Things my Mother used to say.

[C'est Moi]

I remember when I was a kid my mother used certain expressions, and sometimes they were a barometer of her mood. If we were misbehaving and she was correcting us, we were told we'd better "walk a chalk line" or there would be trouble. :lol:

Can you recall an expression of your parents' or grandparents' that isn't heard as much today?

 

[RadishRose]

Your name will be MUD, M.U.D.

 

[James]

"The crust will make your hair go curly"

(I think they made me bald)

 

[Olivia]

Well, not my mom, but my dad: "Home is where you lay your hat".

Well, sure, but not when "home" changes every two years (military families which are often forgotten).

 

[jujube]

"You'd better hope a cold wind doesn't come up and freeze your face that way!"....when we were scowling.

 

[James]

Another favorite one of my mom's, if we were pouting she would say, "you'd better stop or a bird is going to poop on that lip"

 

[Ken N Tx]

You better stop that or you will go blind!!

 

[James]

You better stop that or you will go blind!!

Hahahahaha

 

[Falcon]

Go BLIND ?!! OMG, Hope it isn't too late.

 

[Mizzkitt]

She always said "First we work, then we play, that is the way to be happy and gay"

 

[Pappy]

Don’t cross your eyes. They’ll freeze that way.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Go BLIND ?!! OMG, Hope it isn't too late.

I quit when I need glasses!!

 

[James]

I quit when I need glasses!!

I'm still ok

 

[Aunt Bea]

If you're bored I will find something for you to do!

Don't get your father started!

She means well, bless her heart.

Don't run with that sucker in your mouth.

 

[Mizzkitt]

I see what you are doing, I have eyes in the back of my head.

 

[Aunt Bea]

You better stop that or you will go blind!!

 

[SeaBreeze]

Stop that crying, or I'll give you something to cry about! (it worked every time!)

 

[Aunt Bea]

Stop that crying, or I'll give you something to cry about! (it worked every time!)

That was right up there with if I have to stop this car!

and then there were the little lectures before we went into a store or an event, you always knew when you missed the mark because you got the look!

 

[C'est Moi]

"You’d forget your head if it wasn’t attached."

Oh, and of course "all the starving children in China" that would be glad to have my peas.

 

[C'est Moi]

Oh, and well-off people were "walkin' in high cotton."

 

[Seeker]

You are scatter brained...
Then My fifth grade teacher actually wrote it on my report card..It was all over then...what can I say truth is truth.

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Warrigal]

Stop that crying, or I'll give you something to cry about! (it worked every time!)

My mum used to say that too. I learned to develop a very stiff upper lip.

 

[Seeker]

i'm still ok
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smh....

 

[JaniceM]

As a reminder to not 'follow the crowd': "If all of your friends jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge..."