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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #135 on: Thursday 14 May 09 11:58 BST (UK) »
This reminded me of another family saying.....
about as genuine as a 9 bob note...meaning someone was not as sincere as they appeared to be, and used in the days of 10/- notes of course. Only those of us of a certain age will know what I mean  Wink
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #136 on: Thursday 14 May 09 15:17 BST (UK) »
Bent as a nine bob note was the one i always used to hear

When i used to complain about being bored my Mum would always say sarcasticly "What do you want, a song & dance"
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #137 on: Thursday 14 May 09 15:20 BST (UK) »
"Sharp as a bowling ball"

"A few tinnies short of a slab"  (tinny = can of beer, slab = case of beer, us. 12 or 24 cans)

(When playing cards) "I've got a hand like a foot"
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #138 on: Friday 15 May 09 08:32 BST (UK) »
My mam used to say I had 'more clothes than soft Mick' when I was younger.  Not the case now - not up-to-date anyway, I tend to recycle nowadays Smiley

Who is Soft Mick anyway?

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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #139 on: Friday 15 May 09 09:09 BST (UK) »
That face would curdle cream!!

The lights are on but nobody's home.

A few pennies short of a quid.

Just like Mulligan's dog - when we had something but didn't want to share.  (But who is Mulligan?)

Mad as a two bob watch

When we asked "what's that"? the answer was often "a wigwom for a goose's bridle" 

When it was something strange that nobody recognized the answer was "a dingus"

For something the wrong way round - a**se about face

"What's for dinner?"  - Bread and duck under the table

Fizzle - to describe someone who didn't have a very happy expression (and I have no idea where that came from)

If the wind changes your face will stay like that!!

And one of the most annoying memories from my childhood is when I asked Mum if I could (whatever) she would say "We'll see".  That could go on for days!!!!!!!!!!!

Alternatively - ask your father, who would then say "ask your mother" - grrrr

Probably many more, but that's all I can think of at the moment.

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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #140 on: Monday 18 May 09 18:41 BST (UK) »
I think perhaps 'fizzle' comes from 'fizog', which is short for Physiognomy (something about studying faces)
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #141 on: Monday 18 May 09 19:50 BST (UK) »
Well that certainly triggered a memory and I think you could be right.

There was one person Mum used to refer to as "FizzGig" and that was later shortened to Fizzle!!! 

An easy step from one to the other, I think.

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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #142 on: Tuesday 19 May 09 07:48 BST (UK) »
Some more as most of what I remember has already been told: 
Freeze the b**lls of a brass monkey
Don't get your knickers in a knot
the inevitable in answer to why? Why is a crooked letter and can't be made straight
Mutton done up as lamb
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #143 on: Saturday 27 June 09 13:21 BST (UK) »
Hi, I've got a couple for you.
"Thick as two bricks"
"A sandwich short of a picnic"
"As useful as a pocket on a singlet"
"As useful as teats on a bull"
Responding to 'how do you feel' - "Like three penneth of Gawd help us"
I could go on and on, as I had an Uncle who spoke mainly in ozzie slang, and we just had to try and keep up.
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #144 on: Saturday 27 June 09 14:20 BST (UK) »
Quote from: IrishOrigins on Monday 18 May 09 19:50 BST (UK)
There was one person Mum used to refer to as "FizzGig" and that was later shortened to Fizzle!!! 

Fizgig: a frivolous or flirtatious girl (Collins English Dictionary)
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #145 on: Saturday 27 June 09 15:55 BST (UK) »
I'm now reminded of a couple more.....

When talking about someone who was mean with cash.....
There's no pockets in shrouds or You can't take it with you!

And recently a friend wasn't at all well. When I phoned to ask what was wrong she replied 'Oh I've got 'there's a lot of it about'   Grin

Love these sayings  Grin
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #146 on: Saturday 27 June 09 21:04 BST (UK) »
There was the one I learned when I lived for a year in deepest Suffolk ...

'She's so mean she'd lick a tanner from a tad'


... a tad being a cow-pat !
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #147 on: Sunday 28 June 09 07:39 BST (UK) »
Hope it hasn't been done before. 
Long pockets - short arms!
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #148 on: Sunday 28 June 09 07:58 BST (UK) »
Don,t know if these have been done before but.    Got a dab on.  meaning you are very hot.  As much use as a chocolate fireguard. (useless)
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SHEFFIELD:  hobson, bacon, pashley, sharman, brook(s) brooke(s), wilford, slingsby, lee, flint, fowlston(e), Foulston(e), wheatley, taylor, ward.
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Re: Another local expression - do you have a variant?
« Reply #149 on: Sunday 28 June 09 08:46 BST (UK) »
Love this thread - it makes me laugh a lot.

Geoff-E - my mother was so good at making up words to fit both people and situations that I would never have thought to check up one of her "specials" in a dictionary.  Just goes to show I should not doubt everything she ever said. Cheesy

Another favourite - if brains were ink there wouldn't be enough there for a full stop!!!!

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