A pint of wallop! (Just for fun).

My Dad called it ‘jollop’.

I can remember my maternal Gran saying up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire as she took me upstairs to bed.

When my children were young they mostly left doors open.
i would tell them to "to put the wood in the hole ". which my parents and my grandad thought was hilarious.

‘Put the wood in the hole’ and ‘Up the wooden hill’ were both used in our family.

A family-joke one, because an elderly relative used to say it, was saying you’d had ‘an elegant sufficiency’ to mean you were full, didn’t want seconds.

My father had some ‘quaint’ turns of phrase - my favourite was probably him saying, ‘I am going to commune with my soul’ when he was off for a lengthy ‘sit’ on the loo with the paper.

timetogo2016

When my children were young they mostly left doors open.
i would tell them to "to put the wood in the hole ". which my parents and my grandad thought was hilarious.

“Put wood in t’ole “. you mean,
Or to the dog in front of the fire “who pays for t’ coal?”

If we asked what was for dinner my Dad always said ‘A run round the table and a kick at the cat’.
I have no idea why, and he loves cats.

If our parents were asked” where are you going “ and they didn’t want to tell us their answer was “ to see a man about a dog”

"An elegant sufficiency" is a phrase I learned as a child - but definitely not at home!

“Its cold enough for a walking stick”. Icy weather
“You are talking round shouldered”. Talking rubbish
“An Elegant sufficiency” Enough
“Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire”. Upstairs to bed
“Stop moidering”. Pestering

All used regularly when I was a child

My Dad would shout out, "I'm just going to hold my own," as he disappeared into a gents toilet when we were out and about.
My poor Mum used to cringe ?

'What's for dinner?' 'Bread and pull it.'
I guess that was pullet but as I didn't know what a pullet was it was an irritating answer.

'You make a better door than a window' said by my Mum if you were blocking her view!

My dad called emulsion paint wallop. I think it came from the brand Walpamur.

Were you born in a barn? When someone left a door open.

My DMiL, faced with a blunt knife would always say, 'So blunt, you could ride bare-a**ed round the moon on it.'

Gongoozler that is exactly what she used to say about her DS - my DH - and I completely agree with her. He never, ever, shuts anything, doors, drawers, cupboards, or puts anything away.

'An elegant sufficiency' was part of my childhood, also 'empty vessels make the most noise' if we children were too noisy.

Grannybags

'You make a better door than a window' said by my Mum if you were blocking her view!

I still say that a lot

I look like the wreck of the Hesperus……

My Mum used to say: Six of one and half a dozen of another ( when both sides were at fault). You look like you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards ( when we forgot to brush our hair!!)

Said by Dad - 'Just goint to point Percy at porcelain'
Uugh!

If a knife or scissors were blunt my mother would say they wouldn’t cut butter.

Waiting for the bus, my mother thought she was hilarious with 'Hereeeeeeeee it isn't.' ?

My DMiL, faced with a blunt knife would always say, 'So blunt, you could ride bare-a**ed round the moon on it.

GrannyGravy13

I can remember my maternal Gran saying up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire as she took me upstairs to bed.

We use this one too, much to the confusion of Gc's as we live in Bedfordshire!

Also 'going all round the houses and back down the lane' used by my Gma to describe a verbose neighbour.

I had a friend, much older than me, who after breakfast would say I’m going to turn my bike round. At first this really discombobulated me because we were not going out on a bike ride and anyway I can’t ride a bike. I was then told, discreetly, that was his way of letting us know that he was going to spend some time in the loo!