Dated expressions in English
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Dated expressions in English
Some expressions gone out of style but others just loose their meaning as life has changed. Here are my 2 favorites, anybody else have any more.
"All dressed up in your Sunday best"
" I know him very well, we are on first name terms"
"All dressed up in your Sunday best"
" I know him very well, we are on first name terms"
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How about “as bent as a nine bob note” for starters while I think of more
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Here's my two pen'orth. It can stop on a sixpence.
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All fur coat and no knickers
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I'll give him a ring
Bagsy
Spend a penny
Typewriter
The wireless
Jeepers creepers
Bagsy
Spend a penny
Typewriter
The wireless
Jeepers creepers
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Dressed up to the nines
Let the cat out of the bag
Put the cat amongst the pigeons
Let the cat out of the bag
Put the cat amongst the pigeons
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
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Throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Stick it up your jacksy.
Aint worth a tanner.
10 bob note
Half a knicker
that bloke looks a bit fishy
Aint worth a tanner.
10 bob note
Half a knicker
that bloke looks a bit fishy
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
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Shanks's pony
(Shanks's mare in US English, apparently)
(Shanks's mare in US English, apparently)
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Not sure if this is dated, but it must never be lost to the Enghlish language!
I'm gonna shove your teeth so far down your throat you'll have to stick your toothbrush up your arse to clean 'em!
I'm gonna shove your teeth so far down your throat you'll have to stick your toothbrush up your arse to clean 'em!
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Sounds like that "Pink Salt" has really pi$$ed you off DM....dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:11 pmI'm gonna shove your teeth so far down your throat you'll have to stick your toothbrush up your arse to clean 'em!
That phrase also reminds me of "I'm going to knock you into next week"..
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^^Fortunately I'm a pacifist*. Or should that be piss-artist? Put it this way, I don't turn green and you'd love me when I'm angry.
[EDIT: * these days]
[EDIT: * these days]
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One phrase I remember from years back which does bring a smile to the face...
"Don't come running to me when you break your leg"...
"Don't come running to me when you break your leg"...
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
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"That's my story and I'm sticking to it..."
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
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If you swear again I will wash your mouth wih soap.
I'll will knock you into next week
Eat your carrots it will help you see at night
No pudding if you do'nt eat your dinner
Do you want a bunch of 5's in your gob
I'll will knock you into next week
Eat your carrots it will help you see at night
No pudding if you do'nt eat your dinner
Do you want a bunch of 5's in your gob
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.