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    Posted: 18 March 2010 at 1:04pm
I was just writing an email to DH and was saying how I needed to hurry up and used the saying 'get a wriggle on' but I am not sure if that is the right words...makes sense to me but I think if I was saying it out loud I would say 'get a rig along'.....does anyone else know this saying and if so which one is it?!?!

What other weirdo sayings to people have? I remember being teased at school about saying something was 'half pie', ie it was 'sort of'....where the heck does half a pie come into it.

Anyway...totally strange ramblings I know, obviously too much time on my hands while breast feeeding hahahahahahaha



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Yeah, it's "get a wriggle on"..

I guess half-pie is like half-assed, where you're not making the full effort haha

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Haha - half-assed is weirder, if you think about it!

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Some sayings are so odd.. I got teased a lot in school for using different sayings and because I had an Irish accent I would get teased more!!!

One thing my Mum would say if we were sulking for some reason was 'you have a face like a wet week' I NEVER understood that saying but often use it myself now haha. Funny how these things catch on!

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pepsi - I randomly read where the saying 'half pie' came from last week. Apparently it comes from the word 'pai' which is Maori for 'good' - therefore 'half-good'...all those weird sayings intrigue me


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I used to say "I'll be there in a Jippy" instead of "Jiffy" up until about 2 years ago. I had one very red face when someone pointed it out!
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My mum and dad always say "skin the bunny" when they are asking the kids to get their clothes off for the bath - really gross and yuk if you think about it.
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Originally posted by squoggs squoggs wrote:

pepsi - I randomly read where the saying 'half pie' came from last week. Apparently it comes from the word 'pai' which is Maori for 'good' - therefore 'half-good'...all those weird sayings intrigue me


AHA! that makes sense.
As for the be there in a jiffy what is a jiffy i wonder!



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Originally posted by lizzle lizzle wrote:

My mum and dad always say "skin the bunny" when they are asking the kids to get their clothes off for the bath - really gross and yuk if you think about it.


LOL mine said "skin the rabbit"... and I often find myself saying it
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hahaha sayings are funny.

We had variations of the "wet week" in our house. I often find myself telling Hannah she's "going slower than a wet week" when toddling along on walks.

"half-pie" and "jiffy" are ones I use, too.

Personally, though, I hate it when sayings are used incorrectly.
I can be a little too pedantic at times

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Haha my family is full of weird sayings........

To name a few:

"Up the buhai to shoot pukeko with a long handled shovel" in response to a question about where you are going. or "up the buhai shooting pukeko with a long handled shovel" if you're asked where you've been

"It's a wigwam for a goose's bridle" for a what's that question.

"Why?! Because Y is a crooked letter and Z is no better."

"What's that got to do with the price of fish?"

"Well, I'll believe you but thousand's wouldn't!"

"Stop that or I'll peg you to the clothesline by your ears and beat you with a wet bus ticket"

"Stop that or I'll rip off your arm and beat you with the sloppy end"

Both of the last two are never said in a very threatening manner BTW



That's all I can think of for now but there are heaps more!



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Hehe, there are some odd sayings out there. Can't think of any to add but my step-dad was given a book of the origin of some common sayings, it was quite interesting
 
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I used to say toddle A LOT, so much so my nickname became toddle for a while. Thank god it didn't stick.

Usually said when we were leaving, Come on, lets toddle!
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a " jiffy" is an actual measurement of time... its 1/1000 of a second.....

ones i use quite often is "busier than a one-legged river dancer" or "flat out like a lizard drinking"
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hehe, some of these I have heard but some are def new to me!



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Hmm, a couple of ours

"Well, Well, Well, Three holes in the ground"

When asking what was for dinner when we were younger we quite often got the answer

"bees knees and cabbage"

man i know we had heaps but just can't think of them right now i'm having a total brain fart....



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My nana says "Keep your pecker up" of course I think its means something else LOL
But its the same meaning as 'keep ya chin up" or in normal terms, think positive.

My nana is british

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hahahaha Sheza that's a good one :)

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My Grandma is full of odd sayings, and one my mum and I have both picked up to describe a mess
'there is stuff from a**hole to breakfast'

Not the nicest saying, but sometimes you say it before realising
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Originally posted by StaceyL StaceyL wrote:



"Stop that or I'll peg you to the clothesline by your ears and beat you with a wet bus ticket"




I love that one!!!! so funny and random

I got looked at strangely once when is said i was going to skive off.......
was living in oz at the time and thought it was an NZ saying but my family was all english so i have lots of english sayings but cant think of any right now
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