daft as a brush,,, where did that saying come from..lol

[Bobbisox]

there are loads of sayings and I wonder what was the origin of them

...
mad as a box of frogs...well I suppose they would be, sharing a box with a lot of them..lol

can you think of any?

[NoMercy]

Sick as a parrot? Are parrots predisposed to sickness?

[boxtops]

I found this while I was looking this up - there are some off turns of phrase here, if you are an American trying to understand what we say in the UK!
http://www.hps.com/~t...dex.php?file=ukdict-4

[Bobbisox]

good one both of you, some sayings are weird..lol
I have a Scottish friend, who when asked to do someting she doesn't beleve in, will say
Di yi think me heeds buttoned up the back...hilarious

[eash]

Deaf as a dodo? Or did I just make that one up myself?? lol

[boxtops]

Bobbi, that's reminded me of my mother-in-law telling us to clear off "away and bile yer heid"...!

[Bobbisox]

ha-ha boxy...where do they come from eh?

[boxtops]

...boiling oil comes to mind with that one!

[piggynose]

my glaswegian mum used to say " dae yee think i came up the clyde on a bike?" if she thought you were accusing her of not knowing what you were doing