Old fashioned expressions you still use.

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?

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. ?

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!

I remember Terry Wogan saying that Beswitched!

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.

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

Saw this and thought of this thread.

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

I still say.

As black as the pot.

Somethings not quite tickety boo here.

Loads of others as well.

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

All fur coat and no knickers

DH's Granny said that.