Spudrick68
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It was quoted to me as 'poppety' but it still made me chuckle.
I haven't got time for all this!I found out yesterday what a poppety ping is. Google it to find out. It isn't rude and made me chuckle.
Is it related to the machine that goes ping?Popty ping.
Heard this one recently "He's got a smile like a witch doctor's necklace."
"as mad as a clockwork orange".
Or...'as bent as a dog's hind leg'."As queer as a clockwork orange," is, I'm afraid, the more usual version. I only heard it in connection with the film and book but there were other similar phrases knocking around: "as queer as a nine-bob note," was the one I heard from time to time.
All over the place like a mad womans breakfast.
"All over the place like the mad woman's shit" - as apparently voiced by my dear-departed grandmother on occasion. Strangely, when I've heard people use this phrase (old folk, really), it seems to be "THE mad woman's" not "A mad woman's shit", as if there's a specific mad woman they are talking about.
I wonder if it's anything to do with the Milk Snatcher?
"Up and down like a jockey's bollocks"
All over the place like the mad woman's shi
Ah so it was a "proper expression". If it was an early 20th century expression your corrected version wouldn't have the same connotations of course."As queer as a clockwork orange," is, I'm afraid, the more usual version. I only heard it in connection with the film and book but there were other similar phrases knocking around: "as queer as a nine-bob note," was the one I heard from time to time.
Bit of a racy one, so brace yourselves..."wetter than a nun looking for a candle"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishwife'Gossiping like a fish monger's wife' ... did/do fish monger's wife's gossip a lot ? ... what's that one all about ?.
I've not heard that - Myth's Wiki piece explains Fishwife as a woman who sells fish (and not necessarily married to anyone!)'Gossiping like a fish monger's wife' ... did/do fish monger's wife's gossip a lot ? ... what's that one all about ?.
The expression I remember was:- "As dry as a nuns c***t.Poor nuns. What have they done to merit this prurient fascination with their nether regions?
"As dry as a nuns c***t.