Old fashioned expressions you still use.

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

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!

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.

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!

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

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

Marydoll

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

One of my Mothers favourites.

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.

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?

Love those, keep them coming.

rafichagran

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 ?

Daft Apeth ( daft halfpenny)!

Loved my mum’s sayings.

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

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

“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”

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).

“I’ve seen better hair on bacon!”.

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!

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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