Sayings from childhood you remember

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Thinking today about all the things my grandparents / parents used to say :

Put wood in"t hole = shut the door

If you were dallying you were "like a fart in a trance "

What's for tea ? "Shit with sugar on"

My gran to express shock would say " oh my godfathers teeth"

Another fave was "it"ll all come out in the wash "

"Gods strewth" was another

Am I alone in these ? Any others people remember?

my mum says “ Oh God , Oh Montreal!” And I can’t remember why and also, usefully “You are not the target.”

A word in your bell-like 😄

Love your sweary grannies

Waste not want not

I'll take my hand off your face.
I'll wipe that smile to the other side of your face.
70s Scotland loads o impending violence coming your way threats when growing up.

'You look like a bull dog chewing a wasp' ...if you had a face on you or you were ugly

There but for the grace of God

Jesus wept!

I remember people at school saying 'your cat's died' if someone's trousers were too short Anyone else?

If your petticoat was showing ( many years ago ) people would say Charlie's dead . If your flies were undone - flying low .

@MarkWithaC OMG YES! Now you've mentioned it, kids at school did say 'What's wrong with your trousers, did the cat die?' Wonder where that one came from?

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
you could trot a mouse on that - in response to really strong tea
cloth ears
were you born in a barn

Too short trousers was, have your ankles had a fight with your trousers

my partners parents would say couldn’t stop a pig in a ginnel about someone with legs that were not straight.

We had 'were you born in a barn?!'
Replied usually with: 'No, a hospital with swing doors.' 😉