Where have all those words and expressions gone ?

[daisy1]

Fings ain't wot they used to be.

 

[Pasha]

nothing ventured, nothing gained

faint heart never won a fair lady [ as my mother used to tell me]

 

[Merrylizard1314]

the Devil finds work for idle hands to do
Look before you leap
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Little pitchers have big ears
Eavesdroppers never hear good things of themselves

 

[Merrylizard1314]

nothing ventured, nothing gained

faint heart never won a fair lady [ as my mother used to tell me]

A boy's best friend is his mother

 

[Pasha]

Wild and wooly

 

[catherinecherub]

going to see a man about a dog

Sling your hook.

 

[Pasha]

Sorry I cant come out tonight, I am washing my hair { and first time up I believed it ]

 

[daisy1]

transistor radios

 

[Robinredbreast]

As sick as a Parrot

 

[Clivethedrive]

It's raining cats and dogs ( actually true in centuries gone by, as thatched roof was only at low shoulder height and cats and dogs could get up in the thatch and make a resting place.....but as soon as it rained out they jumped........hence raining cats and dogs :)

 

[Merrylizard1314]

Any port in a storm

 

[Lamont D]

Don't come running to me when you break your leg.

My mates mum said this when we were off to play footie.

 

[Merrylizard1314]

Where's your gumption? Put some elbow grease into it, lad!

 

[Pasha]

Short back and sides

 

[Lamont D]

Short back and sides

Crew cut

 

[Lamont D]

Got him by the short and curries!


Scruff of the neck!

 

[Alanp35]

Got him by the short and curries!


Scruff of the neck!

Thought it was "Got him by the short and curries"
Lol

 

[Pasha]

Thought it was "Got him by the short and curries"
Lol

Either way its a painful problem

 

[Alanp35]

This autocomplete is dreadful - it should read short n curlies

 

[Lamont D]

This autocomplete is dreadful - it should read short n curlies

Thanks I hadn't noticed.