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Dusky | 23:43 Tue 09th Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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There are many weary and well-trodden euphamisms for this but do you know of a more obscure one, maybe only used by one person you know?  For example, my grandmother would go to "shed a tear for Nelson".
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Off to make a deposit at the Armitage Shanks bank.
Drop the kids off at the pool.
My dad used to refer to 'turning his bike round' or 'waxing his skis', so much nicer than 'parking your breakfast'!

Lay cables

Crimp of a length

for guys I've heard the following: point percy at the porcelain; syphon the python; spray the walls.

And for girlies: off to powder my nose; tinkle the ivories

 

here's a few: Pinch a loaf, drop mud, send a sausage to the seaside, water the horses, point percy at the porcelin.
off to water the roses
Drop anchor, Going for a larry

fill the pot

growing a tail

turtle's head

euugh

The saying is, 'I've got the turtle's head', which means you need to go. Another is 'I'm touching cloth'. I've also heard 'I'm off to lay a bag of turf,'. And once someone shouted through the toilet door, 'Hurry up - nip it short.' Some people can be so crass.

Dump a hovis loaf

Drop the bass

Drop a nuke

leaking the one eye trouser snake

Going for a barry white (*****)

Going for an Earther Kitt, (****)

Staining porcelain

 

When on my D of E Gold Award (in Scotland) we used to talk about "going for a wee walk".
Take a short brown dog for a long swim.

Giving birth to a baby otter

I've heard "wetting the lettuce" a couple of times. Also in the Black Country the older people sometimes say "I'm going to ground".

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