
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...