old sayings

[SwissGill]

One of old saying used in those days was if you were climbing mother would say "Don't come running to me if you fall off and break your leg"

Loved that one although it took a second for it to sink in

[Flattybasher9]

He's so tight, he wakens up during the night to see if he has lost any sleep.

[stevew101]

When going to bed, we have the old saying Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire

Also

One boy can do the work of half a man .... Two boys together do sod all

Steve

[peejayOz]

My old Dad used to say
 "If I had one white tooth I 'd have a snooker set"
"You got head like a boarding house cup of tea... Big & weak"
"You are messing around like  a black gin at a christening" (Out of vouge now tho!)
"All that meat & no veggies" when he saw a large woman
"Like  a blue assed fly in at a pie shop"

Love this thread, so many of these sayings will be back out there!
Phil

[everlea]

Here's my contribution from my Cheshire/N Wales/London  childhood - with apologies to those of a

sensitive nature:-

"Worry the hind leg off a donkey" - be too anxious.(A variant - "talk the hind leg off a donkey"

for an over - enthusiastic speaker.)

"Face like the back of a bus" - unattractive.

"Fur coat, no knickers" - too much affected style.

"Anyone's for a fish dinner" - a person with loose morals.

"All mouth & trousers" - boastful.

"Thick as two short planks/pigswill" - intellectually challenged.

"Rough as a bear's a**e - uncouth.

"My belly thinks my throat's cut" - I'm hungry.

"Mouth like a parish oven" - loud/boisterous.

"When Adam was a lad" - a long time ago.

"So mean he wouldn't give you the dirt from under his fingernails" - miserly.

"Spending money like a man with no arms" - the opposite of above.

"A yard of pump water" - a tall, thin person.

"A f**t in a colander" - no use at all.

"Like Paddington station" - any busy time.

"More front than Brighton" - too much attitude.

And two of my husband's favourites:-

"Eyes like a s**t - house rat" - very observant.

"Its colder than a wizard's d**k" - the weather is somewhat inclement.

[Treetotal]

  ...Some old faves here but some are new to me....great ones there!!

You'll have somebody's eye out with that...to a kid waving a stick!!!

Carol

[everlea]

Treetotal/Carol - glad you enjoyed!

                                                                               Everlea.

[SwissGill]

Same here 

Re nightdress:

She's got a nightie with a fur hem to keep her neck warm.

[Treetotal]

Like that 

To anyone who can't sit still..."She's up and down like a bride's nightie!

Carol