Local proverbs and sayings

[Jarre]

I was sitting in my office, bored out my brains when one of my collegues came up with a local saying.

"Patience will come to those who wait for it."

That got me thinking about local sayings and proverbs so I thought about ones I have heard here in good ole Blighty (thats england) so i thought, i know i'll make a thread and post a few and see what others have from aroudn teh world...

Heres a few from my region...

"A man who goes to bed with an ichy arse will wake up with a smelly finger."

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

"Everybody is somebody else's weirdo."

"Virginity is like bubble, one prick and its all gone."

"Daft as an owd wumman's tale when er belly's full o' buttermilk" (means he talks bollocks)

"Everything but the squeak" (Traditionally using every part of the pig but the squeek)

"Firkle about" to look for somethign you have lost.

"blowed and saucered." Traditioanlly where you pour tea into a sourcer to cool it down and drink it from that.

so theres a few from my region, post some sayings from yours

[Wise Donkey]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

"Counting your chickens before they hatch" - Counting on something you don't have yet.
"Putting the cart before the horse" - Not doing things in the proper order.
"Screwed the pooch" - Screwed up big time.
"Put your money where your mouth is" - Back up tough talk with a monetary bet.
"Well shit the bed" - an exclamation of surprise, not sure where it comes from.
"Charlie Foxtrot" - that's a military one for you, phonetic for "Cluster F**k"

[Feba]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

Donkey, those aren't local at all.

Although really the chances of finding any local sayings nowadays is extremely slim.

[Saren]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

Just because Feba said the chances were slim here are some odd Welsh ones. Honestly talking to american people, having to explain sayings/slang comes up fairly frequently.

Eugh-a-vee - expression of extreem disgust, the 'put your hand in something gross' sort
fart in a colander - not knowing what hole to come out of, someone who dithers about making decisions
fresh air sandwiches - bread (ha ha ha so funny...)
there's lovely - that's very nice, used all the time.
taking the piss - to make fun of someone, seems to be a British only.

I know there are probably loads more but brains gone blank.

[Feba]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

I'd hardly call an entire country 'local'.

[Mhurron]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

Well, since you're not redefining words in the english language it doesn't really matter if you'd call it local or not

[Telera]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

taking the piss - to make fun of someone, seems to be a British only.

I adopted that one from Valdir. :p He and I have hung out so many years, I've started using British colloquialisms without even realizing it now. And he's picked up a few American ones. I find it amusing.

As to anything really unique or unheard of, I don't think I know of any. Most of what I know has been mentioned, or is rather widely known.

[Wise Donkey]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

Donkey, those aren't local at all.

I took his meaning to be "locally used" not "local onry".

[Saren]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

I'd hardly call an entire country 'local'.

Wales is an entire country you can drive across in an hour or two, is about the same size as a county in England and probably has fewer people in than any fairly large city. I can call it local if I want to.

[Feba]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

I can call it local if I want to.

sure.

And I can call a motorcycle a two wheeled car.

[Murphie]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

Less pedantry moar proverbs, amirite?

We don't really have any proverbs that are local. It's the damn midwest after all.

Some Cincinnatians do have this thing where they say "please?" when they mean "excuse me?" or "I didn't hear you the first time." But I've lived here my life and never done it, so they are probably just weirdos.

[Truece]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

We don't really have any proverbs that are local. It's the damn midwest after all.

Some Cincinnatians do have this thing where they say "please?" when they mean "excuse me?" or "I didn't hear you the first time." But I've lived here my life and never done it, so they are probably just weirdos.

I think anyone from Ohio qualifies as a weirdo!

[Murphie]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

Not really, no.

[Feba]

Re: Local proverbs and sayings

I think anyone from Ohio qualifies as a weirdo!

Definitely. Everyone from Ohio is weird.

[Aksannyi]

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When I lived down south people would always say "I'm fixin' to go to the store" meaning, "I'm about to go to the store."

Took some getting used to, but now I say it too. >.>