old sayings

[a-l]

Lol. I am worried I will be speaking like this permanently.

[conahy calling]

• talk the hind leg off a donkey - very persuasive, talkative
• making a hames of it  -  making a mess of it, not doing it properly
  • full of blarney - full of talk
  • let the hare sit  -  wait and take your time, have patience

[a-l]

Stone the crows !

[a-l]

Keeping up with the Joneses.

[snaptoo]

I don't think that we have had these before

People in glass houses should not throw stones

Every time a sheep baahs it loses a bite

[a-l]

The sheep is a new one to me Snaptoo , I like it .

[Treetotal]

"One man's junk is another man's treasure"

I've collected so much junk over the years my house should be listed as a "National Treasure" 

Carol

[snaptoo]

It might just be a family thing. My grandfather - who was a farmer - used to say it to my Mum when she was young, if she talked too much during a meal

[Flattybasher9]

Money is the route of all evil.

Hence to collection plate in the spired building.