33 local phrases kids today will never understand

Which is your favourite?

Author: Emma Dickson

As we all get older it can be sobering to think about the ways things have changed since we the ‘good old days.’

Anyone else remember Gameboys, Tamagotchis, and Floppy Disks?

Nowadays kids wouldn’t’ know the difference between a cassette tape or mp3 player.

So, this got us thinking about how many statements that we might have heard from our parents, or uttered ourselves that won’t make sense in 2022, simply because the technology and our culture has moved on.

We asked our listeners on social media for some of their most iconic local phrases and sayings that kid simply wouldn’t understand.

Check out our favourites 👇

You'll laugh on the other side of your face

Hold your horses

My stomach thinks my throat is cut

Cry a wee bit louder, I can't hear you

Are your ears painted on?

Mum, can I use the phone?

What's for dinner? Stewed bugs and onions!

Don't look at me in that tone of voice

You could grow spuds in them ears

Would you steal my grave as quick?

Who is she? The cat's mother?

I'm getting the wooden spoon

Get off the internet, I need to use the house phone

Where you born in a field?

Born under a cabbage patch

Howl yer wheest 

Who left the immersion on?

Your bake is tripping you

Make sure you rewind that before you leave it back

Never cast a clout till May's out 

Skinny malink

Oh I just got a shiver…someone must have walked over my grave

Do as I say and not as I do

If the wind changes direction, your face will be stuck like that

Don't sit that close to the TV, you'll get square eyes

Bring that bottle back to the shop, you will get a penny for it

Butter wouldn't melt

The Maine man is at the door 

You'll grow into it

Who stole the cream off your bun?

If it's on your plate you'll eat it

Never drink out of a wet cup

Away and play with your tail

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