When someone says to you "your mustard you"

JoanneBo | 16:51 Wed 29th Jun 2005 | Phrases & Sayings

2 Answers

When someone says to you "your mustard you"?

20 minute job

Bachelor of Arts

Answers

1 to 2 of 2

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by JoanneBo. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.

Xollob

I remember phrases such as "you're mustard, you", or "she can be right mustard, she can" from my childhood in Lancashire in the 60s and 70s. It means something like stubborn, difficult, trying, or pig-headed. I haven't heard it for many, many years and assume it is obsolete, dialect, or both.

Dusky

I wonder if it's "you're mustard, you" rather than "your mustard you" and grown from the phrase "keen as mustard". It sounds like a sardonic retort to someone who apparently only just saw the point after everyone else, as in "Oh, you're quick!"

1 to 2 of 2

Do you know the answer?