From the C/NC Sinatra thread, in which there was appreciation for using "a gang of" in place of "a lot of". This was a mainstay of my dad's conversation, also used by Old Blue Eyes.

What other old man phrases do you like?

I've heard old guys refer to someone who has it out for you as "having a hard on for you". It usually refers to a petty authority figure who, presumably, gets a chub from giving you shit. A cop who cites you for both speeding and a broken taillight, when picking one would still meet his quota. Your boss who gives you all the shit work to do. These guys have a hard on for you.

"Makes no neverminds to me." Used as an expression of benign indifference to a set of choices. My dad said it a lot, and when I say it my wife gets a puzzled look on her face. Now that I type it out, I can see why. It makes zero sense.

One I nicked off a grandad, and use often in place of "How are you?" is, "Are you winning?"

Mancunian insult for those of a certain age: "You Milo-arsed fuckpig."

I dated a Serb many years ago and picked up "on a horse", meaning being on your way to success. Example: "So I need to speak to the guy next week, but as long as his wife is back and he knows how to sit in a corner, I'm on a horse."

Local favourites:

'Like piffy on a rock bun' - on my own, left out

'Apeth' - an idiot

'Barmpot' - an idiot, harmless

'Radgepot' - an idiot, prone to violence

“I’ve got one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel.”

Dave N. wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:03 am “I’ve got one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel.”

That sounds like it would have sprung from the lips of one David Yow.

“You’re driving like you’re in your mother-in-law’s bedroom”, usually preceded by “come on, Sunshine!” when said by my father, back when he was a less tolerant driver.

“Up your trousers!”

raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock

betwixt (for between)

over yonder

and maybe it's more of a regional thing, but referring to the mid-day meal as "dinner" and the end of the day meal as "supper", which is real common among the older more hillbilly type millwrights I work with and also my 94 year old mother's family from Nebraska

"Jesus fucking Christ on a god-damned crutch."

biscuitdough wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:23 am

Dave N. wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:03 am “I’ve got one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel.”

That sounds like it would have sprung from the lips of one David Yow.

I was gonna say Tom Waits.