old sayings

[iluleah]

Senior momentsssssssssssss  have had a break and I remembered these

"Act your age and not your shoe size" clearly not a European saying

"Beauty is only skin deep"

"Don't gild the lily" meaning stop exagerating

"Stop and smell the roses" meaning stop rushing around

"A picture is a poem without words"

"Every picture tells a story"

[a-l]

To think we have had all these sayings stored in our heads is amazing !       Sue

[Treetotal]

No wonder my hat doesn't fit anymore and I suffer from migraine 
Carol

[a-l]

It was donkeys years old.  What was the life span of a donkey ? lol

[a-l]

Lol Treetotal

[SwissGill]

That brings me to this one:

S/he has the attention span of a goldfish

[sharonmx5]

When I was young the older generation always used to say "You'll catch your pip", if you went out underdressed in winter or sat on a cold stone wall etc.  I used to wonder what my "pip" was, I suppose it might have been a slang word for pneumonia.

[conahy calling]

When I was young the older generation always used to say "You'll catch your pip", if you went out underdressed in winter or sat on a cold stone wall etc.  I used to wonder what my "pip" was, I suppose it might have been a slang word for pneumonia.

according to chambers dict "pip" is "roup" in poultry.  Looked up "roup" then -  that is an infectious disease of the respiratory passages of poultry.  Now Im wondering is that where the term, "feeling a bit ropey" comes from!

• Now a few more
• If you want to know me, come live with me.
  • Still wet behind the ears  (young and inexperienced)
  • you could trot rats on it  (very strong tea)
    • when the sh*t  hits the fan  (when the trouble really starts)
    • to wear a collar and tie and no shirt  (Back in the days when collars were buttoned onto shirts, it was said of poor people who were too proud to show their poverty)

[sharonmx5]

When I was young the older generation always used to say "You'll catch your pip", if you went out underdressed in winter or sat on a cold stone wall etc.  I used to wonder what my "pip" was, I suppose it might have been a slang word for pneumonia.

according to chambers dict "pip" is "roup" in poultry, looked up "roup" then, that is an infectious disease of the respiratory passages of poultry.  Now Im wondering is that where the term, "feeling a bit ropey" comes from!

Thank you for that!  A chest infection is on the right track then.  Could well be the root of the term "ropey".  We could throw about these words if there is another Chicken Flu scare![/list]