my nan used lots of sayings.as smart as a freshly scrubbed carrot was 1.harmless. but some would be seemed not pc any more.a risky one was ..your as thick as a gurkas fore skin..what ones do you have..
2007-09-06 11:35:58 · 24 answers · asked by devonrivvers 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i just remembered some more...HE wonts to no the ins and outs of a ducks ***...nosey person..your like a fart in a colander...resless
2007-09-06 11:42:37 · update #1
bent as a nine bob note....
fatter than a dockers elbow....
couldnt arrange a p!ss up in a brewery,
cause murder in an empty house....
skinnier than a butchers pencil,
face like a robbers dog...
2007-09-06 11:39:37 · answer #1 · answered by Dazzlebox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A right start in life is a career half made
Act in haste, repent in leisure
As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
That's about as stupid as a screen door on a submarine
Bad weather gets better, a bad man never does
You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing
His lift doesn't go all the way to the top
2007-09-06 11:47:18 · answer #2 · answered by vorlon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
East End Sayings
2017-01-13 11:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* They've got a face like a fart in a wet suit (never got the meaning of that but it used to make me laugh)
* Pride must abide (IE if you want to look good as a woman you must accept it's gonna hurt - heels, corsets etc)
* well you know what thought did - stuck a feather up it's bum and thought it was a chicken (when i had done something wrong and said i thought thats how it was done)
* she's all fur coat and no knickers
2007-09-06 11:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by VV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whit's fur ye wullnae go by ye! (meaning if it's meant to happen, it will)
You could hing a waashin' oan that lip! (petted lip - sulking)
Ne'er cast a clout til May is oot! (Basically, don't get into your summer clothes until the month of May is over)
That soup will put hairs on yer chest! (A good thick broth - good for you!)
Seen mair fat oan a butcher's pencil! (You're too skinny!)
2007-09-06 11:50:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Scratch your ar$e and get tame" (calm down)
"As much morals as a cat's behind" (It's always in the air and on show - no morals).
"Here's me t!ts, me ar$e is coming" (woman with big boobs)
"She doesn't have a pot to p!ss in or a window to throw it out of" (very poor)
"Cow-son" (Insult)
"P!ss" (When all else failed).
My nan was from the East End of London, she was classic! Full of crazy sayings. She used to sing a song with the line 'Lick him in the head with a frying pan - he had it coming to him...'
2007-09-07 08:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by Cpt. Willard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have 'owt t'say, then say 'owt.
She also remembered a Mother Shipton prophesy which I cannot remember. But, my nan is still alive. One day I'll ask her.
2007-09-06 12:14:48 · answer #7 · answered by Zheia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Ee it's reet black o'er towards BIlls mothers' = It looks like its gonna rain
'Penny for 'em' - (your thoughts)
'Not ther sharpest knife in the box' = a bit dense that one
'Been in the knife drawer I see' = on the ball today (sharp)
'Bright as a button', 'Sharp as a pin'
'No flies on that one' = they have street smarts
'All mouth and no trousers' = a blusterer (no guts) and my all time favourite 'Gie o'er' = STOP IT NOW (or else!)
'Face like the back end of a tram smash' = not very pretty
2007-09-06 11:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by scrambulls 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always remember to look before you leap.
never judge a book by its cover.
do unto others as they do unto you.
dont pi$$ in the wind as it might change direction.
2007-09-06 11:53:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shut your mouth and eat your dinner.
If you fall and break your two legs don't come running to me.
You'll wake up dead.
If he didn't want you to play he wouldn't have given you the toys
(that last one was apparently about God and sex)
2007-09-06 11:41:24 · answer #10 · answered by morrigin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋