Interesting phrases we grew up with

[JJJJ]

My brother in law used to refer to the newest technology as "bleeding edge" because of the addition costs required to purchase it.

We all grew up with interesting phrases. Here is a chance to share some of your favorites.

 

[SamDeleted]

I grew up in the north of England , we've got our own dialect loads of good phrases


Two penth o God help me - surprised/almost annoyed

Cheap as chips - cheap !

Nooks and crannys - bits and bobs/hard to reach areas

go the foot of our stairs - surprised

Take a long walk of a short pier - kill yourself

Ay up the - hello

Cack-handed - left handed, bad grip

Flummoxed - Confused

I could eat oven door if it were buttered - hungry

Eeh by gum - Gosh

Mardy - angry , grumpy

Nesh - insult, sensitive/delicate

Buggerlugs - term of endearment

C'unt - couldn't

Arseend - arse end of no where / middle of nowhere

Lamp - punch

Arse over tit - fall over



And a personal favourite, bonus points to anyone that can translate:

' The thy the sen n' see how thy likes it '

 

[SamDeleted]

 

[Farside]

I grew up in the north of England , we've got our own dialect loads of good phrases


Two penth o God help me - surprised/almost annoyed

Cheap as chips - cheap !

Nooks and crannys - bits and bobs/hard to reach areas

go the foot of our stairs - surprised

Take a long walk of a short pier - kill yourself

Ay up the - hello

Cack-handed - left handed, bad grip

Flummoxed - Confused

I could eat oven door if it were buttered - hungry

Eeh by gum - Gosh

Mardy - angry , grumpy

Nesh - insult, sensitive/delicate

Buggerlugs - term of endearment

C'unt - couldn't

Arseend - arse end of no where / middle of nowhere

Lamp - punch

Arse over tit - fall over



And a personal favourite, bonus points to anyone that can translate:

' The thy the sen n' see how thy likes it '

I always enjoyed when a girl asked you to knock her up in the morning.

 

[Hedges]

Fancy a shag?

(unfortunately, that's not one I was familiar with.)

 

[SamDeleted]

I always enjoyed when a girl asked you to knock her up in the morning.

British girls don't ask nicely ?

 

[SilverbackMP]

Good lord. Where do I start? My dad was a Missourian who served in the Army and I spent decades in the Army.

- Asshole over teakettle
- went tits up
- happier than a dead hog in the sunshine
- nuttier than a peach orchard boar
- has got more X than Carters (has) got liver pills.