To think people should use these words/phrases more often

[SybilRamkin]

Inspired by the 'hubster' thread, there are several words and phrases in our glorious language that have been much neglected of late, and I resolve to use them more often.

My current favourites:

"I don't like the cut of your jib"

"steal a march [on someone]"

"lollygagging"

What words and/or phrases do you think should be brought back into common parlance?

Some Canadian friends of ours came over for DSis's wedding

I asked one of them what he had been up to and was like this when he replied

"Oh, just fucking the dog"

we use 'jolly' a lot - jolly cold, jolly good, jolly good sort etc,
curate's eggy, for 'so so',
'cats after me' , for something that's gone wrong (catastrophe, think we got it off a cartoon)
splendid! is indeed a splendid word.

DM was talking to someone who'd had a landmark birthday, and was told that they'd had 'enough champagne to cobble dogs'.

When we asked what was for tea, my mum often used to say "three kicks at the cupboard door and whatever falls out"

Or

"Waitnsee"

Duck we used to get "bread and pullet" or "bread and duck"

Full as a gun - DP said this last night, never heard it before.

In and out like a dog at a fair/in a butchers shop.

What a fanny on - my favourite and now adopted by DP.

we use 'top johnny banana' or just 'top johnny' if in a rush. Also 'the DB's' (dog's bollocks) when things are going well.

Keep out th’oss road = mind how you go

merlincat my mother would say it fits where it touches

There's a Black Country expression for someone who's having a bad day: "they must have trod on a robin". Absolutely no idea what it's on about but it makes me laugh every time!

we use 'face like a dropped pie'

I had a group of teens sniggering when I suggested that their language was a little ripe.

Can also be used on teenage boys after a heavy rugby session, ' You're a little ripe, shall I draw you a bath?'

He's no goats toe - he's not daft (possibly northern iris?)

Irish not iris!

Oh "bread and pullet", my DDad used to say that and until now I thought it was bread and pull it!!

I'll go to the foot of our stairs.

No idea what this means. I think it's a George Formby expression.

I must be old fashioned. I say "blimey", "good lord", "old bean/fruit" and "for heaven's sake"all the time.
I also say "as black as a * arsehole". Blame my long -dead granny for that one.

Oh yes 50, it's a pun. (Homonym?)
Here's one that I had to live down. My dm used to say "Charlie's dead" if your underskirt was showing.so I came out with this at my great aunties. Unfortunately her recently deceased much loved Dh was called... Yep.

Happenstance

He looks like a dog chewing on a wasp.

She has a face like a slapped arse.

I enjoy using bilious and when I feel my gorge rise

I have just described someone as a "toerag". Do I win?