The Ye Olde Sayings Thread

^ I always heard - you don't know shit from shinola - mostly from easterners or veterans

'you got moxie kid.' Moxie : spunk ,determination, -- from the soda , if you can drink one and want a second ; '

'Mind your p's and q's ' -- be on your best behavior

''Sunday go to meeting(outfit) " -- your best clothes , even my non- church attending aunts and uncles would refer to dress clothes of any spade as 'Sunday go to meeting.'

'That's a horse of a different color' -- that's a different thing entirely, that won't do

'That dog won't hunt.' -- you're full of shit , you're caught

You're barking up the wrong tree - I don't care

Dont take any wooden nickels - be prudent

' Cruise the poo ' -- this one is very specific to Shawnee, OK . The main drag in town is 'Kickapoo' and the teenagers cruise it on Fridays and Saturdays . I worked at a summer camp near there and early into my first year had a , rather attractive girl I'd been eying me if I wanted to cruise the poo with her and some of her girlfriends -- needless to say my 13 year old face turned 80 shades of red ... And then a few hours later I sat in a parking lot while they smoked and we ate at Sonic .

You cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear = If your materials are cheap, your finished product will be shit.

"If ifs and buts were candy and nuts everyday would be Christmas."

'When God said brains they heard trains , and got upset because they weren't going anywhere."

Thats a new one for me^

I was born after decimalisation (hard to believe i know) but i remember as a young'un going to the village shops with my grandparents and they were still struggling to make the transition almost 10years later. I would be in the butchers shop having to count out the dosh from my nan's purse. They wasn't even that old, possibly late 60,s and they lived a further 17 years. Hard to believe in the days of foreign travel where you make the transition to another currency in just a few days.

Dosh terms from back when.
Nicker = Pound note
Bob = Shilling
Tanner = Six penny piece
Threpney bit (Thrupence) = Three pence piece
A'penie = Half penny

They saved their pre-decimal currency for years later expecting it to one day revert back.
"It'll never work"

As a kid growing up in the East End, my aunt (who, incidentally has a fantastic comedy name) used to say "Gertcha" to me all the time.

"Not the full shilling", was often directed at anyone with learning difficulties or mental health problems. Pre-PC and the era of 'understanding'.