Another local expression - do you have a variant?

[BumbleB]

Does anyone know where the expression "just a tad" comes from?  I've looked and googled, and googled and looked, and absolutely nothing, but everyone knows the expression!

BumbleB 

[BumbleB]

And another, and this one is truly weird - I'll give you the answer later?

What is a moggie?

BumbleB

[geniecolgan]

A moggie is a cat (usually black).

Back to the original question......

the Canadian variant is "A kick in the a*se with a frozen boot" 

[sem73]

Hi BumbleB

Does this help??.....

tad   
–noun Informal.
1.a small child, esp. a boy.
2.a very small amount or degree; bit
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism, for def. 1; 1935–40, Americanism, for def. 2; perh. shortening of tadpole

http://dictionary.reference.com

Sarah

[sem73]

Strangest one I've heard locally ...... I feel deletion coming on!! ....

"what r u having for dinner?"

"pigs d@*k and lettuce" ie: haven't got a clue/nothing in!! 

Sarah

[BumbleB]

Thanks sem73 for "tad", well that's certainly how I understand it - a little bit, therefore a tadpole.

Sorry geniecolgan - wrong.  That's a bit too easy!  Everyone thinks it's a cat, except .....

BumbleB   

[IgorStrav]

You tease, you, Bumble 

Don't know what a moggie is except a cat.................

[Lydart]

Thanks sem73 for "tad", well that's certainly how I understand it - a little bit, therefore a tadpole.

Sorry geniecolgan - wrong.  That's a bit too easy!  Everyone thinks it's a cat, except .....

BumbleB   

I've got a different one from Suffolk for 'a tad' ...

"She's so mean she'd lick a tanner out of a tad"

meaning "she so mean she would lick a sixpence out of a cow-pat"


Well, you DID ask !

[BettyofKent]

A variant of that: someone so mean they would "skin a turd for a tanner"
Now that's really lowered the tone!

How about "black over Bill's mother's" meaning bad weather coming. I think the name of the man varies round the country.

Betty