...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.

It’s really not! “The Mick” referred to is micturation, urine, transported for the purpose of tanning - which is the origin of the phrase.
The other wording of this phrase, while more recognisable in its origin, is arguably more offensive (taking the P1$$)…

I'm going to have to hide this thread because I keep getting untold notifications informing me that it's 'X, Y, Z' 🤭

So many different possibilities and so many thinking theirs is the right one 😁

You’ll know where ‘beyond the black stump’ is if you’re in Aus!
My son lived in QLD recently and was surprised how much c*nt is used and has a much milder effect than in the uk.

I use all these apart from swinging the lead. I'm 61.

A bunk up also meant give me a hand, if you were climbing a wall or similar, "give us a bunk up." Kid in London 1970s.

Thought of one this morning - "Who d'ya think you are? The Queen of Sheba?". Someone getting above themselves or too lazy to do something for themselves.

I know (and say) all of those! Also used the phrase ‘it’s going to hell in a hand cart’ the other day - my DD21 was not amused

Oh I say "Hell In a HandCart" my DS25 says it's "Hell In a Hand Basket " !

You'd really need a cart wouldn't you

"Thr'penny bits" for boobss/tips.
"HE looks like he's lost a shilling and found a sixpence ". He looks sad or upset.
"CASH on the nail" to pay immediately. Based on the brass "nails" outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol where merchants used to trade and do deals. They're still there centuries later

Saying someone looks like the wreck of the Hesperas (have only just discovered that it starts with an H rather than an E 😄)
Drawers
Fuck my old boots
knuckle sandwich
I’ll tan your hide
Haven’t got a pot to piss in
Brass monkeys
She’s all fur coat, no drawers
Here’s ten bob for some sweets
Clip round the earhole
Saucy mare
Little bleeder
The Queen of Sheba
Old Bill
Don’t come the old soldier with me
Look here, Sunshine/Sonny Jim
Jack the lad
Smells like a tart’s boudoir
It’s like a doss house in here
Thrupenny bits
Keep your hand on your ha’penny, girl
Keep your pecker up
Sweet Fanny Adams

I come from such a classy family! 😄

And nicknames for surnames. Smudger for Smith, Chalky for White etc.

'Swinging the lead' means getting out of work by making false excuses, especially pretending to be ill.

I use many of these expressions. Am wondering what has happened to the verb “to bonk”? The BBC news announcer today managed to quickly spit out “Bonkbuster” in relation to Jilly Cooper’s death, but he sounded like he didn’t understand the term….

I say to the kids "Who's "she", the cat's mother?" if they refer to me as "she"- I don't really know why!
My grandad used to say daft ha'porth, and refer to his daughter's in law and later granddaughters as"a bevy of beauties".
My nana said ta-ra or toodle oo,for goodbye.
Mum used to say "It's like the Blackpool illuminations in here!" when all the lights were on
There were a lot of Shakespeare quotes or misquotes."What news on the Rialto?", "Lead on,Macduff"

Up our way you saw “more meat on a butcher’s pencil”.

Im 40, irish (raised by an English woman) and know and say a good lot of these.

A couple more:

Keep sketch
Mouth as dry as ghandis flipflop
Feck that for a game of soldiers

This reminds me of one windy, evening, my daughter (about 25 at the time) and I were in the bathroom together brushing our teeth.
The wind was battering against the window so much I said 'Hark at that wind'.
My daughter had never heard the word 'hark' before and, without missing a beat, responded 'Where on earth are you...Wuthering Heights?!' 😂
Much toothpaste was sprayed around the bathroom as we roared with laughter!
Another one that my daughters had never heard of was the word 'hail'...as in, 'Where do you hail from?'
I use 'Good Heavens' and 'Heavens to Murgatroyd' a lot.
I am only 57 - not 107, honestly!

I use all those phrases.
However, my son said he was a tekky sigma ligma today and I told him to speak english😂so I suspect the youth are moving on.

I think "Gordon Bennett", was people who were going to say "God" or "God's sake" and catch themselves and correct it to something non-offensive (similarly someone saying "sugar" was someone about to say "sht", and someone saying "fuh crying out loud" was about to say "fcl")...

...so as "God" / "God's sake" isn't really considered offensive any more, there's no need to catch yourself and say "Gordon Bennett" instead.

"The apple doesn't fall far the tree " self explanatory meaning the person in question is just like their parent ( usually a bad trait).
My dad uses the phrase " little apples will grow again " which makes me laugh as I don't really get it but it means, he'll remember this ie. If you won't do him a favour, don't expect him to do you one in the future.

I know and use them all except swinging the lead! What on earth does that mean??

Godron Bennett
Lawks a mussy
Stone the crows
No fear!
Bob's your uncle
Forty winks
Six of the best
Have a butcher's

You could make your daughter's head spin, OP!

Yes!!! My late Geordie grandma, born in the Edwardian era.

There's a Gordon Bennett cup at the Isle of Man TT races each year. Maybe its something to do with that!

[Dark tone, addressing someone who said "But I thought..." on finding out they were wrong:]

"Well, you know what Thought did."

We hadn't a clue for years what Thought did.

Turned out that Thought followed a muck cart and thought it was a wedding.

In other words, you were a bit of an idiot to have thought what you did.

THE ELEVEN-THIRTY APPOINTMENT!! 😂

We used to say "Flying low without a licence." 😂😂

My dm used to say guts for garters and so do I.

Going home on shanks pony

'Home James and don't spare the horses ' was my dms usual comment if out late and wanted to get home.

We say hark at the wind.
'Enough blue in the sky for a pair of sailors trousers' meant the weather would clear up. Still use this.

Throw it over your shoulder, like a continental soldier' my dm would say then giggle, if getting df to move heavy things. No idea why.
I also use it:)