A place to post some old sayings....

Well I figured I would start this thread... I am sure there are a ton of sayings, out there... and I'm betting some are regional... Maybe they are all "Maritime"..maybe not.. I'll start with a few I can think of at the moment... then everyone add some or one as you think of them.

Sexy that saying of your Dads... I heard that one alot growing up, as did my kids. hahaha..

Here's another one: it would follow a question as to where some one or something was..

" Up a hens pixie on an egg hunt, why? Did you want to go??"


Another describing some one who was moving quickly... "they were gum-bootin 'er"

well MS I never heard either one of those..

How about
"If if's and and's were pots and pans there would be no room for dishes"

Describing the color:
"It's as black as a Crow's @ss"


A well bred horse:
"That horse is bred higher then a woodpecker's hole."

A horse that can get around light on it's feet...
"That horse could step on a rose, and not bruise a petal."

I got this one from my mom. When she is frustrated she says " Isn't that enough to give a dogs pixie the hiccups"

When you are really thirsty..

"I'm dryer then a hen's snatch, laying a double yolker"...
lol... omg..that one just cracks me up...

Hahaha... Yeah some real goodies there...lol

Heres some more...

"Drier than a popcorn fart!"

And to discribe someone who is thin... "Not enough meat on her bones to make a snatch for a canary!"

Keep em comming.. These are hillarious.

Well Moonshadow,i thought you might start a thread like this,was thinking about it myself."Great minds think alike". Here are a few Irish sayings. This one is the irish version of one MS wrote about explaining where someone or something has gone. " He/she's up my hole picking raspberries" If someone has farted it's usually them that make the first comment."Every dog smells his own" These 2 describe someone who is posh" Her geese are all swans" and "She thinks she pi sses perfume". Thats all my brain can muster up for the moment but i'll have more sooon. Solo has been animated, did you notice Moonshadow.

Here's some more,try and see if you can guess there meaning. I'll even put them in catogree's. Animal related ones. " A turkey never voted for an early Christmas". " Neither give cherries to a pig nor advice to a fool". "A nod is as good as a wink to a blind Horse". "Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine Stallions tail". "What's good for the goose is good for the Gander". "It's a bad Hen who won't scratch herself". " What butter and whiskey will not cure there's no cure for". Every patient is a doctor after his cure". " You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind". "Red sky at night sheperds delight,red sky in the morning sheperds warning". Man related-"the Irish forgive their men when they are safely buried". "Men are like bagpipes,no sound comes from them till they're full". "A fool and his money are easily parted". "A closed mouth....a wise head". " A watched kettle never boils". "It's no use carring an umbrella if your shoes are leaking". "The older the fiddle,the sweeter the tune". "Be kind to those who meet you as you rise,you may pass them again as you fall". 2 more to go,and being Irish these apply. "A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig". "Drink is the curse of the land,it makes you fight with your neighbour,it makes you shoot at your landlord,and it makes you Miss him".

up your kilt with a wire brush.
your heed's full of broken biscuits,


I will have to get my thinking cap on to come up with more..........scottish and irish sayings are quite similar......the sentiment is the same...they just use different words.......hahahaha.

On a windy day you'd say "it'll blow da milk right outta yer tea!" or, "fine day for a line!" (meaning hanging your clothes out on a clothesline)

About someone who isn't very attractive, "she's got a face on 'er like a boiled boot!"

About someone who talks alot, "he'd talk a cat right off a fish truck!"

About a really nice looking animal, "dats sum clevva dog missus!"

Where are you from, "where you longs to?"

Did you catch any fish today? No. "ern? nern!"

for not so good looking
a face only a mother could love
she's a three bagger

not so smart
elevator dont go all the way to the top
she's a few apples shy of a pie
etc etc etc

for mouthy folks
talk the hind end off a donkey

for hungry folks
could eat the hind end off a donkey

for someone whos lost
he took the long road for a shortcut

For someone who has a good time no matter what they are doing "He could party with a fencepost."

Hungry person... "I could eat the infested hole of a road kill skunk"..

Helping someone look better "Want to lose 10 pounds of ugly fat? Cut off your head"...

Thanks everyone... this is so awesome. I am saving these all up, and giving them to my actress/comedian daughter, so she can use some of them in her shows. At the moment she is writing a monologue based on Ikeda and her personality.. embellished of course.. I can't wait to read it. Its for one of the other actors in the troop..



Heres another couple..

"He reeked so bad, he'd knock a buzzard of a thistle wagon!"


"Ohh my she was beat with the ugly stick!"

Here's some more:

"Nervous as a longtailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs"

"Don't know his buttercup from a hole in the ground"

"Couldn't say thistle if he had a mouthful"

"If you had a brain you'd be dangerous"

"Crazy as a bag of hammers"

"Useless as tits on a bull"

"Haven't got a pot to piss in"

"Put that in your pipe and smoke it"

"That's your buttercup talking 'cause your mouth knows better"

If my dad wanted us to hurry it up he would say:

Get your @ss in your hand!!!

I saw one on FB the other day..something like:
"You need a glass bellybutton. When you have your head that far up your @ss you need something to look out of."


Also, when someone is telling a fib.., "You're so full of s**t, your eyes are brown!"..

Yeah Joan,a lot of the sayings on the last few posts are similar to ones we'd use here.One Tammy used we say it like this. Someone who's ugly " She's got a face like a well slapped arse". For someone who's not sure about doing something,"Shi t or get off the pot". "he dose'nt know his pixie from his elbow". "One sandwich short of a picnic".I've loads more just have to get my head in gear and remember them.This is great bit of skit(laugh).

not so smart:

half a bubble off plumb