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Has anyone got any odd sayings that they use or have heard others use?
I absolutely love 'em and have slipped a few into my general vocabulary.

1) Rough as a badgers ball
2) Flat as a witches tit
3) Goes down quicker than a ten dollar whore


Also does anybody know who Larry is? as in Happy as Larry

When identifying the thing that she's been looking for, my friend Jo exclaims "That's the badger!".

I quite like it.

A

*smiles with pleasure to be in at the beginning of a thread for once...*

A friend of mine has a saying when they're thirsty:

'Oh my mouth is as dry as Gandi's flip flop'

Thought of another

Deader than Nylon flares with pockets in the knees

When someone is 'spot on';

"Les Gillit" (an extremely accurate crown-green bowler)

Teh Editors did find out who Fanny Adams was as in Sweet Fanny Adams or Sweet FA. [URL removed by moderator]

I thought it was the Badger's Ass and the Dog's B******s - but there's been a whole posting on that....

My favourite is "As happy as a pig in s**t"

Sweating like a whore in church/Dry as nun's....!

The English language is a wonderful wonderful thing. If I had bossoms they would be swelling with pride!!!

I like my friend's saying for when she is in a hurry: I gotta get a wiggle on.

'Swelling Bossoms' I know exactly how you feel
(see latest on my Pregnancy with Child' posting!)

I have heard the phrase spitting feathers meaning thirsty before now.

Tongue like a gerbil (usually when you wake up with a hangover)

How about: "I am waiting here with worms on my tongue" (translation: waiting here with baited (sic) breath).

...mouth like the bottom of a bird cage.....

for when hungry
"I'd eat a farmers arse through a ditch"

Drunk:
"Like a rubber monkey on bouncy castle"

Happy:
"Like the boy on the pigs back"

Useless:
"Like a chocolate teapot"

Pointless:
"Like a Chinese crossword"

Easy/Quick:
"Like a hot knife through butter"

To hurry someone up:
"Come on, let the dog see the rabbit"

When the sky is black with thunder clouds:

"Black as Newgate's (pronounced Newgit's) knocker". My dad used to use that one - apparently Newgate prison in London had a big black door knocker, but I've no idea why it needed one.

OR

"Black over Bill's mother's". Used by my father-in-law, but I've no idea who Bill was (or his mother).

When I was a precocious youngster I told my mum that I thought one of her friends was a w*£%ker - she said;

well I wouldn't say that but his wife is away for a couple of months so he's certainly shaking hands with the unemployed at the moment!

well, not a saying in the above ways, but still important to remember:

don't eat yellow snow!