Old expressions and sayings.

[The Mouse]

Still on that theme, the saying around here was;

"If he fell in dock, he'd come up wi' a pocket full o' fish"

My Grandad, referring to a relation who was notoriously tight fisted, used to say;
"That one could peel an orange in his pocket and gerraway wi' it"

Cheers.

My dad has a saying related to being tight-fisted, too:

The definition of a Yorkshireman - a Scotsman with the generosity taken out!

As my dad is a Yorkshireman and his dad was Scottish (not to mention an Irish mother, just for good measure!), I guess he knows what he is talking abut!!!

[Gerry]

Catch me once. Shame on you.
Catch me twice. Shame on me.

Regards, Gerry.

[Nature's Babe]

Going way back - a farthing !

http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/farth.html#qe

[Parsons Jack]

One that I remember hearing a lot growing up was

Wherever you be
Let your wind go free

Not sure where it originates from, but my mum was from Hampshire and my dad was from Bedfordshire.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear P.J, i really can not see that saying originating from Bedfordshire.

[glallotments]

Oh, I forgot this one, a favourite of my Gran.

Referring to a loud mouth; "You could back 'oss and rully in her gob"

Love that one!

Is this the old fashioned version of a mouth like the Mersey tunnel.

[Parsons Jack]

Dear P.J, i really can not see that saying originating from Bedfordshire.

You think it more likely to be from Portsmouth then OH

[oldherbaceous]

I don't really like to point a finger but, yes, P.J.

[alan refail]

PJ and OH

Neither - I've tracked them down to Bristol

http://www.bristololdfarts.co.uk/bristololdfarx.html

[Parsons Jack]

I don't really like to point a finger but, yes, P.J.

I must admit it does sound more like an 'ampshire saying OH

or Bristol perhaps

[alan refail]

Just remembered the expression used to describe a large, strong man:

"He's built like a brick shithouse!"

I never heard the expression till I lived in Leeds, a city noted for its rows of back-to-back terraces and the communal lavatory yards.

[glallotments]

Well Mouse just read your comment and I thought you were a nice person!! Guess where I'm from!

[JohnN]

I remember way back someone said of the late, and rather noisy, Brian Clough: "They've made him the team coach - taken his teeth out and put seats in".

[Shallot Man]

A saying in the London Docks about someone who couldn't be trusted." If I fell in the dock, and he offered me a lifebelt, would think twice before accepting it".

[Elaine]

The old expression regarding a lady who wasn't so much of a lady...full of airs and graces.. used to make me laugh.
All fur coat and no knickers

All mouth and trousers a bloke full of himself

All wind and watter ...a bloke who speaks and sez nowt

And for some strange reason, a woman wearing red shoes used to be described as Red shoes, no drawers

As a child, when I came home from school and asked my Mam what was for tea, the answer was often a walk round the table and kick the cat. It used to puzzle me, as we didn't have a cat and you couldn't walk around our table because one side of it was against the wall. I used to take things so literally.

If I asked my Dad to do something he didn't feel like doing, he used to say
I can't...I've got a bone in my leg. I thought and wondered how he came to have a fish bone in his leg....I had a very active imagination.