wild woman of Borneo

Golly, my mother did too! You've just reminded me.
I wonder why Borneo in particular? Was there anything topical at the time, maybe?

Marydoll Sun 30-Jan-22 10:41:03

My mother used to look in the mirror and say she looked like the wild wild woman of Borneo.

My mother used that expression too! I'm not sure it would be acceptable nowadays. ?

farmgran Sun 30-Jan-22 10:36:14

My mother used to look in the mirror and say she looked like the wild wild woman of Borneo.
Dad used to say steady past your granny's. Gone to see a man about a dog. There and back to see how far it is. A wim wam for a mustard mill and that he had a bone in his leg!

Aveline Sun 30-Jan-22 10:04:03

I remember Terry Wogan saying that Beswitched!

Beswitched Sun 30-Jan-22 09:57:30

I'm not sure if it's just an Irish saying but if someone's running behind on a task:
Look at the time and not a child in the house washed.

Juliet27 Sun 30-Jan-22 09:56:29

Didn’t see ‘spanner in the works’ on that list. It’s probably been added here somewhere but too many to check through now.

Aveline Sun 30-Jan-22 09:51:03

Saw this and thought of this thread.

hollysteers Sun 30-Jan-22 00:10:00

I still stay “Going to powder my nose” when out for a meal and leaving the table.

heath480 Sat 29-Jan-22 23:58:40

I still say.

As black as the pot.

Somethings not quite tickety boo here.

Loads of others as well.

hollysteers Sat 29-Jan-22 23:48:52

Would you be as quick in my grave?
If I sat in my father’s chair.

hollysteers Sat 29-Jan-22 23:47:42

I’ll save it for the big film.
After being given a sweet during the B film.

Oopsadaisy1 Sat 29-Jan-22 22:02:06

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Bobbysgirl19 Sat 29-Jan-22 21:50:25

My Gran used to say:
He’d skin a flea for a ha’penny or
As tight as a ducks backside, and that’s watertight!

MissAdventure Sat 29-Jan-22 21:34:32

A cow with a pitchfork, my mum said about watching me writing, or using a tool of any sort.

Mogsmaw Sat 29-Jan-22 21:29:19

I’d be told I looked like “the wreck of the Hesperus” or “I was away to one side like Gourock” by my mother. I always knew what she meant, but I didn’t under the reference.

sharon103 Sat 29-Jan-22 21:27:59

Callistemon21

sharon103

My mum used to say she was as old as her tongue and a little older than her teeth.

Oh yes, my Mum said that too

smile

ixion Sat 29-Jan-22 21:24:56

My paternal grandmother bringing up 5 growing boys in the 1920s/early 1930s on a tight budget, when asked what was for dinner -
Bread and pull-it.
Windmill pie (if the sails go round, you'll all get some).

Callistemon21 Sat 29-Jan-22 21:21:48

sharon103

My mum used to say she was as old as her tongue and a little older than her teeth.

Oh yes, my Mum said that too

sharon103 Sat 29-Jan-22 21:16:36

My mum used to say she was as old as her tongue and a little older than her teeth.

EllanVannin Sat 29-Jan-22 21:10:23

Dad used to call me a flibbertygibbit MissAdventure Also mary mint.

S'elp me bob---- Dad used to say that.
dolphindaisy dad was always going to see a man about a dog, or going on the shore for a loaf. If we asked where he was going. Or, there and back to see how far it is.

Beswitched Sat 29-Jan-22 20:57:46

She thinks she's the bee's knees/cat's pyjamas
She didn't lick it off the ground (when someone has inherited a characteristic or talent from a parent)
Or:
The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 19:56:29

SandraF

My mother, a Brummie wench, used to say of someone being over helpful, ` Proffered services sometimes stink'. Never heard anyone else say it or seen it in print.

❤️ how that contradicts what my mum said Sandra about one volunteer is better than 10 pressed men..

When you think about it these sayings often contradict one another don’t they? As in ..

Too many cooks spoil the broth
-v-
Many hands make light work

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 19:47:58

I couldn't eat a stuffed raisin---mum after a big dinner
Love that one EV!
?

dolphindaisy Sat 29-Jan-22 19:35:06

DGDs always laugh when DH tells them "time for a wash and brush up"
If I asked where my mother had gone my dad would say "she's gone to see a man about a dog" or if I asked what was for tea, I'd be told "a walk round the table"

Callistemon21 Sat 29-Jan-22 19:20:47

All fur coat and no knickers

DH's Granny said that.