old sayings

[a-l]

lol lisalucie .things kid say,you could start a thread!

[Annui]

Guyana mentioned "in and out like a dog at a fair", which reminded me of a variation on that-
"in and out like a fiddler's elbow".

"run away with a black man" (non-PC now, but was actually never meant in a nasty way) reminded me of  a saying for something that was grimy and badly needed washing:  "it's black as fire-back" - from the days when coal fires left a lot of soot around the back of the fire.

[flipflops]

My late father in law used to finish a job and say 'well - a blind man would be pleased to see it.'

Open trousers zips 'flying without a license'

one of my favourites if we were a bit cheeky 'Do you want your eye in a sling?' always makes me chuckle.

As for the belly and spots thing my dad was a lancashire lad.

[a-l]

Making me chuckle too flipflops ,thanks for the image lol.                                           Here we had in and out like a blue ar**ed fly!

[snaptoo]

If your hand itches somebody is going to give you money
If your nose itches someone is talking about you
Asking someone to close the door:  "Put wood int'  'ole  (Were ya born in a barn?)"   

Only just found this thread...........loving it

re above.......

If one hand itched you were going to be given some money, if the other itched you would be giving it away (sorry, cannot remember which is which)

On the same sort of lines .........if you had an itchy foot you would be treading on strange ground! Used that one just a couple of days ago!!!!!

If your ears are burning someone is talking about you!

I recognised some of the others, but being a southerner born  and bred, many of the others are a bit like 'water off a duck's back' to me!

[Barbara.H]

My Ayrshire granny used to say if something was quite right- like a picture hanging crooked on the wall  or curtains not hung right - " It's all aff tae one side like Gourock".
Don't know if Gourock does sit off to the side .

Gourock is off to one side of the Clyde I think?
Reminds me of "getting off at Paisley" but that one is extremely rude! 

More Lancashire ones:
"Yer standin' there like one o' Lewis's"  = You're not making yourself very useful
"Sky-blue-pink with a yellow border" = stock answer to questions from a persistent child

[snaptoo]

You're a better door than a window!

[Treetotal]

If you are struggling to complete a task....."They give monkeys harder tricks" 

Often heard in our house if you laughed when being told off..."You'll be laughing on the other side of your face if you carry on" 

If you said "I Want".....the response would be "I want never gets"

My Grandma often would say when she had no money...."I haven't got two ha'pennies to rub together"...or some said..."I haven't got a penny to scratch my ar*e on"

Carol

[jess5athome]

"Its black over Bill's mother's"
When it looked like it was going to rain.
Frank.