adonirum Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Earlier today, on separate occasions, I saw a couple of shop windows displaying the same poster stating"Live each day as if it's your last"but who really wants to live thinking they will be dead tomorrow !!!!!Anyone got any other gems? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I recently heard a radio ad that started, 'Want to do more, faster?' Immediately knew with absolute certainty that I really, really don't. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TE44 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 It's funny how you attach meaning to words you've grown up with, its often not until someone whosefirst language is not English asks the meaning, you realise they don't make sense egbelieve you me, I was up to high doh. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 "You can't have your cake and eat it"Well...what's the sodding point of having a cake if it's not for eating?!!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
singalto Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 In the future, going forward. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjw Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Ear piercing while you wait ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxjen Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 sjw Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Ear piercing while you wait !Yes, I always find that hilarious!Unrelated, but this thread reminds me of a time, probably mid 80s, when the phrase du jour was ?This is it? said very meaningfully and implying someone has just uttered something of great depth. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddyboy23 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Buy one get one free. Why can't you just have the free one ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 TheCat Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> "You can't have your cake and eat it"> > Well...what's the sodding point of having a cake> if it's not for eating?!!!!It's a misquote that stuck, apparently. It should be, 'eat your cake and have it' - then it makes sense.Bit like people saying, 'the proof is in the pudding'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 'More haste less speed.' I didn't get that for decades, then I realised you need to add 'the' in front of each word to get the meaning. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blah Blah Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Pot calling the kettle black. What if the pot is purple, or silver, or copper, or any number of colours that pots seem to be. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cella Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 She's no better than she ought to be - never got that one growing up - and why was it always a woman. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 My old aunt used to quote 'she is all mouth and no trousers' never figured it out. It was in relation to a middle aged woman who had several sons.Another one was 'I'll go to the foot of our stairs' and if anyone said 'Haha' she would say 'HaHa she cried waving her wooden leg in the fog' That used to make me laugh and still does nearly 50 years on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddyboy23 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Pugwash Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> My old aunt used to quote 'she is all mouth and no> trousers' never figured it out. It was in relation> to a middle aged woman who had several sons.I know this one - actually a corruption of the original northern phrase "all mouth and trousers" meaning full of talk and flashy gear (i.e. trousers rather than traditional working man's gear like gaiters or overalls) but no real substance. The corruption "and no trousers" is generally taken to mean plenty of talk but can't back it up in the, ahem, trouser department. Variants include the American "big hat, no cattle" and my favourite, again northern, "all fur coat and no knickers" - which is probably closest to what your aunt meant, I'm guessing!ETA There's probably something in having phrases kids don't understand to flummox them - I remember reading a Paul McCartney interview when he was talking about his dad, who, when asked for sixpence to go to the chippy, would say no, and when asked why not would say things like "Because seagulls don't ride bicycles, that's why not," leaving young Paul confused and defeated. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphinstone's Army Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 and so it begins.....can anyone explain this meaningless peurile quote please Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Elphinstone's Army Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> and so it begins.....> can anyone explain this meaningless peurile quote> please Somewhere in one of the LOTR trilogy, isn't it? I think it's a very useful phrase, because it lets you know that whoever's using it ("Sorry I'm late, there was a points failure at Clapham" - "And so it begins") is a humourless twonk. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 My mother used to say "I should coco" in dismissing something that ruffled her feathers. Silly old cow was easily ruffled too.Never sure what she actually meant by those words. She's still alive but having not spoken to her in 25 years i'm unlikely to find out from her. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Blah Blah Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Pot calling the kettle black. What if the pot is> purple, or silver, or copper, or any number of> colours that pots seem to be.They were black due to being used on an open fire, nothing to do with their underlying colour. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 At this moment in time.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inbound Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I should say so, it's a London thing.....My pet hate is.....at the end of the day...... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tima Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 "Bob's your uncle". He is actually but what's that got to do with anything. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender27 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Mute Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1208854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddyboy23 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Fire at will what's he ever done to you Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1209038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonirum Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 The tax man can't get me when I'm dead...... wanna bet !!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/178333-stupid-sayingsexpressions/#findComment-1209053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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