Dated expressions in English

[robcar]

I lived in that house :-)

[Vital Spark]

What a lovely, gay frock.

[PeteC]

Yes, you can forget now and forever the original and real meaning of the word "gay".

[Vital Spark]

Like a dog with two tails...

That’s the polite version!!


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Really? I don't want to sound like a convent girl (which I certainly aren't, as I'm an agnostic), but I can't for the life of me think of an alternative. Maybe it's a man thing...

[Vital Spark]

Yes, you can forget now and forever the original and real meaning of the word "gay".

It's so sad, because it's a lovely word. I want to tell them to pick new words for their leanings. Please don't high-jack our pretty words.

[dtaai-maai]

How about a "nosegay"...?

[dtaai-maai]

I lived in that house :-)

I owned that house...

[Dannie Boy]

Like a dog with two tails...

That’s the polite version!!


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Really? I don't want to sound like a convent girl (which I certainly aren't, as I'm an agnostic), but I can't for the life of me think of an alternative. Maybe it's a man thing...

You’ve obviously never heard of a dog with two .........tongues

[Big Boy]

No

[lindosfan1]

I'm as old as my tongue but a little bit older than my teeth.
Can't you count.
And pigs can fly

[Vital Spark]

You’ve obviously never heard of a dog with two .........tongues

Ahh, got it now.

As black as your hat

[PeteC]

"Call a spade a spade", originally a very innocent expression meaning to speak plainly without avoiding unpleasant or embarrassing issues.

At least in the US it took on a racial meaning, i.e., "black as the ace of spades", and subsequently aimed at black people.

You never see it in print in modern US media any longer.

[pharvey]

To sleep like a butcher's dog.
Like a fart in a jam jar.
A face like a wet week.
Raining old wives and walking sticks.

[pharvey]

Well this thread hasn't seen the light of day for a little while.....

I was visiting the local Practice earlier today to have dressings changed and whilst waiting in the usual queue was chatting to this old boy who'd obviously travelled a fair bit in his day and was a joy to chat to - literally had me in tears of laughter. He came out with some absolute gems .....

Apparently he was "not up to dick" but would "pang wangle" going on with life..... I had to ask where the hell the latter came from and the discussion led to phrases/expressions as it would - his favorite being "Hot as a Half-Fucked Fox in a Forest Fire"...... Class never gets old!! [EDIT] And at his age can get away with saying it!!

[Lost]

Some crackers there Pete!

I'd only ever heard the first one. 'Pang Wangle' is apparently a vintage American phrase. The fox one cracked me up.