Nice turn of phrase you've heard

Porklife

RandomUsername wrote: »

"He's pissing on his own lamp-post now"

(Doing his own thing/no longer my responsibility)

I would have taken that to mean he's shot himself in the foot and/or doing himself no favours.. but maybe I'm wrong. I like it either way.

Up Donegal

"I'll be with you in a second - just wait a minute"

jaxxx

"It's because of numpties like you that they put instructions on shampoo bottles!"

TedR

If you cant lift her, don't shift her

ILoveYourVibes

Let sleeping dogs lie.

DrPhilG

He has more chins than a Chinese phone book.

(fatso)

Sky King

holyhead wrote: »

He'd mind mice at a crossroads

(someone who's miserly)

"Would you peel an orange in your pocket!?"

Up Donegal

As sure as Dolly Parton sleeps on her back!

Up Donegal

He/she has the perfect face for radio!

the_pen_turner

you can feed to needy but you can never feed the greedy

kowloon

She wears the dick in that relationship.

Porklife

At the end of the day, the king and pawn wind up in the same box.

ILoveYourVibes

Porklife wrote: »

At the end of the day, the king and pawn wind up in the same box.

Love it!

Porklife

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Love it!

It's a good one alright! Though-provoking.

Count Down

"He's the only man I know who has a face that comes with free garlic bread".
(Ugly, face like a piazza)

Count Down

As useful as a steering wheel on a train.

Count Down

Smells worse than a gorilla's armpit. :eek:

Count Down

"He's so stupid he thinks Sherlock Holmes is a new housing estate on the Northside".

theteal

I've mentioned a few in passing while working in the London office. Just what I'd class as common enough phrases but one of the young lads thinks they're hilarious - and keeps reminding me that I said them. A couple that come to mind. . .

"There's more meat on a butchers pencil"

"It wouldn't fill a whole in your tooth" - in reference to someone getting McD's for lunch

Stop moaning ffs

If you put a torch to one of his ears you’d see the light out the other one

Sheridan81

She doesn't have much upstairs-but what a staircase!

branie2

If you have a brain cell, it must be a tourist

Count Down

My mother used to quote an old 'Tinker's Curse' whenever she spoke ill of someone:
"My she die roarin'!" :eek:

Count Down

Describing a woman of 'loose morals' :
"She's had more men than the army".

evil_seed

"Running the gauntlet of stupidity"
In reference to walking down grafton st after work

Count Down

"He/she smells worse than a pair of farmer's boots."

Count Down

Was it Joan Rivers who said of a well known British actress who had a reputation for being 'popular' with the men:
"Her legs are like long-lost friends - they haven't met in years!"

There was an old lady who lived near us, growing up; she still has an outdoor toilet in the 1990s. She called diarrhea 'The hurry out and the delay abroad'.

sbsquarepants

Count Down wrote: »

Describing a woman of 'loose morals' :
"She's had more men than the army".

More men than the grand old duke of york is another version i've heard:D

nthclare

When I lived in Edinburgh when they're saying not now maybe later...

"No the now but later"