Parents say the oddest things.

dibuzz

If I stood in front of the TV my dad would ask "where you made at Pilks?"
If I wanted to know where he was going it was either "to see a man about a dog" or "there and back to see how far it is"
My Nanny often said "between you, me and the lamp post" if she was talking about someone.

This_Year

These were my Grandparent's


He's very navy-green (naive)

Daft as a brush

do you want a wet and warmer? (cup of tea where the pot was made some time ago and so is just warm - YUK)

If wishes were horses beggars would ride

God pays debts without money

Enough blue to make a sailor's trousers

I'm a monkey's uncle

Off to see my aunt (going to the loo)

Spot of dooshy-dashy ? (salt & pepper! - NO idea!)

Shut the curtains, you'll scare the horses

lazer

My mum has some class ones - just a selection:

you could talk the hind leg of a donkey

If the wind changes you'll be stuck like that (when pulling a face)

Have a titter of wit

it's quare stuff (Some cleaning product that does the job well)

Pot calling the kettle black

Raining cats & dogs

Were you born in a field (If you leave the door open)

Wheres the thingymajig (Could mean where's anything!)

Its a holy tarra (In relation to anything that is bad)

What goes around comes around

You'll get splinter in your a*se (if you can't make a decision)

Reginald couldn't do it any better (when parking the car)

lindens

My nana used to say "It's black over Bill's mothers" meaning there are black clouds and it looks like rain. Similarly "It looks like rain down Cherry Blossom Lane". We didnt know a Bill or a Cherry Blossom lane so their meaning is lost in the mists of time.
"I want doesn't get" was a favourite of my mother's along with "Let's hope the wind doesn't change with a face like that" meaning we were pulling a face if we didnt like something.

looby75

my mum always used to tell us "you make a better door than a window" if we stood in front of the TV when we were kids. If we asked where we were going she'd say "there and back again to see how far it is and if it isn't far enough we'll go again." If we asked here where she was going (without us) she'd always reply "flying to the moon and back in a cardboard rocket."

If we asked why? to my nan she'd say "Because why's a crooked letter and you can't straighten it."

tayforth

dibuzz wrote: »

If I stood in front of the TV my dad would ask "where you made at Pilks?"
If I wanted to know where he was going it was either "to see a man about a dog" or "there and back to see how far it is"
My Nanny often said "between you, me and the lamp post" if she was talking about someone.

Ahhh, the infamous 'going to see a man about a dog'... my dad said that all the time!! Of course, I took it literally as a child and got all excited thinking that we were going to get a dog! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Laughing my head off at this thread!!! :rotfl:

tayforth

And my parents' favourite answer to "But WHYYYY?"

"Just because."

Drove me nuts!

MissGolightly

I never really thought about it at the time, but since I've started working with people from all over NI I have realised we have a lot of wee strange turns of phrase passed on from my parents

- It's not up my ar*e picking daisies (said in response to someone whining on about losing something)

- He/she could sh*te up a stick (they think they're great)

- He/She's no goat's toe (they're not stupid)

madget_2

tayforth wrote: »

And my parents' favourite answer to "But WHYYYY?"

"Just because."

Drove me nuts!

My dad used to drive me mad with a similar saying. Whenever I asked, "Why?", he'd answer "Z."

My granda used to say to anyone who stumbled, "Drunk again, fatha?" (Drunk again, father?)

My mum called water "Adam's ale".

My aunt always terrified me with the threat, "I'll have your guts for garters". I had no idea what it meant at the time but it sounded very scary indeed.

When it was time for bed, we were told to "Get up them dancers" (stairs).

If we had a coughing fit, we were instructed to, "Cough it up, it might be a bus." (I have no idea what on earth it means!

And if we did anything naughty, our parents would "give us wrong" (tell us off).

This_Year

tayforth wrote: »

And my parents' favourite answer to "But WHYYYY?"

"Just because."

Drove me nuts!

ooh I forgot...

"Because I said so."

and the one my Dad always said without fail when one of us played up

"THEY always do (xyz) so they can all go to bed early"

really infuriated me at the injustice of being sent to bed while it was still light out (and you can hear your friends playing billyoh outside) when you've done nothing wrong!