Lets Have A Bit Of Light News. Anybody Still Using Some Of These Old Sayings?

[youngmafbog]

It seems research has revealed many old sayings are falling out of use, probably. I see some I used often but rarely now.

The spend a penny one is odd though, I have heard that regularly used as with pulling the chain (although they dont mention that one for some reason - perhaps there are still a lot of chains about).

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10438995/Traditional-old-sayings-phrases-falling-use.html

[burlyshirley]

What's for tea Mum ? 'Three jumps at the pantry door !'

[diddlydo]

If most of the sample in the survey were Daily Mail readers I'm not surprised that they don't use/don't understand most of these sayings as most of them are "a few pennies short of a shilling".

[Bobbisox1]

Here it was What’s for tea Mam?
Take a walk round the table and see :0(

[youngmafbog]

There is always one isnt there diddly, and today it is you.

Why be derogatory about people in a thread that was meant to be light?

[choux]

Thought these might be on the list:
It's black over Bill's mother's
Couldn't stop a pig in an alley

What I liked about spending a penny - the lavatories usually had an attendant who would check the cubicle once it had been used to ensure cleanliness levels. The brass on the penny box was always bright and shiny as was any exposed copper piping at the wash basins. Who said nostalgia aint what it used to be?

[choux]

Sorry, youngmaf. To answer your q, yes we do use many of those on a regular basis :)

[choux]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37550178

[burlyshirley]

Look at the time and not a baby in the house washed !

[Peter Pedant]

// Translation of DTCwordfan's post: we won't go to Russia - we've already done that, without any great success. Jawohl!//

on the day of the surrender at Stalingrad - ma daydee walked into the sergeants' mess of his POW camp ( spangenberg probably) (*) and said "was ist mit Deutschland los?"
and reported he just about got out alive (**)

(*) the english nationals who were interpreting were allowed into the german sergeants' messes as this was thought to result in improved german - no no not in the sergeants, silly!

(**) one later warned: dont be too handy with the comments: there are much more unpleasant place we can send you to. The British later threatened to shoot anyone sending POWs to concentration camps ALTHO' some of the great escape survivors ended up in....Mauthausen I think

[Peter Pedant]

such a noise I thought Black Nick himself had come to get me

[sanmac]

A Newfie expression: "Leave her be where Jesus flang her." It means just leave things as they are, don't make any changes.

[piggynose]

Just going for a gypsy's.
Just going for an Edgar.