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These usages are not arranged alphabetically,  but all of them have something to do with the theme of "time."  For fuller information about each usage, see the main list.  There are twenty-six files there.  Just click on to the appropriate letter.
 

donkey's yonks, for: for a long, long time

knockers-up:  persons assigned to wake you up in the morning

in a tick: quickly

in quick sticks: quickly

Once every Preston Guild: every twenty years

When Donnelly docked: a long time ago

Or, for uncertain future time:  when Donnelly docks, when Nelson gets his eye back, when Nelson gets his arm back

Dat wuz when Jeesuz wuz playin fullback fer Israel

Farder Christmas: not a sexy man--only comes once a year

(H)e saves it for Jump Sunday: about as sexy as Farder Christmas

Older than dirt

"Wer've yer bin yer derty stopout? Well lnow yer black puddin's lost its stance and our kid tiled the roof with yer toast. If yer norr ere by seven termorrer, yer can go an attack yer mattriss agen fer yer brekkie, tharr'll give yer sumthin ter chew on"

That was before sliced bread

Born, we didden know we was: those were the days, when we were children

I am as old as my little finger and a little bit older than my teeth: answer typically given to an inquiring child

Tomorrow never knows (wisdom from Ringo Starr)

When Nelson gets his eye back...

It's not like the good old days, when you could make a meal out of nothing, if you had the stuff.

Back when Noah was a lad...

Ready since Tut was a pup...

As late as British Rail...