Expressions your mum and dad used to use ...

[byegad]

Dad started his working life as a Fitter and Turner. He had some great 'engineering' terms.

While fitting parts together he'd come up with..... 'A gnat's cockhair off that'. or if it needed more taking off..... 'A midgie's dick off that'.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

My dad used to say "he's got monk on" whenever anyone was being sulky.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Dad started his working life as a Fitter and Turner. He had some great 'engineering' terms.

While fitting parts together he'd come up with..... 'A gnat's cockhair off that'. or if it needed more taking off..... 'A midgie's dick off that'.

Tighter than a ducks arse, and that's water tight.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Use some elbow grease.

I was cleaning my Euphonium at the time and naively asked where the elbow grease was…

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well I’ll eat my hat

Used for an event you think is highly unlikely to occur.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just been asking my mother

His legs wouldn’t stop a pig in a ginnel

If the wind changes your face will stay like that

Your face will turn milk sour

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Face like a smacked arse

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Fur hat and no knickers

Couldn’t organise a piss up in brewery

We know who wears the trousers in that house

 

[cycling_eejit]

"He could peel an orange in his pocket"
For anyone who was averse to spending money.

 

[Profpointy]

“Carry on (rank)” was an expression used by an officer after he had interrupted a NCO or junior officer, who couldn’t continue until he had the senior’ s permission. Hence the title of the first of the film series Carry on Sergeant.

at the risk of going off topic I understand that films get it wrong when people are told "dismissed", which I gather means you're done for the day, which would likely not be the order after getting a bollocking. "carry on" would be far more usual for the reasons you've said

 

[Profpointy]

"He could peel an orange in his pocket"
For anyone who was averse to spending money.

Not a reference to "pocket billiards" then?

 

[Profpointy]

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

Ah but penny wise and pound foolisj

 

[cycling_eejit]

Not a reference to "pocket billiards" then?

No, more referring to the fact that they didn't want anyone seeing them eating an orange in case they asked for a slice.

A similar one is - "He's so mean he eats his dinner out of a drawer"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If any of us kids said so and so was getting on our nerves, me mam would say, “you’re not old enough for nerves”

Which again leads me to believe it’s WW2 related. It wasn’t referring to your age per say, but to say you weren’t old enough to have lived through the world war.

 

[alicat]

Only boring people get bored.

There's no so queer as folk.