Old local expressions

[jaysay]

Another one "if they put your brains in a bird it would fly backwards"

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Just found this idiom at the back of my Lanky english booklet
"Least room most thrutchin' "
Have you heard of that one? Apparently it means: Those who have least about them boast the most!

Ger off wi thi, thrutchin means pushing & shoving, to either get rid of something or make room for something.
Retlaw.

[MargaretR]

Ye soft ha'peth

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Another one "if they put your brains in a bird it would fly backwards"

I like that one John.....I might just use that.

Another one......'if tha brains were dynamite tha wuddent hev enough to blow thi hat off'...or if tha brains were elastic, that wuddent hev enough to mek a frogs jock strap'

[Margaret Pilkington]

another one for you...'ther nod all daft that slavver'
And another......'ther's more of em walkin abeauwt than were ever locked up' (said of daft folk)

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Another one "if they put your brains in a bird it would fly backwards"

was always "Budgie" round our way.

[Anniebee58]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

Yon mons about as much use as a back pocket in a vest.
Yons gittin a face like like a dropped pie.
Wur not all daft that slaver.

My dad always used to say if someone was on the large size " look at her she favours a pile of muffins" nowadays they say she's got a muffin top, and there are plenty of young girls walking round accy with muffins tops lol!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

Ye soft ha'peth

Is a ha'peth a hapenny piece?

My Grandad used to tell me that he used to go to the chip shop and ask for a penneth of bits when he was young -couldn't afford fish and chips.! The "bits" were all the leftover bits of batter, chips and fish...delicious

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Is a ha'peth a hapenny piece?

My Grandad used to tell me that he used to go to the chip shop and ask for a penneth of bits when he was young -couldn't afford fish and chips.! The "bits" were all the leftover bits of batter, chips and fish...delicious

That reminds me of the woman who went in the butchers with her little lad and she asked the butcher for a bone for the dog, little said hooo goody goody we're getting a dog

[Stumped]

As owd as me tongue, an' a bit owder than me teeth!

[walker]

Your stood there like cheese at 4d (pence)

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by walker

Your stood there like cheese at 4d (pence)

Or...you're stood there like one o clock half struck. I never did get that one.

[jaysay]

watch the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

[Gordon Booth]

Where does 'rootin(g?)' come from, as in 'Have you been rootin in my drawers?'

[Margaret Pilkington]

I don't know...but if you ever go to Oz, don't use that term...it means something entirely different