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Re: old sayings
« Reply #342 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 10:12 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Meezer on Tuesday 17 September 13 19:35 BST (UK)
"Fortnight tea" - that was a saying in our house  - too weak!!

My Dad called it gnat's pee

And if I brought him a cup of tea not quite full, he'd say "bring the scissors so I can cut it to match the tea".
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« Reply #343 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 10:58 BST (UK) »
Thankyou Conahy . I appreciate that.  To everybody who has contributed , a big thankyou! I can't believe we are still going so keep them coming please.                        Sue

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« Reply #344 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 12:17 BST (UK) »
          A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
          Theres no place like home.
          No use crying over spilt milk.
        You cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
        Jack of all trades, master of none.
        Half a loaf is better than no bread at all.
      It was the last straw that broke the camels back.
      Far away hills are green.
      You cannot have your cake and eat it.
      A red sky at night is a shepherds delight,
    A red sky at morn is a shepherds warning.
    Hunger is the best sauce.
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« Reply #345 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 12:32 BST (UK) »
Necessity is the mother of invention

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« Reply #346 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 17:20 BST (UK) »
Pot calling the kettle black

Just used that in another forum!  Hope that we have not seen it here before
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« Reply #347 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 17:26 BST (UK) »
"Nothing's certain, only death and rent day."  :-[

About something that seems pointless:
"... of use to neither man nor beast."
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« Reply #348 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 17:34 BST (UK) »
"Bent as a Nine Bob note"
"A sandwich short of a picnic!
"Right as ninepence"

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« Reply #349 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 18:07 BST (UK) »
Incompetence (not incontinence!)

Couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag
Couldn't run a whelk stall
Couldn't organise a p**s up in a brewery
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Couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding

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« Reply #350 on: Wednesday 18 September 13 18:16 BST (UK) »
Silly as a two bob watch.
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