Weird sayings in 'families' - well in mine

[mort 10]

All kippers and curtains [of somebody putting on airs]

or

fur coat and no knickers

black over bill's mother's

Fat as a tonky pig

Not worth a blow on a ragman's rusty trumpet.

[Lady Star 10]

My Grandad used to say....I don't know if I am on this earth or fullers, he would say it when shocked or very surprised about something. I guess he was weird really, but I still loved him.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller's_earth

 

???

[Downsunder 10]

He had a face like a sucked-in sandshoe - Australian or British???

 

Grandad's sayings:

 

She's seen a frost or two (If she had an old wrinkly face)

 

Better to f**t and stink a little

Than bust yer ass and be a cripple

[MonkeyLover 10]

It says "OXO" on the side of the buses, but they don't sell it!

 

Get up that "wooden hill"=(meaning get off to bed)

 

It's on the dog shelf (floor)

 

and my favourite which my father-in-law quoted to my little boy once (in a joke of course!).......................

 

"Go and paddle until your cap floats!":hihi:

[Plain Talker 11]

Just how many uses has this compound got?

Does it whiten teeth too?

 

It's also used by the military in their NBC kits (Nuclear, Biological & Chemical) to mop up nasty liquid chemicals.

 

I would say at least 1,001... it's a bit like Lily The Pink's "Medicinal Compound":-

 

It's most efficacious in every way!

 

 

(I love Mike McGear's elvis impersonation from 1.51)

[Hetty 12]

When I asked my mum was for tea she would always say

Cows C**k and onions!!! Yuk!!

 

My husband used to say when asked what he wanted for tea, would say

bacon eggs and sprouts!!

 

If I could see quite clearly what my father was doing, and I (stupidly) asked, he always told me he was riding a bike!!!!

 

They are still family sayings today.

[TrashyBook 10]

My nan used "sat round like tins of milk," to mean waiting for something.

 

I recently used "paggering" to mean getting tired, and got a bewildered look from my other half.

 

But my favourite is one of my mum's when she's not keen on something - "I'd rather be tied to a cow's tail and s**t to death!"

[Astraeus 10]

"Do it yerself Miss Roper" is an oft-used expression from my mother when she opts out of asking someone to do something on the (often correct) assumption that they won't anyway. I believe Miss Roper was a school teacher of hers.

[Class Act 10]

All kippers and curtains [of somebody putting on airs]

or

fur coat and no knickers black over bill's mother's

Fat as a tonky pig

Not worth a blow on a ragman's rusty trumpet.

 

That one is soooo descriptive of someone who I know. It will get used with great precision in timing!:hihi:

[AllAboutMe 10]

It's black o'er our Jacks mother's was our version!

Sh*t wi sugar on was 'whats for tea'

Was tha born in a barn/field if you had left the door open!!!

[mrs grissom 10]

I always liked my dads classic "shes got a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp".

 

Ours is "Shes got a face like a busted snap tin"

[BobbyDazzler 10]

About a fat lass "She knows her way to the fridge"