Funny things we say.

woodbine

I'm sure we have all said them or heard others say them, but what do you think are some off the funny things we say are?
I'll start with a couple;

"it's too cold for snow"

"are you reading that newspaper you're sat on?"

over to you...

slug

“Don’t eat yellow snow”

it took me long time to realise what it meant 

Gadget9616

I use this multiple times a day, and this is my favourite..

Wheres the thingy-ma-jiggy?

leeCal

Pointing to an empty chair saying “Is anyone sitting there?” Always makes me laugh.

seven parts to the wind, as in drunk.


some other single words make me wonder, like ‘match’ or even ‘matches’ as in the objects used to light something, even ‘lighting’ is odd though it’s quicker than saying ‘set alight’. I always remember an ape called Lucy who called a cigarette lighter a ‘fire stick’ by using sign. There are lots of words like these, a ‘‘notice’ is another, as in an advertisement, of course you ‘notice’ a notice! bit like calling a car a ‘drive’. 

Or is it just me 🤪 (probably)

poppy123456

My nan always used to tell me to take "my coat off" inside because otherwise i won't feel the benefit when i go outside.

My daughter often asks if i can get her the "thingy" and it's in the thingy. What?

chiarieds

I thought it was '3 sheets to the wind' as explained here: https://www.infobloom.com/what-does-three-sheets-to-the-wind-mean.htm  I do find it interesting to see the origin of some phrases, which can often go back many years, or indeed centuries.

I know I was initially puzzled by my Yorkshire godparents saying,'Put wood in't hole,' i.e. 'shut the door.'

leeCal

I just remembered another my father in law used to say
”if I had a wooden eye I’d have a wooden eye wooden eye”.
you had to be there, as they say.

@chiarieds You’re right of course, I’ve confused things with “knocking seven bells out of you” , never happened to me but it sounded bad. 

How about waiting for a “month of Sundays”.

woodbine

chiarieds said:

I thought it was '3 sheets to the wind' as explained here: https://www.infobloom.com/what-does-three-sheets-to-the-wind-mean.htm  I do find it interesting to see the origin of some phrases, which can often go back many years, or indeed centuries.

I know I was initially puzzled by my Yorkshire godparents saying,'Put wood in't hole,' i.e. 'shut the door.'

Along the same line @chiarieds there was many years ago a radio DJ called Phil Woods, his catch phrase was "put some more wood on the wireless"

Sandy_123

Helping my 4 year old grandson today with his jacket in a tight space, i said we cant swing a cat here can we, he replys after, where are we going to swing the cat, me...were not going to swing any cats, it would be mean lol

leeCal

My mother used to say “ if ifs and ands were pots and pans we’d have no need for tinkers.” 🙂

chiarieds

I'd completely forgotten that one @leeCal - thank you

Lisatho11987777

It's raining cats and dogs my grandad used to say to me and my brother do we would run to the window for years we thought he was seeing things lol 

oldngrumpy

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Not really appropriate, but I often think this