Old sayings

[radstockjeff]

I recall my mother using an expression, something like "every whips while".
 (North Somerset area)
Has anyone else come across this one?

[maddys52]

I have never heard it before, but just looked up my trusty Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847), which I have referenced for something or other before, and there it is on page 341:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01rhw/

"EVERY ... every whips while, now and then"

I also like "every whip and again, ever and anon"

Love it, will try to use it every whips while and see if anyone understands me. 

[radstockjeff]

Thanks Maddys52

[KGarrad]

I recall my mother using an expression, something like "every whips while".
 (North Somerset area)
Has anyone else come across this one?

Not heard that in North-West Somerset (I grew up in Portishead)?
Maybe particular to Bath & North-East Somerset?

[andrewalston]

I always thought that one was "every which while".

I think it has the style which was once common and survived mostly in legal documents in a compound form, such as "heretofore" and "thereunto".

[Viktoria]

“Every which way “ is common in Lancashire ,meaning whatever you tried but were not successful .
“ I tried every which way to sort it out but to no avail .”
Viktoria.

[Joby86]

Some of the weird and wonderful phrases from back in the day in the West Midlands

https://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/sayings.html

[Joby86]

This is a giggle too.....https://youtu.be/vrIqSlt9PXg

[DianaCanada]

I have heard “every which way” on this side of the pond quite often.  Also “every which way but out”.