Old expressions your parents/grandparents used (4 Viewers)

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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"You're driving me round the twist !"
…..what's the "twist" ?
 

Gazolba

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"You're driving me round the twist !"
…..what's the "twist" ?
I seem to remember that; it's a variation of "You're driving me 'round the bend", so I guess "the twist" meant a twisty road.

I think there was also "You're driving me up the wall".
 

Gazolba

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A variation of "Money doesn't grow on trees" that my parents often used was "I'm not made of money" or "Do you think I'm made of money?".
 

Gazolba

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When commenting that something is very common, "they're ten a penny".
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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Does anyone say " Bob's your uncle" any more ?
 

Gazolba

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Does anyone say " Bob's your uncle" any more ?
I haven't heard that in decades. I don't think I ever said it.
Have never called anyone "As mad as a hatter" or "As thin as a rake (or beanpole)".
Or said "I can do it as fast as you can say 'Jack Robinson'"
So many expressions like that are almost extinct.
 

Gazolba

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When someone referred to a person my mother had never heard of, she would often say "Who's that? The cat's mother?"
No wonder I grew up warped!
 

SkyblueBazza

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When someone said 'I thought...' if they'd thought wrongly it would be met with "Yeah, well you know what thought did? Thought he had & he hadn't - ended up holding the baby!"

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