General Chat

DANIEL - Ive heard that; it means they think theryre the bees knees and love to show off, but have nothing decent/essential. Same as 'fur coat, no knickers' lol. Suppose thats got 2 meanings lol.

a different kettle o' fish :-)

When I was in the way, my Mum used to say: 'Go and teach your Grandmother to suck eggs'. As I was a tall, skinny kid, my Dad used to call me a 'yard of pumpwater'. Liz

my dad used to say after comming home from work, ' another day another dollar'

My mother used to tell us to 'put wood in 'ole'- meaning shut the door; or ask if if we were 'born in a barn' One of my daughter sfavourite at the moment is 'I'm Hank Marvin' - meaning starving

IF we were go dad you can have an extra sugar pig for chritmas When we ask gandma what was for tea /dinner she always said bead and pull it Valxxx

Big head no bread in the house Courtesy of my G. Nan Hilda McDonnell before she popped off to the big bakery in the sky. What the heck's all that about?

My father never swore in his life, instead he would say: 'Suffering Cheese And Ice Cakes ' he also loved his garden and when it rained Mum would say 'Why don't you come in out of the rain ? my Father would reply: 'It rains on flowers to make them pretty ' Also if he brought something home from work, we would ask him 'Where did you get that Dad ? his reply was always: ' I found it on the tram lines '

i was dead bo-legged as a kid and my olds used to say i couldnt stop a pig in a giddle! lol!

Mu mum had lots of the sayings already on here but one other she did say of a person who was mean with their money ' he/she's tighter than a ducks arse,and thats water tight' Shirley

I find myself remembering my Mum's old sayings..... A favourite Scottish family one was.....back to auld claes and porrige...... that was usually after a holiday..... Another was.......whaes like us.....naebody but oorsels........ Save the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves... Many a mickle maks a muckle.......

Hi Barry if i wanted a big dinner and didn't eat it all my mum would say your eyes are bigger than your belly

nudge

Whats more scarey,im saying my grans stuff,,,,,,an mean it.. am i gettin like her ,,oh i hope not,,,quick hair colour,,throw those clothes away,,,na cant ever of seen gran in cargo pants can you,,think im safe there,

go run up a shutter.......said it since I was a kid Barbara..xx

'you cant get blood out of a stone' that puzzled me when i was very young.

We used Noggin the nog with my god daughter and it got sortened to noggin. Noggin the nog was a kids tv programme.

Yes have heard A okay used to be used round here. My Mum used to say when I wanted something she couldn't afford. Yes when my ship comes in (was always waiting for her ship to come in)( never did ). My favourite What goes around comes around. One our kids use when someone is being silly they are Noggin the Nog don't know hwere they got that from. Germaine x

'Choice not chance determines your destiny!!' 'what's meant for ya, won't go by ya' 'treat people how you want to be treated' All sayings I grew up with and have total belief in them!! xx

One of my favourites is for people who want everything for nothing, they want to sit in the front row and pay sixpence.