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All your sayings are so funny made me laugh this am when i read them Thank you!

My Mother in Laws favourate - 'I'll cut a long story short' Ya right! Lin

Us be tight in Devon. Many a time I've heard 'He's so tight - he could peel an orange in his pocket'

My old aunt used to say this about anyone she considered 'up themselves' - 'She wouldn't say sh*t for sixpence' and about someone who was racing around very busy - 'Your bum is making buttonholes again' My favourite saying is- 'Never try to teach a pig to sing. You'll waste your time and annoy the pig'. :>))

Me thinksiery Me thinks ibty Meeeeehikes Liberty lady comes from the north That took some doing Babs

My absolute Favourite which I often apply to Politicicians 'couldn't organise a 'P..U' in a brewery' Jay

Reading other people's posts has just reminded me of some more of my Mum's sayings - Red hat - no drawers. (?!) Every cloud has a silver lining. It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. Neither a borrower, nor a lender, be. Pigeons come home to roost. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. Looking at all her sayings on these posts, it's a wonder my Mother ever did spout anything but quotations! >*|*<

She's Common Mutton dressed as lamb

When me or one of my friends is being quite annoying, we say; 'Don't be such a peesh'.

I recall my grandma saying: 'she's all fur coat and no knickers' 'If kelly had'nt of died they would'nt have buried him' 'charity begins at home' 'Sandwich short of a picnic' 'The lights are on but nobodys home' 'There's no smoke without fire' 'It takes two to tango'

A few commonly used in Glasgow...... He's got a face on him like a well skelped a*se He's got a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil Smile and gie yer face a holiday He thinks he's a big man but a wee jacket still fits him She's all fur coat and nae knickers! Christine

one of my mum's is 'they're all kippers 'n' curtains' Means have lots of finery (posh curtains) but nothing in the fridge!! Dad; cupboard full of crocks - too many teeth! sixpence short of a shilling - thick! There are loads more but forgot at mo! These are all Brummie sayings as far as I know! Kaz

A couple of my favourites - Do unto others before they do you. If you ain't the lead dog/horse, the view never changes. Some more of my Mother's - He couldn't stop a pig in a passage. (bow-legged) Tight as a nun's ... (Mother!!!) It never rains, but it pours. (problems don't come singly) He's canny, but his muck stinks. (clever, but still only human) There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. (don't write off people for being old)

My Dad used to say... Its like sh*t from a rocking horse, its a long time coming! Meaning....it won't ever happen/come. My Mum used to say....... They went round by Will's aunts! Meaning they took a long time to get there, either a tale/story/gossip or a journey. My saying..... What goes round comes round! Meaning....All your unkindnss comes back to you in the end. Moral...do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Viv

Seen more fat on a greasy chip! As bent as a nine bob note! Seen more strength in a packet of Daz! The only house that gets black snow! One slab short of a patio! One door opens and another smacks you in the face! If pigs could fly, the price of bacon would go up!

My Norfolk grandfather, whom I never knew, had several sayings I've never heard anywhere else, which my dad relayed to me: you need that like a frog needs a back pocket (ie you don't need it at all!) as wet as a sh*t on a slate on a rainy day and my all time favourite A FACT IS A LIE AND A HALF nell

I am a Geordie, and lived in the West riding of Yorkshire. One of the young girls was talking about her new boyfriend. 'He's so skinny ' she said. So I imagined a very thin chap. Every time she made some comment about him she added 'but he's so skinny'. I eventually imagined an advert for Oxfam. But discovered she meant he was really miserly. Anne

my Dad used to say these diddy's: 'he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door at 20 paces' 'slow as molasses going down hill in January' 'that glue sticks like sh#$ to a shoe' 'he's so cold hearted when he opens his mouth the light comes on' must say he used to make us laugh, wish I could remember more but right now brain is frozen lol Deb

and she didnt mean on the swings:)

my mother used to say..i will swing for you yet my ladd:)