Saying a saying

Don't agree with the first one 1987nanny and presumably you have a typo in the second, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, that one I can relate to .

I will not agree with the first one, but my partner would wholeheartedly agree with the second.

I need (Brexit ;) ) like a fish needs a bicycle.

On my fridge currently I have 'only dead fish go with the flow'.

I remember as a child, hearing the saying -
‘She is no better than she ought to be ‘
Cannot ever hearing the said of a man ! 😏😄

"After four days fish and visitors smell. "

Hell hath no fury… is a misquotation from The Mourning Bride (William Congreve).

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned."

Once a pedant, always a pedant!

They are fra[from] the fell backs.For someone who seems not very bright.
They didn't know if they were coming or going.
A fish out of water.

Sodapop and MerylStreep, my choices were only meant as a bit of fun,you know,it is when you laugh and smile!!and yes it should have read as Hell.Maybe that's where I will be sent for trying to be funny!!

Was extremely surprised when Suzy Dent of Countdown yesterday said she had never heard “not as green as cabbage looking”! I used to say it frequently to the children I taught…

My grandmother used to say:

S/he has all her chairs at home (is smart)

and also

Not the sharpest tool in the box (dumb)

My mothers' most frequest sayings:-

You can't feed a family on one mans' wage

You leave things at your finger ends (dont put things away)

Dont be like that (a stock answer to anything she didnt agree with or understand)

My favorite Liverpool expression:-

God bless you and your one eyelash (to someone vain or selfish)

I think some sayings are on the cruel side when you look at them - I admit I do use the 'not the brightest button/sharpest tool' occasionally but I'm not necessarily meaning dumb biglouis - I suppose it's partly context.

'only dead fish go with the flow' is one I could subscribe to probably because I used to regularly find myself fighting against the stream.

I do say:
A penny for them...?
The ball's in your court
Don't count your chickens...
Speak of the devil
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

I'm suddenly uncertain as to what sort of sayings we are looking at here!!

Are we really thinking of proverbs?

1987H2001M2002Inanny

Sodapop and MerylStreep, my choices were only meant as a bit of fun,you know,it is when you laugh and smile!!and yes it should have read as Hell.Maybe that's where I will be sent for trying to be funny!!

Didn't quite hit the button then did it 1987nanny

As much use as a chocolate teapot - often muttered under breath through gritted teeth!

My dad used to say ‘I don’t cut my cabbages twice’ meaning he wouldn’t repeat things.

A sandwich short of a picnic
The filters not working
My mother's was Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today.

I was constantly told I looked with my mouth; nobody would get off a galloping horse to look at me; more money than sense; keep your finger on your ha’penny!

dragonfly46

I was constantly told I looked with my mouth; nobody would get off a galloping horse to look at me; more money than sense; keep your finger on your ha’penny!

A granny of mine used to say, ‘Keep your hand on your ha’penny!’ (She would also say, ‘It only takes a minute!’ - I’m sure you can guess what she was referring to!).
Wasn’t it an old music hall song? She would have been young during the music hall era.

Oh, and she once told me that she’d ditched a young man she was walking out with, because, ‘He tried to get his hand down my placket fastener!’ 😂

The saying (or advice?) I most remember from my Mum is,
"If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well,"
however mundane it might be 😇

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

If you asked my nan what's for dinner? she would always reply, "3 jumps up cupboard door and a bite off the knob" never jeard it before or since!

My mother would say 'air pie and a walk round the table'.

My Dad used to say,
'There's nae pockets in a shroud.'
Meaning, enjoy your money, you can't take it with you.

I'm sure we all had as children

"dont put it down, put it AWAY!

I still have to try hard!

one which i rather like, never heard when young:
<well i'll go to the foot of my stairs.>
i think it's a northern saying ?
i find it quite charming. must try to use it.