Weird sayings
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Topic: Weird sayings
Posted By: Nutella
Subject: Weird sayings
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 1:04pm
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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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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 1:36pm
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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 |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 1:40pm
Haha - half-assed is weirder, if you think about it!  -------------   
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 5:29pm
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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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: squoggs
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 5:50pm
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  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 6:25pm
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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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 6:25pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 6:29pm
AHA! that makes sense. As for the be there in a jiffy what is a jiffy i wonder! -------------
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squoggs wrote:Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 6:32pm
LOL mine said "skin the rabbit"... and I often find myself saying it ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 6:38pm
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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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Posted By: Delli
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 7:37pm
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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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 7:41pm
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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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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 8:04pm
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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! ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 10:58pm
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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" |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 11:19pm
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hehe, some of these I have heard but some are def new to me! -------------
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 11:47pm
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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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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 March 2010 at 11:52pm
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 ------------- |
Posted By: myonlineself
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 8:17am
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hahahaha Sheza that's a good one :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Turtle
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 11:24am
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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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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 12:25pm
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 |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 12:31pm
| oh one that i use for "whats for dinner?" is "a vaseline sandwich and a warm fish milkshake" |
Posted By: RicKer
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 12:34pm
| When i was little and would ask mum what was for dinner she would always say "frogs legs and puppy dogs tails" |
Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 12:45pm
| Mum would always used to tell us we were having "a glass of water and a run round the table" for dinner when we asked... She still says that actually... |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 1:52pm
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I remember overhearing a friend say to hear son "Don't have a patty" instead of "Don't have a paddy" lol... I just kept thinking of a meat patty.... Classic! ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Joscia
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 2:20pm
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Ha ha - I love random sayings!
One that my dad always used for something broken was: 'it's about as useful as a one-legged man at a bum-kicking party.' (Or the ruder version from a movie (can't remember which): 'as useful as a c@*k flavoured lollipop' )------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 3:45pm
Lol I was just about to ass that one in! Its from Dodgeball. My old man had HEAPs of funny sayings. Wigwam for a gooses bridle was one Off to talk to a man about a dog when we asked him where he was going Off like a brides nightie/robbers dog (when someone leaves the scene fast - I say off like a pork chop in the sun) Played up bobsey dai/divey - played up merry hell (naughty, played up etc) Done up like a pox Dr's Clerk (done up flash) Theres heaps of them, probably too many to mention, and lots Ive seen here already. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 4:15pm
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When the kids ask what's for dinner DH says "walk around the table"
I often say "put your foot down with a firm hand" My neighbour used to say that to me all the time. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 5:27pm
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We don't have sayings but there is a whole other language spoken here. DP used to say he needed a dictionary to understand all the boys, because I've been round them all my life I always understood and translated. Some are inappropriate but one that they use all the time is yees (pronounced like wees) which means s**t/crap theres fashed - wasted/pissed my kid bro and his bestfriend for years called everything pontanenee They have what they call the raptor claw, my youngest brother constantly says to DD sku skuskee lol. I think thats going to be her first word ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 8:00pm
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I often say
" im so hungry I could eat a nuns ass through the convent gates " but we don't really have any special ones, just strange ones we have made up " ok , time to go to nun nye land " for example ------------- 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 8:01pm
your nana is a saucy minx (kidding shaz) -------------
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 8:02pm
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Whenever I asked what we were having for dinner ,she would say
"go away ! stop bugging me ! you'll find out when I dish it up ,go outside and play ! " so yeah , not really much of a saying . She said it a lot tho -------------
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 19 March 2010 at 8:14pm
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My Mum used to say to us "its time for the blanket show" every night when it was time for bed.
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 11:24am
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This was at a friends house when I was young
When she asked whats for dinner it was "sh!t with sugar on". Not pc these days but was funny none the less and got us giggling and off the topic. Another one from my principal at school was "Pick that lip up or you'll trip on it." That was if we were sulking. Mum used "I'll be waiting till the cows come home" on us when we were slow. Also the "mutton dressed as lamb" was a goody. Although now I am approaching mutton years it is not so funny. |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 2:20pm
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My Dad has one that I love and use:
"Slopped your dripper" When you spill something down your chin/top ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 4:21pm
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The one I always got from my Nana about the dinner question was "bread and butter and duck under the table"
My dad has a lot, a few being "as useless as tits on a bull" and for describing a long length of time "since Adam played half-back for the Isrealites" and in surprise "well stuff my Aunty Fanny's left tit"... I could go on but I've tried to blank most of them out  most were rather crude!
I shudder to think of the one's I'm going to find myself using... ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: _H_
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 5:43pm
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my office is all kiwis apart from one lady from South Africa- we often have to explain things to her (and she has been here for a couple of years!)
the boss is pregnant so one of the sayings at work at the moment is "the soap did it" ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 5:52pm
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Ooooh I have thought of one...
Every time I ask anyone in DPs family how big something is and they dont know, or how long until something in particular is going to happen, I always get back "How longs a piece of string?" drives me freaking mental! That is until a friend gave me the perfect comeback... "Twice as long as from the middle to the end!" Only problem is I have yet to have the opportunity to USE it! That reminds me... one my grandmother always said... 'use it or lose it'... lose what?! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 6:19pm
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Whenever my mother misplaces something and asks us to look for it
she says " it can't just disappear " well ! it obviously can if its not there huh! -------------
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 7:45pm
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lol Kelly
"it grew legs and walked away' ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 7:59pm
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LOL you guys :P
My Gran always used to say 'whats the matter, cock? (she's from northern england and they say that) you've got a face like a fishes arsehole.' LOVE that one. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 9:58am
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Some of the ones listed, are ones I heard growing up too.
My mum still says now "It's funnier than a piece of string" ?? DH says "In & out like a dog at a fair", usually about the cat who wants to be let in or out all day long, lol. Also heard in our house as we were growing up: Wriggling round like a fart in a bottle. LMAO, that always cracks me up 
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Posted By: fattykat
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 10:12am
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I got from Grandad (Nana pretended she was too proper...lol) about dinner was "pigs arse and pickled eels feet" yum yum yum
I can't for the life of me think of any others at the moment......will be back to post when I do though |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 1:50pm
| "arse about faced" for something backward. |
Posted By: fattykat
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 1:56pm
| As useless as tits on a bull - pretty self explanatory that one |
Posted By: RicKer
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 2:20pm
| Another one mum used to use was when either me or my brothers did something (like leaving a towel on the floor) and we all said it wasn't us she would come back with "Mr Nobody did it" |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:32pm
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oh remembered another one....
if someone asks you something that is so completely obvious you are thinking to yourself "you have got to be kidding" you answer with.... "is a ducks @ss watertight?" or "does a one-legged duck swim in circles?" and in suprise - "well! Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians!" dad says this one alot lol. (no offense to anyone!) |
Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 6:17pm
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After asking Dad something when the answer was yes, "Does a bear sh!t in the woods?" -------------
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 6:33pm
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I just remembered one of my grandmothers faves..
If you ASSUME, you just make an ASS out of U and ME. lol @ the watertight ducks ass!! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 7:48pm
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My mum used to give us the following if asked what was for dinner:
Smack on the bum and a run around the table A glass of water and worm (we used to think this was hilarious!) Others: Slow as a wet week (I used to wonder what type of animal a week was...) Back when Adam was a small boy ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
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Posted By: Joesie
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:06pm
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ROFL.... You guys are so funny! ------------- Clarisse and Chloe, our two little princesses |
Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:40pm
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We used to get a glass of water and a worm too!
The best one I heard was from a tow-truck driver - "if you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary between sh!t and syphilis" |