Sayings that have become out of date

[Knobby22]

"Wigwam for a goose's bridle" was my grandfather's favorite response to all our questions. (and we had many)
My father's response when asked where he was going was "I'm going to see a man about a dog."

My Dad still says that to my Mum when he's secretly going to the TAB. He's over 80 now.

I have used it with my kids. love the confusion in their faces. Have to start using the wigwam one. Shouold still work on the youngest who is an 8 year old.

 

[MrBurns]

At least, we still have bogans!

Yes even at PM level

Stone the crows
blow me down
I'm having a gay old time (not any more since that was hijacked by the Penny wongs of the world)
shaggin wagon

Just watch any movie with Chips Rafferty in it for more.

 

[CanOz]

Commenting on someone on TV, I said "Streuth, she's fully three axe handles across the hips".

My... ahem, rather "large" Aunt, who was visiting at the time, gave me a stare that singed all the hair off that side of my head.

I've never said it since.

ROTFLMAO!

 

[prawn_86]

I think most of the 'dad' sayings are going out of date, unless there is some gene that kicks in as soon as our generation starts to have kids...

"Freeze the balls off a brass monkey"
"Couldnt organise a root in a brothel"
"barney"
"dunny"
"drain the snake"
etc etc

 

[McLovin]

I think most of the 'dad' sayings are going out of date, unless there is some gene that kicks in as soon as our generation starts to have kids...

"Freeze the balls off a brass monkey"
"Couldnt organise a root in a brothel"
"barney"
"dunny"
"drain the snake"
etc etc

Or even worse passing a cemetery dads go crazy!

"That's the dead centre of town"
"People are dying to get in there"

 

[Julia]

Not exactly a saying, but blokes used to wear 'brothel creepers' (a type of shoe).

 

[bellenuit]

I wish the M*****F***** word would go out of date

 

[Calliope]

Not exactly a saying, but blokes used to wear 'brothel creepers' (a type of shoe).

Brothels feature largely in our sayings, especially those intended as insults, where we apparently lead the world. To find a suitable one, go to;

http://www.sunburntcountry.au.com/sayings/recent.html

I couldn't find two of my favourites;

"Who's robbin' this couch, you or Mr Kelly?" and

"Grinning like a rat with a gold tooth."

 

[Miss Hale]

"In more trouble than the early explorers", used to be a favourite of football commentators but you rarely here it now.

 

[burglar]

Or even worse passing a cemetery dads go crazy!

"That's the dead centre of town"
"People are dying to get in there"

Guilty.

And guilty!!

 

[noirua]

"We don't ask for their love only for their fear", Heinrich Himmler

 

[cynic]

"We don't ask for their love only for their fear", Heinrich Himmler

That saying appears to be coming, very much, back into fashion, and as such, is not ideally suited to this thread.

 

[noirua]

Does a bear poop in the woods?​

rude slang A rhetorical question meaning the answer to the previous question is emphatically and obviously "yes."

 

[macca]

Nah, tell me why you think that ?

 

[wayneL]

I could think of 100 old Australian colloquialisms that are no longer used, which is a shame. I blame social media and political correctness.

As such, probably most of them I could not even repeat here.

But a couple.

As dry as a dead dingo's donger
As tight as a fish's @rse
As clumsy as a duck in a ploughed paddock
In like Flynn
Off like a Bondi tram
As miserable as a shah on a rock.

There were hundreds of them, now practically extinct

 

[Duckman#72]

I could think of 100 old Australian colloquialisms that are no longer used, which is a shame. I blame social media and political correctness.

As such, probably most of them I could not even repeat here.

But a couple.

As dry as a dead dingo's donger
As tight as a fish's @rse
As clumsy as a duck in a ploughed paddock
In like Flynn
Off like a Bondi tram
As miserable as a shah on a rock.

There were hundreds of them, now practically extinct

Yep....

Bang like a dunny door
Point Percy at the Porcelain
Wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.

Two favourites from Grandma were:

"A wigwam for a gooses bridle" - in response to a 10 year old asking ......."What's that?" (Nicest way of saying none of your business)
And "That's got whiskers on it" . Looking back I thought it mean "something that is not going to work or could be done better" but maybe it means something that is just "very old". Anyone?

 

[noirua]

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

Publilius Syrus - 85–43 BC

 

[Dona Ferentes]

one from our Canadian cousins, when no answer is needed:
"Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?"

 

[Knobby22]

one from our Canadian cousins, when no answer is needed:
"Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?"

Similar to the old I assume Australian saying:
"Is the Pope Catholic?"

 

[wayneL]

Heard one recently, not Aussie, but Geordie - "There is nowt as ¹queer as folk".

Hadn't heard that in conversation since my Dad croaked over 30 years ago; turns out the lady's hubby is a Geordie.

My personal favourite (and useful) Geordie saying - "What made ya bad will make ya better."

¹archaic meaning, not ludicrous woke meaning, ie "weird".