Idioms and Phrases

[coasty]

ere all see all say nowt
eat all sup all pay nowt
and if thou ever does owt for nowt
do it for thisen

and as my old grandad used to say when he found a nail or piece of string and put it in his pocket,,,,

" It`ll come in if we never use it,,,,,,"

[rscott74]

A few more from years ago that I heard my Dad use
- 'san fairy ann siller gare' which I later realised were 'san faire rien' & 'c'est la guerre' both french phrases from a Durham miner and I don't know were he picked them up.
- 'never in the creation of crow's (word meaning droppings)'.
- 'this won't get the baby a new bonnet'

[jdurbo]

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself!!!

jen xxx

[Oscar2006]

Originally Posted by jdurbo

Red sky at night, shepherds delight.
Red sky in the morning, shephards warning.

jen xxx

Shepherds house on fire!

[jdurbo]

The way to a man heart is through his stomach!! (yeah ok)

jen xxx

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by coasty

ere all see all say nowt
eat all sup all pay nowt
and if thou ever does owt for nowt
do it for thisen

and as my old grandad used to say when he found a nail or piece of string and put it in his pocket,,,,

" It`ll come in if we never use it,,,,,,"

Wow I used to hear those a lot.

The Full Nine Yards......the length of a .50 calibre machine gun ammunition belt in a B17

[jdurbo]

Theres no fool like an old fool.
Theres one born every minute.

jen xxx

[Ipso Facto]

Originally Posted by rscott74

A few more from years ago that I heard my Dad use
- 'san fairy ann siller gare' which I later realised were 'san faire rien' & 'c'est la guerre' both french phrases from a Durham miner and I don't know were he picked them up.

I think that there were a number of phrases like this that migrated to our shores during WW1

[jdurbo]

All good things come to he who waits.
A apple a day keeps the doctor away.

jen xxx

[kshotton45]

If brains were made of glass, he wouldn't have enough to make a monocle for an ant.

[jdurbo]

An englishman's home is his castle!

jen xxx

[coasty]

If your Rhubarbs forward bend it back,,,,

No idea what it means but mi dad says it all the time

[coasty]

And if you ask him the time he would say,,,

half past a quarter to just struck a bobby on a gas lamp....

weird eh

[C C]

Originally Posted by jdurbo

Here's a couple i use at work all the time...

Womans work is never done

jen xxx

Your right there!! They are sat round all day watching - Eastenders, Neighbours, Holly oaks ect.

[juliejam]

Right up your Street..

Looking thru Rose tinted glasses..

If you'll pardon my french..


Julie

[September]

'Daft as a brush'
'Screaming blue murder'

[solus]

In response to a question as to how old they were, my parents always used to reply:
"As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth".

[Chiffchaff]

Youth is wasted on the young!

He walks with his feet too close to the ground.

If the weather doesnt change it will stay the same.

[jdurbo]

Originally Posted by C C

Your right there!! They are sat round all day watching - Eastenders, Neighbours, Holly oaks ect.

cheeky!!!

Two wrongs don't make a right.
Two heads are better than one.

jen xxx

[jdurbo]

Out of sight,out of mind.
Never judge a book by its cover.

jen xxx

[September]

Willy-nilly

[The Woodman]

A couple from tenant farmers on an estate in mid Cheshire where I used to work.

Whenever I put a fence or a gate up which wasn't quite to H G's high standards, he used to say, "Looks like a pig with a straw up its *ss" !

T S used to say whenever anybody got excited, "Keep your rug on Bob" apparently refering to his heavy horse days on the farm.

One old boy liked a young Rabbit and called them "eef growed 'uns"

[jdurbo]

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't!!!

jen xxx

[SparklySarah]

"Little things please little minds, little trousers fit little behinds!!!!"

[jdurbo]

Early bird catches the worm.
Life begins at forty. (i will let you know when i get there!! not for a while yet!!)

jen xxx