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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 ?

lixy Sat 29-Jan-22 16:17:25

We go 'up the hill to Bedfordshire'.

Kate1949 Sat 29-Jan-22 16:17:25

If I asked my mother, who was Irish, how I looked when I was going out, she would say 'No man will get down off his horse to look at you'.

Yammy Sat 29-Jan-22 16:14:29

and they've got enough lip to flag a duck hull[shed]
Going to see a man about a dog.

Luckygirl3 Sat 29-Jan-22 16:13:48

Right as a trivet - my DDs think this is hysterical for some reason.

Pittcity Sat 29-Jan-22 16:11:07

DH goes to the barber for a "fourpenny all-off". It costs him £8!!

"If you fall over and break your leg don't come running to me."

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 16:09:02

When off to do some ironing she’d tell us she was off to a board meeting.

Yammy Sat 29-Jan-22 16:08:02

There's a Jock for every Ginny.everyones got a partner
Lockerbie Jocks ......Scotsmen
Eliphano said when someone did not know the answer DH thought it was an animal
Hod thee wished please be quiet
They didn't know if the were coming or gaan[going]
We also still knock our lights out instead of switching them off.
Pidgeon toed and splay footed
Biddie a hair louse

MissAdventure Sat 29-Jan-22 15:58:42

One eye and a whilk.

MissAdventure Sat 29-Jan-22 15:56:09

Enough blue to make a sailor a pair of trousers.
A tit in a trance.
A fart in a colander.
You'd laugh to see a pudding crawl.

MrsEggy Sat 29-Jan-22 15:54:04

My Mom would say "a blind man would be glad to see it" to me complaining about some imperfection on my clothes, or a spot on my face.

GillT57 Sat 29-Jan-22 15:50:39

Oh, and;

He could light a cigarette in his pocket ( a mean uncle)

GillT57 Sat 29-Jan-22 15:49:40

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
You'll have someone's eye out with that (carrying ladders or similar)
Who's she, the cat's Mother? ( I shouted that at Johnson at PMQs)
It's like bloody Blackpool in here! (lights left on)
As black as the Earl of Hell's waistcoat
a scotch egg short of a picnic

Urm, I love your scabby horse and bandages one grin

rockgran Sat 29-Jan-22 15:42:18

My Scottish mum used to say "it's better than a slater up your nose" (a woodlouse) and indeed most things are!

felice Sat 29-Jan-22 15:39:09

DD had to explain some of DGS expressions to some of his school teachers. He is in a French speaking school and some of the teachers speak English and did not have a clue what he was talking about.
DGS is fully bilingual, and some of the Scottish phrases we use confused them. We just hope he was not using the slang ones he has picked up.

Callistemon21 Sat 29-Jan-22 15:19:02

DH's pronouncement at lunch-time:

"He's about as much use as a nine bob note"
I'll leave you to guess who he meant!

Kate1949 Sat 29-Jan-22 15:09:03

Somebody being 'Two sandwiches short of a picnic'.
Someone described as 'As thick as pudding'.

Kate1949 Sat 29-Jan-22 15:05:49

I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil.

AreWeThereYet Sat 29-Jan-22 15:04:57

'He/She is sixpence short of a bob.' Have to explain usually.

Chardy Sat 29-Jan-22 15:04:01

Squiffy

Daft Apeth ( daft halfpenny)!

I think I was about 35 (and my gran was long gone) before I realised that 'apeth' was a half penny worth. Maybe it was around the time I started calling my 5yr old these daft names!

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 14:59:49

“I’ve seen better hair on bacon!”.

Maggiemaybe Sat 29-Jan-22 14:53:03

Let the dog see the rabbit.
It’s like Stage-a-Bank Fair in here.
You make a better door than a window.
Fit as a butcher’s dog.
I’ve seen more fat on a greasy chip.
One sniff of the barmaid’s apron….
You must have hollow legs (when you eat one tatie more than a pig).

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 14:45:51

“There’s nowt so queer as folk”.
“Well at least those two don’t spoil another couple!” ?
“I could eat a scabby horse and come back for the bandages”
“He’s got short arms and long pockets”

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 14:40:03

“Where there’s a will there’s a relative” was another.

Urmstongran Sat 29-Jan-22 14:39:10

Loved my mum’s sayings.

“One volunteer is better than ten pressed men” was one of my favourites. So descriptive.

Squiffy Sat 29-Jan-22 14:28:44

Daft Apeth ( daft halfpenny)!