OLD SAYINGS.

My father inlaw says ' I see said the blind man, you do said the dummy' not sure what it means, but it makes me smile.

My gaffer at work is always getting saying wrong some examples ' let's dot the T's and cross the eyes'.

He also gets 2 saying mixed into 1. So ' does a bear s@@@ in the woods' and ' Is the Pope catholic' he uses ' Does the pope s@@@ in the woods'. It gives us hours of amusement at work.

Rusty

 

The second one is a quote from the Freak Brothers comics Rusty. I still use that

 

We had that one up north too Sheal. It was the standard response to someone pulling a silly face at you, or someone sulking, or someone doing anything at all it sometimes seemed.

It was on a par with the infinitely insightful gem: "If you stand on a crack, you'll break your back".

 

My father terrified me as a young child with: "I'll have your guts for garters!"

 

Gonna sell you & buy a Badger.

That was one of mine

 

This is one I made up ages ago but never use it

"It sank before it sailed"

Spruce

 

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

The hound that chases two rabbits will catch neither.

If you snooze, you lose.

Do not walk in front of me, for I will not follow.
Do not walk behind me, for I will not lead.
Do not walk beside me, for the path is narrow.
In fact, just get lost and leave me alone.

 

You went out with her too then

 

When I as younger and not well my Grandfather used to say
'You look like death warmed up' - I don't think he realised how much that scared me.

 

Another two I remember my Grandmother used regular was.------.

("Och, See Him, He could Pawn A Brick wrapped up in Brown Paper"!!!!)
Meaning-----He was such a regular at the Pawnbroker Establishment He could Pawn Anything..
Another One She Used,("See Hur, Aw Fur Coat An Nae Drawers."!!!.)
Meaning --- She Looks Glam, Ready For Tom!!!!, or it could be Dick or Harry,Or--------.

 

Reminds me of one of mine from when I was a 'young man about town'.

If its offered to you on a plate, its bad manners to refuse it.

 

There were two Newgate Prisons in London Zigs. The first built in the 13th century, the second in the 18th. Apparently the second prison had a large black knocker on the door.

 

Your eyes are bigger than your belly - being greedy about food.

I'm as old as my tongue and a bit older than my teeth - what my auntie said when I asked her how old she was.

 

A few of my grandfathers.

Have you got a Charlie horse...........a reference to a stiff neck.
That's the coughing (coffin) they carry you off in..............a hacking cough.
You'll meet yourself coming back.

 

One from Scottish granny.
"He could put his hand down a mucky stank (drain) and come up with a bar of chocolate"