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Elaine wrote: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!!!

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

Regards, Gerry.

Going way back - a farthing !

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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.

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

Elaine wrote: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.

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

You think it more likely to be from Portsmouth then OH

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

PJ and OH

Neither - I've tracked them down to Bristol

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oldherbaceous wrote: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

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.

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

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".

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".

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.