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We had the terrible phrases what about good ones?

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myeyemyeye · 08/09/2022 16:34

I'll start my lovely Irish neighbour when I asked him how he was replied "" still above ground"
I also love the word flimflam .
Any others?

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fatherfurlong · 08/09/2022 16:35

If you had two heads you'd be twice as stupid!

myeyemyeye · 08/09/2022 16:40

Oh that's funny - my brother said about someone that if brains were chocolate he wouldn't have enough to fill a smartie.

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SusanSHelit · 08/09/2022 16:43

'If wit was shit you wouldn't have enough to be constipated'

'If you had a braincell you'd be dangerous'

ParanoidJo · 16/01/2023 22:52

Another Irish one, on a nosy neighbour:

“Her hearing’s so good she can hear the grass grow.”

NewNameForXmas · 16/01/2023 23:05

I like the word shenanigans. Silly but not ill meant behaviour.

BraveGoldie · 16/01/2023 23:35

"Canoodling" my mum uses it to describe my DP and me being lovey/ kissing.

Before she enters a room she'll call "can I come in or are you two canoodling?"

DuplicateUserName · 16/01/2023 23:47

My Scottish FIL

"You know what thought did? He thought he'd plant a feather and grow a chicken".

Yeah, me neither? 🤔😂

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