Old fashioned expressions you still use.

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GreyKnitter

When we were children my grandmother always used to say ‘You can always stoop and pick up nothing’. Never been quite sure what this meant!

I knew it as "You can always stoop low and pick up nothing. I knew it to mean lowering your standards.

Wonder if that saying comes from She Stoops to Conquer?

Mum used to use Wreck of the Hesperus and Black as Newgate’s Knocker so you can tell how I was as a child ?

Love those, keep them coming.

Cat's got your tongue?
If you made a face 'one day the wind will change and you will be stuck with that face'

Dowt the lights for put out the lights. If we had a lot of lights on my Dad would say where do you think this is Blackpool Illinations?

GreyKnitter

When we were children my grandmother always used to say ‘You can always stoop and pick up nothing’. Never been quite sure what this meant!

I knew it as "You can always stoop low and pick up nothing. I knew it to mean lowering your standards.

Marydoll

You will be laughing on the other side of your face!

One of my Mothers favourites.

He was as fit as a lop! Usually said after someone had died

If my Mum had had a bad day she said it had been a 'clashy back end'

Clever as Dick's hat band

Better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper.

When we were children my grandmother always used to say ‘You can always stoop and pick up nothing’. Never been quite sure what this meant!

Best bib and tucker was another I remember when having afternoon tea with auntie. Had to look our best.

Dust the policies---- standing joke if anyone was ill.
'Owt'll fit a stark-naked man----mum at the jumble sale as I stand pulling a face at her style of clothing.
If it had horns it would poke you---dad looking for a certain tie.
Better than a poke in the eye with a big stick----a small pools win.
Crying before you're hurt.
No use crying over spilt milk.

Music-wise, it was never " The flight of the bumblebee ", instead, it was " The bum of the flighty bee ".

Looking back, we were quite a jolly household really.

An expression maybe only pertinent to London "Black as Newgate's knocker" my husband tells me his mother often used that. Quite foreboding, the knocker being the last thing on the outside the prisoner would see before being incarcerated in Newgate Prison. Not nice!

Put wood i'thole----close the door.
The sky was as black as your hat.
Wreck of the Hesperus---often used at home.
A fourp'ny one---clip round the ear.
Casey's court---noise from kid's parties at home.
More holy than Godly---if the moths had got at something.
Blimey Charley---the extent of a " swear " word used at home.

There are a lot more of these expressions that were used in our household and I still use many to this day along with " old-fashioned " words rather than the modern twang

I use almost all of those above.
My mother used to say
"It's darker than the inside of a cow's belly". I love that!

We could be Nannee. Another wreck of the Hesperus here.
Were you born in a barn?
We still say 'tape' programmes on TV.

Red hat and no drawers
She’s no better than she should be
Blue and Green should never be seen

Behaving like 'the Duchess of Buccleuch'.

Used by my mother, grandmother (b.1897) and great grandmother to refer to someone expected to be waited on hand and foot, or exhibiting unnecessary airs and graces.

I assume that this refers to a contemporary of theirs, but have been unable to delve deeper into which Duchess or why!
Can anyone shine a light on this, please?

I still talk about going to the pictures to see a film, rather than going to the cinema to see a movie.

We are in good company if you use wreck of the Hesperus too kitty ?.

I refuse to say I am watching a movie, I am watching a film and it grates a bit when GDs/DDs mention ‘ a good movie’!

Better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail.

So funny. I always say’ I won’t boil my cabbages twice’ meaning I won’t repeat myself!

I use the wreack of the Hesperus.

The word that baffles my grandchildren is pictures as in going to watch a film.

A group of teenagers were being interviewed on TV this week and none of them knew what spending a penny meant. I went to M & S the next day and there were signs in the loo flagging up their two flush system - Just spending a penny? Save the planet. Some customers must be mightily confused!

Lucca

If I look a mess.. “ I look like the wreck of the Hesperus”.

An expression I use often Lucca but I haven’t heard many others use it.

San fairy Ann - Ca ne fait rien - it doesn’t matter.
Cedilla not showing?‍♀️

Are we astral twins Kate1949(the 49 might be a bit of a giveaway)
Put the wood in th'hole
Fab
Iffit pie
Tha's not made of glass (when stood in front of the telly - do the yoof of today even watch telly?)
You'll laugh on the other side of your face
I'll box your ears

Pearls before swine...

You will be laughing on the other side of your face!