Sayings,colloquialisms you remember

[Part time poster]

One of my Mum's favourites was "that woman is all fur coat an no knickers"

[Crossd_Hammrs]

Were you born in a barn?

[daytimedave]

Were you born in a barn?

nah ! born in a prison ,they shut the doors behind me .....lol

[Roby]

One of my Mum's favourites was "that woman is all fur coat an no knickers"

All mouth and no trousers.
Gordon Bennet
Gore blimey
Black as the ace of spades
Silly arse
Gone for a Burton
Gone to see a man about a dog

[Hammers Dad]

Blind man would love to see that - whenever my dad finished decorating
Don't get many of them to the pound - dad when woman with big boobs walked by
Christ, it's hot in here - dad as he was loaded into the crematorium

[The Straw]

Dry lunch.

[bubbles1966]

Up and down like a stripper's knickers

About as useful as a second hole up the arse (it was a different time, I'm sure some people would welcome it these days)

You wouldn't see his arse for dust (for someone who you wouldn't trust to hang round, and a reference to old western movies where people scarpered out of town as fast as they could on their horses, kickin' up the dust).

Come to think about it, there was a lot of arse related stuff - 'as long as his arse has hole in it' was another one, to express incredulity at something or other being very unlikely to change.

[The Straw]

From ****hole to breakfast time.

[Monkeybubbles]

"I could schitt in me 'at and punch it"

"I could schitt and stamp in it"

When my nan was cross.

[Toulouse_Iron]

"I'll 'ave your guts for garters" - My Dad

[Gormalysis]

One of my old Nan's saying, if you had the giggles over something silly: "You'd laugh to see a pudding crawl".

Laugh? I'd be s***ting myself if I saw that more like!

My granddad would use that one except it would be "you'd worry to see a pudding crawl", made about as much sense

Along with "you need a good pull through with a Christmas Tree"

[Hampshire Hammer]

Definitely not PC these days,

He'd been working like a n****r

A friend of mine came out with that one a couple of years ago, absolutely stopped the conversation as people tried to decide how to react

[kenthammer]

"Oh my giddy Aunt"

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

It's just a wild theory based on next to nothing, but I suspect these odd sayings are because of the Third Commandment, thou shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.

Look at the letters many of them begin with, G or J. When these came about, I'd hazard a guess people were more God-fearing than they are today. 'Gordon Bennett' or 'Jeepers' for example, could well be people catching themselves in time to avoid saying God or Jesus without proper reason as they saw it.

Just a thought.

[vietnammer]

It's just a wild theory based on next to nothing, but I suspect these odd sayings are because of the Third Commandment, thou shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.

Look at the letters many of them begin with, G or J. When these came about, I'd hazard a guess people were more God-fearing than they are today. 'Gordon Bennett' or 'Jeepers' for example, could well be people catching themselves in time to avoid saying God or Jesus without proper reason as they saw it.

Just a thought.

Particularly with American language. 'Avoidance words' so you don't blaspheme. Jeepers Creepers...Gol' Darn...Judas Priest......Crickey...Jumpin' Jehosaphat...think old English is full of them too. 'Zounds' (Christs's wounds) 'Od's Teeth' and 'Od's Bodkins' (the latter meaning 'God's genitals). Funny how Americans are more religious than Brits. Definitely inherited it from us though, by Gor.

[Crossd_Hammrs]

Particularly with American language. 'Avoidance words' so you don't blaspheme. Jeepers Creepers...Gol' Darn...Judas Priest......Crickey...Jumpin' Jehosaphat...think old English is full of them too. 'Zounds' (Christs's wounds) 'Od's Teeth' and 'Od's Bodkins' (the latter meaning 'God's genitals). Funny how Americans are more religious than Brits. Definitely inherited it from us though, by Gor.

I reckon you could add plain old 'Gee!' to that list.

[Monkeybubbles]

^ Given that we're generally a pretty secular society, it's interesting how often people still use God, Jesus and Christ in exclamations.

[DublinDave]

In relation to any cut or graze we complained about, "if I had it on the tip of my tongue I'd still eat enough with it".
A door left open in winter, "were you born in a barn".
When in need of a bath as a child, "you could grow potatoes behind those ears".
The classic, "if you fall out of that tree & break your legs, don't come running to me".
When ignoring advice, "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."
"You're a better door than a window", if sat too close to the TV.

[bubbles1966]

"Could **** through the eye of a needle".....

For a dose of the runs.

[Hammers Dad]

Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry for.