Sometimes you’ve got to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes (to understand why they do something a particular way ).
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Thats the pot calling the kettle black.
More jam than Heartley’s.
Promises like pie crusts, very easily broken.
cag handed way o’ doingthings.
You’ll hear the sharp edge of my tounge.
Dressed like a racing pigeon.
All rivers run to the sea.
the task is only as hard as you make it.
You can’t make a silk ■■■■■ out of a sows ear.
more haste less speed.
green as grass.
did 'e come down in the last shower? .
find a penny pick it up, & all that day you’ll have good luck.
Sat there like a paraffin lamp.
Toddy2:
nick2008:
Dozy pillock (self explanation for some)You are right, I got a bit carried away there
did you understand the joke there about DOZY or did it red arrow (go straight over your head ) 
Years ago they used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery…….if you had to do this to survive you were “■■■■ Poor”
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot……they “didn’t have a pot to ■■■■ in” & were the lowest of the low
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
As black as the ace of spades.
No foot no horse.
Look before you leap.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
When one door closes another one opens.
Quite a few old sayings are from the sea, as Britain was obviously once a very active maritime nation.
Some interesting stuff here
plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/lei … ingsrz.htm
Three sheets to the wind
Turn a blind eye
Slush fund
Rub salt into the wound etc
Some interesting bits here too
Giving it the whole nine yards - length of an ammunition belt on a Spitfire
Hmmph, just read that it was a naval term first. Oh well.
The-Snowman:
Mad as a hatter
Hat makers used some sort of mercury-based liquid to finish top hats. Licking of mercury-laced fingers in the workplace = brain damage
seth 70:
Taking the ■■■■,to be fair i dont anybodys ■■■■
Well, apparently “■■■■■■■ comes from the old Viking shamen types who would eat magic mushrooms to trip and have their visions. Then out they went into the snow for a nice pee. The canny warriors etc would go and eat the yellow snow and experience a slightly less intense high.
So… Maybe “are you taking the ■■■■” is an ancient way of saying “are you on drugs, or what?”
bonnie lass:
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
or…People in stone houses shouldn`t throw glasses!!
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bonnie lass:
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.or…People in stone houses shouldn`t throw glasses!!
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bonnie lass:
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.or…People in stone houses shouldn`t throw glasses!!
Dogs in Glass Kennels shouldn’t throw Bones
Toddy2:
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bonnie lass:
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.or…People in stone houses shouldn`t throw glasses!!
Dogs in Glass Kennels shouldn’t throw Bones
people in gardens shouldn’t throw gnomes