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Re: old sayings
« Reply #423 on: Sunday 22 September 13 18:58 BST (UK) »
Lol. I am worried I will be speaking like this permanently.

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« Reply #424 on: Sunday 22 September 13 22:52 BST (UK) »
  • talk the hind leg off a donkey - very persuasive, talkative
  • making a hames of it  -  making a mess of it, not doing it properly
    • full of blarney - full of talk
    • let the hare sit  -  wait and take your time, have patience

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« Reply #425 on: Monday 23 September 13 16:47 BST (UK) »
Stone the crows !

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« Reply #426 on: Monday 23 September 13 21:25 BST (UK) »
Keeping up with the Joneses.


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« Reply #427 on: Tuesday 24 September 13 15:06 BST (UK) »
I don't think that we have had these before :-\

People in glass houses should not throw stones

Every time a sheep baahs it loses a bite

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« Reply #428 on: Tuesday 24 September 13 16:29 BST (UK) »
The sheep is a new one to me Snaptoo , I like it .

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« Reply #429 on: Tuesday 24 September 13 17:42 BST (UK) »
"One man's junk is another man's treasure"

I've collected so much junk over the years my house should be listed as a "National Treasure"  ;D

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« Reply #430 on: Tuesday 24 September 13 17:44 BST (UK) »
It might just be a family thing. My grandfather - who was a farmer - used to say it to my Mum when she was young, if she talked too much during a meal :)
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« Reply #431 on: Tuesday 24 September 13 18:21 BST (UK) »
Money is the route of all evil.

Hence to collection plate in the spired building.