piggy and babs 544 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 stephen my mum alez said face like pickle cabbage vinigarif you look a bit boared fed up or worried Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 DavidW, we'd say 'he'd skin a flea for a farthing' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,684 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 DavidW, we'd say 'he'd skin a flea for a farthing' Katy , that is the weirdest co-incidence . We have our Dutch daughter-in-law staying for the weekend and whilst we were out having a coffee this morning , her sister texted from Holland to ask what the saying "skin a flea for a penny" meant . Must be inflation ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,684 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 A girl at work would often say "I'm not as green as I am cabbage looking " meaning she couldn't be fooled . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Something my mother used to say (this was in Lincolnshire) was: 'He knows how many beans make five!' Meaning someone who couldn't be fooled, or knew what they were about. As a child this used to puzzle me and I would ask her: 'Well, how many beans DO make five?' But she would never give me a straight answer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 "Two beans and a bean, a bean and a half and half a bean..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 From my late Uncle George: "Two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and a duck in the middle. How many ducks?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Another Version Two beans and half a bean a bean a bean and half. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 She's got a bunion A face like a Spanish onion Nose like a squashed tomato And legs like tree trunks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 my old boss reckoned his ex wife had a "face lik slapped arse" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 I expect that's one step up from 'a face like the back end of a tram smash' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 or a 'face like a fowl' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,684 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 I expect that's one step up from 'a face like the back end of a tram smash'2 more :She's got a face like a bag o' spanners Or He's got a face like a bulldog licking piss off a stinging nettle ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Or a Bulldog chewing a wasp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 They got on like a bag of cats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 They would call someone a Fly by Night if they were a bit dodgy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 piggy always says youl be dangerous if you had a brain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 i am not so daft as i look Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 "If brains were gunpowder 'e wouldn't 'ave enough to blow 'is 'at off." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 If we were being little bog...s our dad would threaten to knock us from here to next week (he never did though,he couldn't catch us) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 When someone was a bit confused : "She doesn't know whether it's Shrove Tuesday or Sheffield Wednesday." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 I like that one. Sounds very like someone i know well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 We'd say, she doesn't know her arse from her elbow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Mugwump Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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