Do you still find yourself quoting the popular sayings of days gone by? I often hear myself commenting in conversation with a classic phrase I'd learned growing up, only to find that my companion has never heard it themselves. Some are famously 'northern', learned from my beloved Grandma, and some are just time-old classics. Unfortuntely, many of them seem to have been retired nowadays.
HOW MANY CAN YOU REMEMBER?
There's nothing like a trip down memory lane so, just for fun, have a read of each line below and see how many well-known sayings spanning the last 5 decades, you can remember.
An Englishman’s home is his _______
Aged to ____________
A _______ in a china shop
In for a _______, in for a ________
I heard it through the _________
A _______ off the old block
A bunch of _______
A different _______ of fish
A friend in need is a friend _______
A _______ for your thoughts
A little _______ told me
A man after my own _______
Find a _______, pick it up, all day long you’ll have good _______
Pick up a _______, give it to a _______, and your good luck may never end
Sweet _______ Adams
A place for _______ and _______ in it’s place
Like a red rag to a _______
A woman’s place is in the _______ (A highly controversial one nowadays)
A sight for _______ eyes
A watched pot never _______
Two peas in a _______
Age cannot _______ her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
All good things come to those who _______
It costs an _______ and a _______
_______ the bucket
How far is it as the _______ flies
At sixes and _______
A bit of how’s your _______
The _______ of my eye
To be a _______ in the pan
To _______ someone’s goat
Dressed to the _______
Get your glad _______ on
To beat around the _______
To _______ your whistle
Not enough room to _______ a cat
Take care of the pennies, and the _______ will take care of themselves
_______ with the fairies
Age is not a destination, it’s a _______
To be the boss and rule the _______
A _______ in the ointment
That’s a turn _______ for the books
A nod is as _______ as a wink
For all _______ and purposes
Spend a _______
As _______ as mustard
Pardon my _______
______ in a teacup
Flogging a _______ horse
See a _______about a dog
Keeping a _______ upper lip
Reveal the answers
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The answers
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A bull in a china shop
In for a penny, in for a pound
I heard it through the grapevine
A chip off the old block
A bunch of fives
A different kettle of fish
A friend in need is a friend indeed
A penny for your thoughts
A little bird told me
A man after my own heart
Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck Pick up a penny, give it to a friend, and your good luck may never end
Sweet Fanny Adams
A place for everything and everything in it’s place
A red rag to a bull
A woman’s place is in the home (Yes, that really was a saying at one point)
A sight for sore eyes
A watched pot never boils
Two peas in a pod
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
Kick the bucket
All good things come to those who wait
An arm and a leg
An Englishman’s home is his castle
How far is it as the crow flies
At sixes and sevens
A bit of how’s your father
The apple of my eye
To be a flash in the pan
To get someone’s goat
Dressed to the nines
Get your glad rags on
To beat around the bush
To whet your whistle
Not enough room to swing a cat
Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves
Don’t be so boring (square)
Away with the fairies
Age is not a destination, it’s a journey
Aged to perfection
Rule the roost
A fly in the ointment
A turn up for the books
A nod is as good as a wink
For all intents and purposes
Spend a penny
As keen as mustard
Pardon my French
Storm in a teacup
Flogging a dead horse
See a man about a dog
Keeping a stiff upper lip
