Good old sayings

[sky]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

Thanks Sky. I remember them also, lol

I wonder if they have sayings like this in America and Europe or it’s just British thing.

"No le enseñes a tu padre cómo hacer bebés" - Spanish....
Dont teach your Father how to make babies

[Podshell]

When pulling a face'if the wind changes it'll stay like that'-,'When Nelson gets his eye back'-supposedly common sayings that I have never heard anyone say are'I'll go to foot of our stairs','It's dark over bills mothers' and even 'mad for it'

[Redchic12]

Some Aussie sayings.

She be right mate. (Everything’s going good)
Fair suck of the sauce bottle. (Giving someone a fair go)
Smoko. (Tea break)
Fair dinkum. (Honestly)
Blokes n sheilas. (Guys and girls)
Drongo. (An idiot)

[AngelBlue]

Haha..... Yes Pod just reminded me.
When we were kids my parents must have had a bad argument ( what was new !!!!)... But he must av stormed out and gone all day and we knew he should be home.
In the end my brother and I asked mum where he was
""He's gone to see a man about a dog""
Well that was it !
We spent all afternoon in "cahoots" picking a name for this dog and getting very excited if not a little impatient.
In the end, at bedtime we asked where was dad with the puppy?
That's when we were told ( gently) what the saying meant..
Too late. We were heartbroken LOL.
( Note : we didn't care that father wasn't coming home...just the dog !!!...)

[AngelBlue]

My uncle always told us
""If you pick your nose your head'll cave in ""...
LOL.
He was so funny.

[Podshell]

Bill Bryson's MotherTongue book on how the language changed (or stayed the same whilst ours altered)when we colonised America is interesting.His book on Australia is very good but I don't recall him going into the language too much,maybe I have forgotten Redchic!--Angel I always knew it was just a saying the dog thing otherwise I would have been looking forward to a puppy-I recall a lazy lad at school being told by the teacher his brain would turn to a cabbage if he didn't buck up,his work went from rubbish to brilliant in an instant.

[Redchic12]

Funny AngelB. My uncle used say the very same thing!

[Lucky 1]

We are full on into hurricane season here on the lower Texas coast and its HOT! (96 F)

This past weekend I was in the backyard working on a new flowerbed for my wife sweating myself soaking wet when my wife came out with a bottle of cold water , looked at me and said "man, you're sweating like a prostitute in church!"

[Native spirit]

here we say
cau dy geg it means shut your mouth in Welsh
Mutton dressed as lamb usually said about an older woman, dressing to young.
As much use as a chocolate tea pot
if you are pulling faces they say if the wind changes you will stick like that
Another Welsh saying is Baban Bach, little baby


Namaste

[AngelBlue]

Oh my God Native.
That's really lovely 'Baban Bach ' = little baby .
I will always think of our little Olive as little Baban Bach from now on.
( In East Yorkshire babies are called "bairns"..)