General Chat

When a child falls over - What did you do that for! I'm gona wipe that look off your face! You'll smile on the other side of your face in a minute! Cos I said so! lol anyone think of anymore? Susie

Little children should be seen not heard. One of my grandma's - took me years to realise what she meant!!! lol Mary xx

See 'Proverbially speaking' thread, and- 'Don't do as I do, do as I say!' Bx

Don't know where it came from but on receiving a very small portion of something, cake etc, she would say -'you could put it in your eye and still see out'!! What a weird saying! Ann Glos

My mum used to say: 'Don't come running to me when you fall over and break your leg', which I thought was funny, if somewhat harsh. However, with mine, I altered it slightly to: 'You won't be running to me etc', which made them think!!! maggie

you just reminded me of another one Anne, Your eyes are bigger than your belly!

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My mum used to say 'Don't run, or you will fall...and I shall laugh!' (I did,but she didn't) Rose xx

If you don't stop girning I will give you something to cry for!

my mum used to say that - i was starting to think i looked like a bloke lol

Mine used to say 'Your just like your father you are ' Im just glad she wasnt in a mood with him all the time :):) Colin :):)

Susie :):) I hope he never had a beard and moustache. Whenever someone says it to my daughter I tell her its the moustache that does it lol Im rotten really shes lovely :) Colin :):)

Penny the number of times I have said that - only to get the reply - well if I knew that I would know where it was !!! Mary xx ps should add a house full of the male variety !!!

whenever I lost something my Mum would always say ''Where did you have it last'' !!!!!!!!!!

yes he did at one point lol

Penny, Mary :):):) We used to tell ours that to, I confused them more if we suddenly found somehting that had been lost by saying ' Its ok we will use this one till we find the other ' Colin :):)

My mum talking about a very old bread knife that didnt cut as good as it used to,,,,'I could ride bare A***d to London on this'

Hahahahahahahaha thats a good one

oops a daisy how'd you trip over your shadow? stop acting like a child! (when you still are a child) you'll be what for! (who on earth is What For?) Dirty Mochen, uch a vi! (I think that's phonetic - CH as in loch, mochen means pig) I told you so! (no she didn't) It's for your own good! cast not a clout till May be out (does that mean I have to wait till June to give brother a clout back when he gives one at end of April?) What you want that for you got 3 already! (when buying something like socks) one day you'll understand! It's only coz i love you I'm the mother in this house now do as I say! (does that mean nan can over rule mam then?) where do you think you are? a barn? my last one, I promise! Be good, and if you can't be good! be careful!

Lunar- Was your Mum Welsh, then? I remember a Welsh-speaking lady trying to teach my kids something like that. i think it went- 'Ach a vie, mochen dee, Did a cacky in a ty.' (Though the spelling's not correct!) 'mochin' is pig, 'ach a vie means 'ugh!', and 'ty' is 'house'. 'Did a cacky' is English, and pretty self-explanatory, I reckon! Bx