Sayings

[Martin]

An acquaintance of mine recently broke her ankle and all I could hear in my head was my mum saying, "You should be more careful when you know how clumsy you are".
Has anybody else got sayings like this that sometimes stick in the mind or return out of the blue ?

[Govangirl]

Do you think I sailed up The Clyde in a banana boat?

[skrik]

Fine ham-a haddie, but ye'll no fry it in my pan !
(A good story but you'll not fool me with that one !)

[numberplease]

Don`t come running to me when you break your leg!

[gray_marian]

On arriving home from primary school I would ask my mum 'what's for dinner?' Nine times out of ten she would reply
'A run round the table and a kick at the cat' .......

[tarmmaker]

We had a Technical Drawing teacher who's favourite saying was "There's more ways of killing a pig than choking it with butter"!

[chuckiebay]

You're skating on thin ice. Me? Never!

[tarmmaker]

Asking my dad where we were going, always had the reply "Up a tree looking for a duck-eggs nest"!

[skrik]

There's aye some water whaur the stirkie drouns.
(There must be some truth in the story)

[LANDROVER ROGER]

On arriving home from primary school I would ask my mum 'what's for dinner?' Nine times out of ten she would reply
'A run round the table and a kick at the cat' .......

My Mum would say."Pig's dick and lettuce"!

[Martin]

When I was small my Gran had a saying she used if I was persistent in asking what was for dinner. Funny really as in all these years this is the first time I've attempted to spell what she said.

"Shnit and Sugar".

My mum had one when I asked how old she was, "I'm as old as my tongue but a little bit older than my teeth".

The excuse my dad always used to get out of doing things with me was, "I've got a bone in my leg".

[skrik]

Mony a mickle maks a muckle (Every little helps)

[Martin]

Asking my dad where we were going, always had the reply "Up a tree looking for a duck-eggs nest"!

The standard reply I got was "there and back to see how far it is".

[LANDROVER ROGER]

My Mother would tell me not to sit on the cold door step as I would get "Chin Cough".

[skrik]

More of a wall -wesher than a well- wisher (more of a spider than a friend)