Useful Phrases

[safrane]

You don't get a dog and then bark yourself
Man on a galloping horse won't see it
Told you so...
One of you will end up crying
You don't get owt' for nowt'
Red rag to a bull
Hit it, don't tickle it
Your dinner's in the dog
People in glass houses should not throw stones
It is what it is
I would not get out of bed for xxx
Don't like the look of yours
That's a real two bagger

Couple of French ones (translated)
(What's that for) To make idiots talk
A hole is a hole (men will s**g anything)

 

[P5Nij]

It came off in my hand.

It was like that when I found it.

If the wind changes you'll stay like that.

Are we there yet Dad?

 

[midlifecrisis]

And Bob's your uncle...

AH! Now THAT isn't supposed to happen...


two phrases said consecutively...

 

[philw696]

And Bob's your uncle...

AH! Now THAT isn't supposed to happen...


two phrases said consecutively...

In some families your Uncle is your Dad

 

[Zep]

A variation but:

A blind man on a galloping horse would be pleased to see it.

 

[Andyk]

And Bob's your uncle...

AH! Now THAT isn't supposed to happen...


two phrases said consecutively...

You missed the last bit..

Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt.

 

[Nibby]

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

I look across the room
Life is unkind

 

[Devonboy]

Might as well be hung for a sheep than for a lamb

 

[Wattie]

Work smart.
Not hard.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Work smart.
Not hard.

Attend Smart...

 

[Wattie]

Attend Smart...

And sharp.

 

[midlifecrisis]

And sharp.
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Very dapper but there seems to be a breeze from the right...

 

[allandwf]

A face like a torn scone!!!

 

[P5Nij]

'Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere'.

(A piece of graffiti that used to be on a wall close to Paddington station in the '70s)

 

[Gazcw]

It's a wigwam for a ducks bridle.

 

[Koz]

Many a slip between the cup and the lip.
Measure twice cut once.

 

[Swedish Paul]

Every hole’s a goal.

 

[DLax69]

Anywhere is walking distance, if you have that kind of time

Don't make me come back there

What, are you writing a book?

(literally everything I am contributing came from my paternal grandfather...usually said in Italian, so it always sounded better. I would get rather surprised, at times, after working out/being told the translation...)

 

[RodTungsten]

From a tradesman uncle when I was helping him ”we’ll just give that a good coat of looking at.”

 

[DLax69]

From a tradesman uncle when I was helping him ”we’ll just give that a good coat of looking at.”

In keeping with that, when I was a teenager and learning to wrench/drive/annoy people, the older mechanic who mentored me used to say (about me): "The only thing wrong with that car is the loose nut between the seat and the steering wheel..."