Old Sayings and Modern Counterparts

[Jed59]

When "mithering"  (pestering) "what's for dinner (lunch)   mid morning "Put your finger down your throat you'll feel your  breakfast"
Or "What's for tea?"   Leilos for meddlers  (?) dyu want a pennyworth?
Or  2 jumps   o'er t'buthery  (buttery ie pantry) der (door) and a bite off t'knob   a bit of old Lancashire there.
Do they have "nonsense"  words for similar situations these days?

[deebel]

"This post is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws."

Love your footnote, deebel 

Thanks, i like it but do not claim it as mine.

[Trees]

When the meaning dawns after broad but criptic hints mum would declare"put the flags out" son says "small coin of the realm has fallen with a clang" for the same situations.
"He's Pie eyed or one over the eight" Mum about a drunk

[Ian999]

IgorStrav’s comment on “Toots weet” being French brought to mind a phrase string of Army/French origin.

“Sweet FA” is the same as “Sweet Fanny Adams” which I think comes from “San Ferry Ann” and its French origin “ca ne fait rien” meaning “it does not matter” or “it is nothing”. My father thought that this phrase was picked up in the Army in WW1 France, which is better than other things they may have picked up!

On a different note, we are used to the phrase “six of one, half a dozen of the other” meaning “these two choices are the same”. I find it interesting that my very Welsh wife uses the phrase “six or two threes” for exactly the same meaning.

[Trees]

Mum in law from Gateshead "The tea's cald ,and the coffee's cald T"
Notice in DIY shop in Brighton "Frosted glass reduced to clear!"

[Billyblue]

On a different note, we are used to the phrase “six of one, half a dozen of the other” meaning “these two choices are the same”. I find it interesting that my very Welsh wife uses the phrase “six or two threes” for exactly the same meaning.

I used to have a Scottish workmate who said "it's six and a half" for 'six of one and half a dozen of the other'         

Dawn M

[DavidG02]

IgorStrav’s comment on “Toots weet” being French brought to mind a phrase string of Army/French origin.

“Sweet FA” is the same as “Sweet Fanny Adams” which I think comes from “San Ferry Ann”

I recall it as Toot Suite which was then shortened to Toot for Toilet. ie the Toot Suite .

Umm I have another derivation of SFA ...but not on here   

In Australia a sixpence was/is a zac and this moved to Indoor Cricket arenas in the 80s to denote a six off the back net.

[DavidG02]

a shilling was a "Bob"

'' Aussie saying is '' its as shonky as a 2 bob watch'' ie not reliable , you get what you pay for.

From a time when decent watches were always expensive from the earliest times. They were family heirlooms, purchased from high class jewellery shops and were awarded to employees of many years standing.

[eadaoin]

When we, as kids, were pestering my mother to do something for us, she used to say
"I'm not your bell-hop!"

Would anyone under 50 have the faintest idea what a bell-hop was?