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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 ?

JackyB Wed 02-Feb-22 20:23:13

A pinch and a punch on the first of the month (and no returns)

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Who's that when he's at home?

JackyB Wed 02-Feb-22 20:26:53

Sorry I skipped a page - pinch and a punch was mentioned in detail on p 13.

Beswitched Wed 02-Feb-22 20:34:14

All dressed up and nowhere to go.

There was a young woman on the Bake Off who used to say 'oh my giddy aunt' when anything was going wrong. It always made me smile.

MissAdventure Wed 02-Feb-22 20:35:50

I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking.

Callistemon21 Wed 02-Feb-22 20:36:12

Oopsadaisy1

A face like a bulldog chewing a wasp

Ouch!
Our spaniel used to leap up and catch wasps and sometimes got a swollen mouth.

AGAA4 Wed 02-Feb-22 21:43:43

Wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw an elephant.
For Pete's sake!
Going all round the houses - not getting to the point.

Think I've used all these phrases lately.

NanKate Wed 02-Feb-22 22:12:46

All around the Wrekin

Oopsadaisy1 Thu 03-Feb-22 07:32:30

Do you think I came in on the last boat? Do you think I’m daft.

You’re like a fart in a colander. To someone who’s all of a dither and won’t sit down and stay in one room.

Skydancer Thu 03-Feb-22 09:46:24

My Dad used to say of someone who was mean, “When he took a fiver out of his wallet the Queen blinked “

storynanny Thu 03-Feb-22 10:09:17

I once worked with someone who was very un PC and had a saying for someone who in her words was a bit “ unfortunate “ looking. Cant remember the saying exactly but something like “ must have fallen out of the ugly tree” .

storynanny Thu 03-Feb-22 10:09:59

Or shaken the ugly tree?

lovebeigecardigans1955 Thu 03-Feb-22 13:12:27

The late great Kenny Everett used 'doobree/doobry' and I've not heard that for a while.
You're pulling my leg, pull the other one it's got bells on,
By Jove/ Jupiter.
You're a brick, Angela.
With gay abandon.
What the Dickens.

MissAdventure Thu 03-Feb-22 21:33:30

Oh, I did feel queer.
Said by my nan, who would get out of bed and put on her best nightie in case she died in the night.

biglouis Fri 04-Feb-22 01:06:11

Every tim dick and harry (rather than random person)
Sonny Jim (as a put down for males)
Not for all the tea in China
I could eat a child's bottom through a cane chair

GraceQuirrel Sat 05-Feb-22 22:56:33

Yer daft apoth (thanks to my nan, long passed).

MissAdventure Sat 05-Feb-22 23:17:15

A good old stick - describing a nice person.

MissAdventure Sat 05-Feb-22 23:18:53

Two strands and a nit - thin hair.

Oopsadaisy1 Sun 06-Feb-22 13:37:09

I’d give him a smack on the kisser- a punch on the nose

You need a very long spoon if you sup with the devil- be very careful if you mix with the wrong sort.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Mon 07-Feb-22 12:41:08

He gave him a bunch of fives.
If you lie down with dogs you'll get covered with fleas.

MissAdventure Mon 07-Feb-22 12:45:03

Do you think I floated up on a banana boat?

If your friends all jumped off a cliff would you want to do that, too?

Jaberwok Mon 07-Feb-22 12:48:03

Let the dog see the rabbit. Can't see the wood for the trees.

Gwyneth Mon 07-Feb-22 15:37:56

My mum used to say you’ll have square eyes if you watch any more telly.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 08-Feb-22 16:29:43

I came out with ‘all mouth and trousers’ yesterday. Hadn’t said or heard it for years.

Jaxjacky Tue 08-Feb-22 16:35:01

my mum ‘I’m just going to spend a penny’

MissAdventure Tue 08-Feb-22 19:22:16

On the throne. (On the toilet) the queen thread 70 years on the throne just reminded me.