Old fashioned expressions you still use.

Flibbertygibbit

HKLP!

I used to say,”Woops a daisy!” if I did something wrong at work to the amusement of younger colleagues.

I remember nearly all of the above, another my mother said, ‘you’re not worth swinging for’. Must have push her nearly to the edge.

My mum used to say she'd swing for us.

Some of these bring back memories. My husband still says this. If someone is bow legged, he says 'He couldn't stop a pig in an entry'.

My mum said that too Kate. I always think its a Black Country expression.
A very distant relative - their cat walked up our entry.

My Mum:

'Champagne taste - beer money' about someone with airs and graces

'Couldn't stop a pig in a passage' someone bow legged

'I'm not as daft as I'm cabbage looking' - to someone who tried to fool her

'A face that only his mother could love' - about someone in love with their own appearance

'All mouth and trousers' - a man too full of his own importance!

Well, I'm clearly daft. That should have read "I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking" ?

- You will be laughing the other side of your face in a minute -

I'll knock you into kindom come. (Or next week)

All fur coat and no knickers

DH's Granny said that.

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"

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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

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.

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

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!

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