Interesting sayings

I love all these sayings, and most of them do have actual meanings, some of which I know the origins of, but for the life of me I’ve never been able to fathom out who Gordon Bennett is! :mrgreen:

Just found this Mollie

I have made a mistake but I have never made the mistake of saying that I have never made a mistake. Gordon Bennett…

He could peel an orange in his pocket.

Quitting smoking is easy, why I’ve done it hundreds of times.

Meet yourself coming back

A sandwich short of a picnic

A wolf in sheeps clothing

caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

‘There is more than one way to skin a cat’
Cat lovers will be relieved to know this has nothing to do with their feline friends, it relates to catfish, a popular food in days of yore.

A stitch in time saves Nine

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition:096:

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

She has a face like a wet week end.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.:096:

:mrgreen:

Why put off until tomorrow, what you can do today? :smiley:

Another Lancashire one, I think … I’ll bet Connie’s odds that he can’t …

Fine words butter no parsnips! :lol:

Half a loaf is better than none.

Why put off until tomorrow, what you can do today?

Another Lancashire one, I think. Not Lanky, Manky I think:-D

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Mayhap lass. I only ever heard one person use that term about Connie’s odds, and she was an owd Wigan lass. That’s one that I don’t know what it means though. :slight_smile:

cut to the chase

Pot calling kettle black.

No good crying over spilt milk.

Wait till the cows come home.

It’s like watching paint dry.

When hell freezes over.

Many a true word spoken in jest.

If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

It’s a bit black over Bill’s brothers