You little old sayings..

[Krystal]

We've all heard them usually from mam or nana.. what sayings were you brought up with?

You know the kind.. if the wind changes your face will stay that way etc

 

[jools221181]

LIFE'S not fair
Used to really pee me off that one

 

[Craig]

ive had looooads growing up lol most common from dad is "its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog"... and mums most common one is "whats for you wont go past you"

 

[jue]

You made your bed, you've gotta lie in it!!

What goes around comes around

Jump out of the frying pan into the fire

Spit in the wind long enough and it'll come back and hit you in the face....

 

[monster_munch]

There's no such word as can't...

That one used to seriously annoy me as a kid!
Until you ask them to do something and then mysteriously the word reappears in the english language


OO and - take your coat off when your inside or you won't feel the benefit!
I actually use that one myself now

 

[Lola's Mummy]

Close the door you wasn't born in a field.

If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

 

[Nic'n'Keeley]

My nan used to always say" thats the pot calling the kettle black"

 

[kitten1102]

my dads favourite during the winter was: 'close the front door, i'm not paying to heat the whole of Cobholm!!!'

my mum's line was 'because i said so, that's why'

 

[Emma58]

My mum always used to drive me mad with this one....

''Whats for tea''

''If it's''

 

[Steelgoddess]

You can like it or lump it.
Don't do as I do, do as I say (oh says this)
When I asked why they said "z"
Theres no point crying over spilt milk.
Think of all the starving children in Africa (A little story goes behind this one, apparently my mum said this to m y sis when she didnt finish her dinner and my sis said she was welcome to send it to them)
Money doesnt grow on trees

 

[glitzyglamgirl]

lol, oh god loads my mum used to say that drove me mad

"I'm not buying biscuits, they'll only get eaten".....oh really?

"Dont come running to me when you break your legs!"

In reply to "what's for dinner"..."sugar and shit and a dance round the table"

In reply to "its not fair"..."neither's a black mans bum but you dont hear them complaining"....

My mum was off her head

 

[Steelgoddess]

In reply to "its not fair"..."neither's a black mans bum but you dont hear them complaining"....

what does that mean??

 

[glitzyglamgirl]

In reply to "its not fair"..."neither's a black mans bum but you dont hear them complaining"....

what does that mean??

Dont take it the wrong way hun, its just a saying my mum used to say...she meant as in the bum is black and not fair.

 

[Kimbo]

"I'm not buying biscuits, they'll only get eaten".....oh really?

 

[Steelgoddess]

In reply to "its not fair"..."neither's a black mans bum but you dont hear them complaining"....

what does that mean??

Dont take it the wrong way hun, its just a saying my mum used to say...she meant as in the bum is black and not fair.

Well im sorry but that is offensive theres no way I can't not take that in the wrong way!!!

 

[Tangerinedream]

In reply to "what's for dinner"..."sugar and sh*t and a dance round the table"

My mum had a similar one- "Sh*t sandwiches"

When I was little my mum used to say my bedroom "look like the wrick of the Mary Celeste"

My nans reply to "where is whatever" was "Up Sams arse in America" I never really understood that one

 

[elaine22]

My mum (and my friends mums) always came out with the classic 'If so-and-so told you to jump off a cliff would you do it??'

 

[jools221181]

In reply to "what's for dinner"..."sugar and sh*t and a dance round the table"

My mum had a similar one- "Sh*t sandwiches"

I heard my Auntie once say we were having cow's c*ck and onions!

 

[zebrastripes]

um....when i wrecked something I'd just got,eg gloves...

"oh it's easy come easy go with you isn't it!"

i hated it when mum said that..

 

[Squiglet]

"Why mummy?"....

"Because why has a long tail on it... !! That's why"