Old Sayings

sugarbuttie

I am a northern lass & I come out with 'old sayings' all day long at work without even realising it. They all come from my grandparents & my father (who must use one every sentence)!

We have now started keeping a list of old sayings at work & we must add about four new ones every day. Here are a few to get you thinking:

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
You can't polish a turd (but you can roll it in glitter)
If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all
Better to know you've lost, than to never know you have won
There's nowt as queer as folk
One volunteer is better than ten pressed men

I could go on.....what old sayings do you like? What did your granny used to say to you??

resusjan

I moved to pembrokeshire a few years ago and some of the sayings here really confuse me, for example:

I'll be there now in a minute and more confusingly, when my friend was looking for the broom the other day she said

I went to the kitchen to get the broom and there it was gone

mellman01

Oh bloody hell Pembrokeshire!, I bloody love it there, I was meant to be working in the new gas power station at the docks but me knees went Pete Tong and that was that!.

Oh yeah sayings, sorry!, you can tell he's lying you can see his lips moving!.

I'll go to the foot of out stairs!, I mean what's all that about?.

Walls have ears!, well them, hoves, and connective tissue!

resusjan

Oh Mel,

such a shame you couldn't come to work here - it is a fab place to be. Hopefully, you can still get here for short breaks or holidays then you too can become as confused as me when you hear some of the local sayings.

jillyb1

You'll be laughing on the other side of your face in a minute . What does that mean ? Jillyb

sugarbuttie

More faces that the town hall clock!
More front than Blackpool you lot!!

sugarbuttie

Shes's got more faces *than* the town hall clock

valval

eat your crusts it will make your hair curl

mellman01

resusjan wrote:

Oh Mel,

such a shame you couldn't come to work here - it is a fab place to be. Hopefully, you can still get here for short breaks or holidays then you too can become as confused as me when you hear some of the local sayings.

I had it all planned out, we came down for two holidays and loved it, st Governs head tavern was a home from home, we were going to have a small holding a small day boat horses the works then I got OA after an op and that was that the next thing wa HR were trting to sack me!, broke my heart seriously, it's such a lovelly part of the world and so chilled out, boy I still get upset even now!.

frogmorton

If you fall over and break your leg, don't come running to me!

You'll have your eye out with that

Love

Toni xx

lindalegs

'It won't always be dark at six' so true when you feeling low.

Luv,

barking1

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,
there are plenty more fish in the sea , xx jane

roses1

save it til ya got none then ya'll av some

That is one of my grandads always makes me chuckle

tjt6768

ey Mell. Dint you go dissing the foot of r stairs... I wa brought up on that. Lol


There's no pockets in shrouds
Mum used to say to us lads (four of us) before bed..
Wee's n drinks, tiddly winks

And a weird one our Toni's welsh chap says...
Where to are you?
I mean, what the? Haha

PollySid

I originate from South Lincolnshire, near The Wash.

When we were little and moaned we were bored and didn't know what to do my Nanny used to tell us to 'Run after one and catch two'
Her word for arguing or bickering was 'caffle-ar*ing' - lovely word

The first time Alan heard me say 'There's a good blow out today' he didn't know what I was talking about. (a good drying day for the washing).
Another local saying is 'daren yon end' or 'ovva yonda' meaning the other end of the shop/room.

lindalegs

Man makes plans and God laughs.

Luv,

resusjan

mellman01 wrote:

resusjan wrote:

Oh Mel,

such a shame you couldn't come to work here - it is a fab place to be. Hopefully, you can still get here for short breaks or holidays then you too can become as confused as me when you hear some of the local sayings.

I had it all planned out, we came down for two holidays and loved it, st Governs head tavern was a home from home, we were going to have a small holding a small day boat horses the works then I got OA after an op and that was that the next thing wa HR were trting to sack me!, broke my heart seriously, it's such a lovelly part of the world and so chilled out, boy I still get upset even now!.

Such a shame all your fantastic plans got ruined. Now if you'd come here and bought a small holding I could have kept my horses with your horses, then they could have been looked after by two aching crumblies.

If you come to pembrokeshire in the future, PM me and you are more than welcome to have an amble around on my horse - I've got a picnic bench I stand on to get on and off and he's getting used to plodding around gently looking after me.