...to think that this expresson is dying out?

[WalkDontWalk]

On another thread someone used the expression 'taking the mick'. And I thought, 'I used to hear that all the time when I was a kid. But I rarely do now.'

So I started to think of others that my dad used but my kids don't.

'Having a kip' or 'I was akip'.

'Yikes' (My daughter says I'm the only non-cartoon that says 'yikes'.)

'Swinging the lead'

'Bunking off'. (Daughter: 'Never heard that. Sounds rude')

'Going Dutch' (Daughter. 'Nope. No idea. Is that rude too?')

'Haven't the foggiest.'

These were all in use in London fifty years ago. Maybe they were always regional.

I use that all the time!

We had soft Joe. And act soft and i'll buy you a coal yard - if someone was coming it a bit.

Another one! In answer to 'I thought' - well you know what thought did. Followed a muck cart and though it was a wedding

'Yikes' (My daughter says I'm the only non-cartoon that says 'yikes'.)

'Bunking off'. (Daughter: 'Never heard that. Sounds rude')

These made me laugh 😂

I say things to kids I teach all the time and they look at me blankly. Brain fog has set in though and I can't think of any right now. Will pop back if they pop back into my head.

That's because you haven't met me. 🤓

If ever I do hear ‘wow, just wow’ in real life, there’s a fair chance I will pour my drink over the utterer’s head.

Round us it's mutated into 'rough as a badger's nadgers' 😆

OMG @Darragon snap!

And my DF used to say he needed to ‘see a man about a dog’ regularly when I was younger. I constantly thought we were finally getting a puppy.

I have vague memories of my grandparents and other relatives coming out with various sayings that I never seem to hear these days. Some that come to mind....

Crikey
Good golly
Any road
Go to the foot of our stairs
Flaming hell
Getting on my wick

"Said the bishop/actress to the actress/bishop" to mark an accidental inuendo.

Now it's "that's what she said."

I used to have to email the county council about schools things and if you referred to a message you’d received from a head of dept up there they used to get blocked because his first name was Dick!

I can understand the confusion about Mick being offensive as Mick is an abbreviation of Michael which is a common Irish name and I think Mick is/was used as a derogatory term.

My dad still says "spend a penny" as well as "I'm going for a Jimmy Riddle".

Also, a thin person is "like a matchstick with the wood scraped off".

My former flatmate (from Doncaster) had a brilliant phrase, if someone wanted you to do something that was completely unachievable. “He thinks I can get them books marked by tomorrow; he must think I can chew coal and fart flames.” I used it recently in conversation with a casual acquaintance and was met with a politely revolted expression that made me regret my word choice.

"Charlie's dead" for a subtle "your slip is showing under your skirt" hint

"Seen more meat on a biscuit" for a very skinny person

Swinging the lead was a nautical term to describe a job given to an injured sailor. If he couldn't do shipwork, he would be given a lead weight on a rope to sound the depth of the water.

On asking my Mum, what's for dinner she'd sometimes reply 'bread and pull-it'. It usually meant that she'd no idea what she was going to cook and we should be grateful for anything.

I still say Crikey, a lot. Also Wow. Makes my DS cringe.

I say chocolate tea pot Londoner now living in Kent

I was told it referred to Shakespeare, though why his mother was included I've got no idea!

@Heggettypeg "You're going the right way ( said to a child who was being naughty; "for a thick ear" was implied)"

We would be told, "You'll get what's coming to you" if we were "working our ticket".

It was shap in Lancashire. Shap y’barra.

My Granny used this and also 'She was no better than she ought to be.' I think they both meant more specifically that the lady in question had loose morals.

Siapo (shape) is still used in that way in Wales, too, at any rate round here where I live.

We'd say, "He's so thin; he has to run around in the shower to get wet", or "He'd best not step on the plughole".

Corporation pop - tap water

Haha yes, this is deffo a Mancunian thing!