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Re: old sayings
« Reply #261 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 09:02 BST (UK) »
If you pulled a face someone would say "careful, if the wind blows you'll stick like it"

oh and I wondered if its just local to the Midlands, but a common phrase when retelling a conversation -
"and I turned round and said..."  Why do you turn round to say???  I have heard myself saying it!!  But why?
Turned round and said has always amused me, seems like a conversation between two whirling dervishes!

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« Reply #262 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 09:20 BST (UK) »
The three 'B's ....  'Bull***t  Baffles Brains'
Gill UK and Australia
Bell UK and Australia
Harding(e) Australia
Finch UK and Australia

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

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« Reply #263 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 10:44 BST (UK) »
My grandmother always used to say, if there was any disquiet in the family and other members of the family would say they were going to put their tuppence worth in 'the quiet what's the best way' and as I've got older I realise she was right!

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« Reply #264 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 10:46 BST (UK) »
Sorry! Should read 'the quiet way's the best way'


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« Reply #265 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 12:38 BST (UK) »
she had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp

I can just picture that - thank goodness I've just finished my coffee

Happy Birthday SwissGill....a photo of Sale from my collection. c. 1940s ;D ;D ;D

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« Reply #266 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 13:14 BST (UK) »
Another two come to mind:

As rare as hen's teeth

and

As often as Preston Guild   (which I have since found out after nearly 60 years is every 10 years and I always thought never )

Happy Birthday Jean...you share it with SwissGill  8) ;D ;D ;D

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« Reply #267 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 18:20 BST (UK) »
"I am trying to recall one about twixt and tween and having no luck."

Betwixt and between a hard place.
Between a rock and a hard place.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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« Reply #268 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 19:03 BST (UK) »
betwixt and between," which actually comes from the old South in the United States. It means that you are neither one nor the other - that you are in the middle. The phrase has often been associated with an unresolvable situation.

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« Reply #269 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 19:10 BST (UK) »
Have we had -

Cut off your nose to spite your face

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