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Favourite expressions you use a lot (lighthearted)

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Sallywally1 Fri 13-Mar-26 06:29:09

I say
Each to their own
Your going to reap what you sow
Not to worry, worst troubles at sea!

Apparently my grandmother who I never met used to say ‘it’s better than a poke in the eye with an umbrella!

DamaskRose Sun 15-Mar-26 12:39:12

“May you be in heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead” - instead of “cheers”!
“May you live long and die all shapes” ditto!
Like a lost f**t in a thunderstorm - to somebody who is useless.

Esmay Sun 15-Mar-26 13:51:05

I once heard one of my favourite actors ,
Kevin Whately describe someone as not so green as cabbage looking .
I think that it was in Lewis .
I've loved that expression ever since .

Scribbles Sun 15-Mar-26 17:57:55

Daddima

*Scribbles*, my saying for a treat or indulgence is, ‘ To Hell wi’ poverty, put another pea in the soup’, or ‘ gie the cat the canary’.

😂😂

hollysteers Sun 15-Mar-26 23:33:50

Not an expression I use, but a bus conductor at the bus stop near my house years ago
“Anyone else for the boneyard?” (Stop near cemetery gates).

kittylester Mon 16-Mar-26 08:06:07

DH has said 'It can't be beyond the with of man' twice already this morning.

I think it might be grounds for divorce. grin

Nandalot Mon 16-Mar-26 08:17:09

My gran used to say ‘ A blind man would be pleased to see it’, when something one was doing didn’t go quite right. A favourite one of mine, as I am often in that position

kittylester Mon 16-Mar-26 08:19:41

Wit not with. Grrrrrr!

Labradora Mon 16-Mar-26 10:30:39

I think I misread this and gave my late mother's expressions.
My own ?
Stone the crows
AmI right ?
We must press on and rise above it.