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!
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.
Why put off until tomorrow, what you can do today?
Another Lancashire one, I think … I’ll bet Connie’s odds that he can’t …
Fine words butter no parsnips!
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.
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