Now defunct sayings

On the bus/train - " Get up [insert child's name here] and let the lady sit down".

I'll give you a clip round the ear 'ol if your not careful

just wait 'til your father gets home

and don't forget to wash behind your ears before you go out

Baldybonce said:

but we don't have flogging.
The saying refers to the cat`o' nine tails.
Unless you swing your cat around your head.

I think you're wrong, or it's at least open to interpretation.

From phrases.org.uk

"Whether the 'cat' was a real moggy or the flail-like whip used to punish sailors in the British Navy isn't clear. Many reports claim that the cat in question is the 'cat o'nine tails'. As so often though, they don't supply evidence, just certainty. As a candidate for folk etymology goes the 'cat o' nine tails' story has it all - plausibility, a strong storyline and a nautical origin. That's enough to convince many people - the actual evidence shows the theory to be highly dubious. The phrase itself dates from at least the 17th century. Richard Kephale's Medela Pestilentiae, 1665:


"They had not space enough (according to the vulgar saying) to swing a Cat in."

The nature of that citation makes it clear that the phrase was already in use prior to it being committed to paper. The 'cat o' nine tails' isn't recorded until 1695 though, in William Congreve's Love for Love:


"If you should give such language at sea, you'd have a cat-o'-nine-tails laid cross your shoulders."

If those dates are in fact the earliest uses then the 'cat o' nine tails' theory is wrong. The task for anyone who wants to claim that theory correct is to pre-date those citations. "

And QI said it wasn't the cat o'nine tails as well.

Whaaaasssssssuuuuuuupppppp

The Valley

Itchy Beard

Bulge

Part of the punishment for a wrongdoer in the RN of the time was to fashion his own 'cat' which was inspected and then put safely into a bag.
When the time for the punishment arrived, the miscreant was tied, his back bared, and 'the cat was let out of the bag'.

Just helping.

Stiff, as in he's a stiff. Same goes for mallet

The ****** in the woodpile isn't heard as much these days.

sam3110 said:

Funnily enough many tourists I meet at work say "excuse me" instead of "sorry"

Probably because they've been educated correctly in English unlike many of the filth who were born here.

One that sent shivers down my spine when I was a child... "I'll tell your mum what you've done"

I'm sure some of you would like to 'throw a spanner in the works' though. And having chewed it over, wash your mouth out with soap and water.

PL54 said:

Calling someone a Joey (as in Joey Deacon)

'fraid that still gets an occasional outing in our house....

I'll have your guts for garters