ye old phrases

[miss motown]

up the apples and pears. oh and do u think i came over on a banana boat, and do u think money grows on trees.do u want any more im on a roll now lol

[Dave777]

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

Meaning:Very cold.Example:I am not going outside. It is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey and mine are considerable more sensitive.Origin:In the 1700s cannon balls and black powder were carried by boys referred to as "powder monkeys".
One explanation has it that the balls were stacked in the familiar pyramid configuration with a wooden triangle holding the bottom layer together. These wooden triangles (perhaps as an extension of powder monkey) were also referred to as "monkeys". The trouble with wooden monkeys was that they couldn't take much abuse before shattering under the impact of dropped cannon balls.
The next material used to make monkeys was brass. These worked perfectly in warmer weather. The trouble with brass monkeys was that they tended to shrink a little when the weather turned cold enough. This shrinkage squeezed the bottom layer up, sending balls rolling all over the deck.
Thanks to Darryl Interesting tale, but not likely. The boys were definitely called powder monkeys, and the triangles may indeed have been called monkeys. But the idea that cold weather would cause enough shrinkage to squeeze out the cannon balls is fanciful. Brass is an alloy made of copper and nickel and is quite stable. Considering the size of even a small cannon ball is perhaps 2 to 3 inches in diameter, the amount of shrinkage of the monkey would have to be a couple of inches to push out the balls. Impossible.

[pinkpenny1uk]

what about these?

keep your hair on!

pull your socks up!

knocked my duck off!

pen x

[kazzie]

One of my old scottish mums was DO YOU THINK I CAME UP THE CLYDE ON A BIKE???
Quite funny as the clyde is a river

luv kaz x x

[groovygranny]

"Don't get yer knickers in a twist!"

How does one get one's knickers in a twist? Here's how:

GG late for school hopping around bedroom on one leg, managing to get both legs in one leg-hole, whisk 'em off again and re-arrange. Only to find out later in the day that waist is through leg-hole and leg is through waist-hole...no wonder there was discomfort!Well, all them stringy bits look the same to me !!

"Don't get caught with yer pants down!"

Erm, I'll leave that one for sombody else lol !!

[groovygranny]

OMG!

Just had a vision of you Kaz.....riding yer bike up the Clyde in yer pink wellies lol !!

And Pen.....knocked my duck off?!!! Got to say I've never heard of that one - I'm intrigued lol !!

[Piglet]

OOOOhhhh GG - I do the knicker one all the time (when I wear them that is ).

Piglet

[Gabby]

I never understood 'well ill go to the foot of our stairs!'

Bizarre northern thing i think

[Dave777]

Piglet are you into big knickers or dental floss?....when you wear them that is ! lol

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[Ma Larkin]

I've got a few, but I did cheat and get some help. We've been having a right old laugh at work!!

1) Mind your p's & q's
2) Break a leg (why does that mean good luck anyone???)
3) Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
4) Keep your shirt on
5) Don't let the cat out of the bag
6) Raining cats & dogs
7) Sent to Coventry
8) Take it with a pinch of salt
9) Throwing the baby out of the bath water
10) Under the weather
11) Dressed to the nines

and my favourite which my kids say all the time, is..............

12) Holy Moly!!