Got any old or local expressions of....
 

amazement? My father in the UK used to say stone the crows a lot. I say WTF a lot to myself especially when I read the comments on this forum! I think an Australian one is struth(spelling)? Please enlighten me with yours.:):)Oh yes uk "core blimey".

" shut the front door "

not old but i like it

Get off my lawn!

"sacred feces!"

cheese and rice

"sacre bleu"

Well, bugger me!

Struth is correct.

My dad always used to say when he saw a ginger:

"red on the head like the d*ck on a dog"

Now there's a memory for you......

My mother's dad was a man that just never cussed. His strongest expression was "dingbust" and that was for when he smashed his thumb with a hammer.

One phrase we use for the occasional real estate speculator that comes in our office is "big hat no cattle" to describe the guy that is showing us plans on how he is going to develop a square mile of land and have fantastic plans. Then he want us to discount a $1,000 job so he can get started. We are always amazed he plans to spend millions of other people's money but he can't come up with a grand to get the process started.

Our favorite of all time was a guy that actually said he was going to build a ski resort in the Arbuckle mountains in southern Oklahoma. We had to try real hard to keep from laughing in his face.

Ach du lieber.

When it's raining and the sun is out, my mother would say. "The devil is beating his wife"
I still say it to this day. I think it's a local New Orleans saying.

Det var som fan!!

You don't know your ass from a gin whistle. A lot of cotton farmers around here.

Gilflirt. Pronounced like Jill or Gill. Kind of another fubar.

"F*** me dead!" seems to fill the bill for me at times.

From the Canadian Maritimes: Lord Thundering Jesus. Which is pronounced closer to: Lard Tunderin Jezuz

Ian

"Well don't that beat all"

I usually say "Holy moley!" or cursing "fck me runnin'". I have been thinking of reintroducing "jumpin' jeehosiphats" for old times sake.

rutsch mir doch den puckel runter..
= get off my back

mein lieder herr gesangverhein...
= dear men's choir..

Rika

dad gumit, shoot fire, peckerwood, all were in my dad and grandfather's toolbox for curse word replacement.

My Gran used to say "Well dip me in honey!". Her side of my Mom's family were Swede descendent farmers. Don't know if that's where it came from or if it had some hidden reference to my Grandpa:eek:. Don't want to think to hard about that....;) She also used "Well I'll be!". Figure that one out...

My Grandad on my Dad's side used to make up words but, a couple of his favorite expressions like that was "Bingo!" and "Sassafrass!".

Growing up in Ill. I used to use "Fuch me runnin!" a lot and "Holy Sheep Shyte!". "Jumpin Jehosaphat!" I heard a lot too. Don't know if I spelled it correctly. Like it matters..:D

Nowadays it's primarily "WTF!" with an occassional "Hot Damn!" thrown in.