Old sayings

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  1. e-red

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    Tha Awkard as a rail art. No idea what a rail art is but it meant that I was being awkward.
     
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    Not as green as cabbage looking
     
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    It means that the rail, as in railway or tram way in a pit or such like, was out of alignment so the wagons could not be moved on it. I puzzled on this one for many years before I worked out the explanation.
     
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    If wit were ****, you'd be constipated.
     
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    If thats rate al 8 Mi owd pit cap
     
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    "What's that got to do with the price of eggs?"

    Anyone got any more?[/QUOTE]
    My mother used to say "What's that got to do wi' Tarn 'all clock"
    When she had no money (which was often) she'd say " I couldn't thoil a skylark a pair o' leggings".
     
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    Yer eyes are bigger than yer belly is one I allways remember.
     
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    Dunt drown thisen till tha gets to't canal...............Don't assume something until you actually know

    Dunt put cart bfore orse…….Don't get in front of yourself

    It's cold enuff for 3 pair of socks
     
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    can a taff join in?

    if tha does owt for anyone do it for theesen!
     
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    Oh and if you had unexpected luck

    Tha cud plat fog
     
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    what's thine's mine, what's mine's me oowun
     
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    And a classic from my grandad, rest his soul:

    "It's like sh1tting in bed aweken and pushing it art wi' thi foot"

    I puzzled over this for years, but I think it means something along the lines of: It's a lazy approach to a problem, and seems like a good idea at the time, however it may have unpleasant consequences
     
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    Somebody you don't like wunt bi Werth a toot on a ragmans trumpet
     
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    "Its all me eye and Peggy Martin" was one of my late mothers saying.To this day I haven't a clue what it means.
     
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    What did thought do? Followed shitcart thought it wer a wedding.
     
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    If tha guwin art in this, tha not boss at uerm. Courtesy of my mother

    fish bart coit

    Working wi thee’ like pissint bed wecken
     
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    aye up bri, i think its someting that was originally brought over from france with the soldiers after ww1 something to do with a mispronounced saying about bette martan. wiki . 1700's sailor misheard a prayer to st martin
     
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    Trying to make someone see your point of view and failing
    'It's like walking wi a nail up int booit'
     
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    Go lake on m1
    If they teld you to jump off a motorway bridge would you
     
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    Also from mum- saying no to me? You’ll be saying **** to’ queen next
     

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