Our parent's sayings

[Verisure]

I've told people they're as sharp as a bowling ball.

Their two brain cells are fighting for 3rd place.

if someone put your brain on a razor, it's like putting a pea on an 8 lane highway.

if life was truly fair, you'd walk on all fours.

"If your brain were put in a bird it would fly backwards"

 

[seadoug]

I guess my grandmother was judgmental because she handed down the following quip to my mother.

"She thinks she's Mrs. Astor's pet horse".

I was actually surprised to find it online.

Mrs. Astor's pet horse​

old-fashioned Someone dressed or decorated very ostentatiously; someone who is particularly pretentious or showy in appearance. The "Mrs. Astor" in the phrase refers to American financier William Astor's wife Caroline, a legendary 19th-century New York City socialite known for her lavish parties.

 

[grahamg]

"Lay an egg" (/"Dont lay an egg"!).

Quote: "To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful. That author usually writes good stuff, but he really laid an egg with that last piece."

 

[grahamg]

"Its as true as I'm sitting here"!

(one of my mother's favourite sayings, who was pretty honest it must be said, she certainly avoided direct lies anyway ).

 

[ElCastor]

One more I think I forgot to include …

Colder than a witches tit

 

[grahamg]

One more I think I forgot to include …

Colder than a witches tit

Not one I'd heard before I must admit, (nor ever expect to read again, though it made me laugh! ).

 

[grahamg]

"As happy as Larry"!

Another old saying my parents used regularly, (not heard so often nowadays round here)

 

[Lula]

When I was a little girl and used to stay at my grandparents house overnight so my parents could have a night out, when I was getting washed and ready for bed, my grandma would say 'Just have a swill.' meaning just wash your face and hands.

 

[JBR]

"Hey, I need some rest on the weekend!"

 

[MoBeans]

When someone said something to my father in law that he had trouble hearing he would say "Whose barn blew down? Kill a cow?"

 

[Rakaia]

One more I think I forgot to include …

Colder than a witches tit

Or as cold as the mother in-law's breath.

 

[IrishEyes]

"Do you want to have to tell your Grandpa what you did? Can it!"