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Liverpool Echo

National

Elle May Rice & Jess Molyneux

52 sayings you've probably heard a Scouse mum use growing up

Scouse

We have all found ourselves reciting our mums' favourite sayings over the years and many of us grew up hearing them on a daily basis.

As much as we moan or complain about them, Scouse mums are known for having the biggest hearts. They're always right and they come out with some cracking one liners.

They're known for referring to the youngest in the family as "the baby" no matter what their age or being able to find something that was hiding in plain sight for us.

They remain central to many Liverpool families and we'd all be lost without them. As Mother's Day approaches, we’ve been reflecting on what it has been like growing up with Mums like ours and what makes them so great.

We asked ECHO readers just what they grew up hearing their mums - and here are a number of your responses. This list isn't intended to be comprehensive, but if you have a suggestion that you think should have made the list, let us know in the comments section.

52 "Scouse mum" sayings you've probably heard

“It’s like bloody Blackpool Illuminations in this house”
“If you don’t stop crying, I’ll give you something to cry about”
“Don’t go out without clean knickers in case you get run over”
“If they told you to put your hand in the fire, would you?”
“You’re in and out like a blue a**ed fly”
“Take your coat off or you won’t feel the benefit when you go out”
“You’ve got a face like a smacked a**e”
“It’ll be a pig's foot in the morning”
“Change your face or it’ll stick like that”
“If you fall and break your legs, don’t come crying to me”
“Stop messing or I’ll put you in a home with your ears tied back”
“Don’t talk too loud, walls have ears”
“Were you born in a barn? Close that door”
“She’s all fur coat and no knickers”
“She’d make a glass eye cry”
“There’s council juice in the tap”
“It’ll all end in tears”
“You’re driving me up the wall”
“Go and play on the motorway”
“Don’t sit too close to the TV, you’ll get square eyes”
“What’s for tea?”... “Pigs a**e and cabbage”
“Don’t look at me in that tone of voice”
“Anyone would think you’d been asked to walk over hot coals”
“Look with your eyes, not with your hands”
“What’s for tea Mum”... “A run around the table”
“You’re as much help as a chocolate fireguard”
“I don’t know why you pay to get your makeup done, you do it better yourself”
“Put wood in hole”
“I’m getting old, not daft”
“Shut the door, we’re not heating the street”
“Hiya Queen”
“I’ve seen better legs on tables"
"Look you're either in or you're out"
"If you pay cheap you pay twice"
"It's either your legs or chest out but never both"
"When you've got kids of your own you'll understand"
"Stop running in and out, if you come in again you're staying in"
"Mum where's my shoes?" - "Where you took them off"
"Watch your pennies and the pounds will watch themselves"
"It’s not on this!"
"Laugh again and you will be laughing on the other side of your face"
"Just wait until your dad comes in!!"
"Don't swallow that chewy, it'll wrap around your heart"
"Don't pick that you'll bleed to death"
"I've got eyes in the back of my head"
"There's no pockets in shrouds"
"Look at the kip of this house"
"You need a good pan of Scouse down you"
"Stop picking your nose or your head will cave in"
"Standing there looking like one of Lewis’"
"How long is tea going to be?" - "How long is a piece of string?"
"Can I get something from the ice-cream man?" - "No, there's choc ices in the freezer"