Newfoundland Sayings
Submitted by: Mrs. Theresa Bonia
North Harbour

All mops and brooms: This refers to an untidy condition of the hair

A noggin to scrape: a very difficult task

Come day, go day, God send Sunday: Applied to a lazy person

Fair weather to you and snow to you heels: meaning good luck on your way

There's favour in hell if you bring your splits: It applies to someone who is involved in skullduggery

Long may your big jib draw: a good wish for the future

Slow as cold molasses

Brown as a berry: Really referred to people who were tanned brown from being outside picking berries.

As fine a man as ever broke a cake of the world's bread.

Fish in summer and fun in winter: means everything in its place

You can get only one shot at a shell bird: a shrewd person can be duped but once.

'Tis not every day that Morris kills a cow: a favorable opportunity comes but seldom and embrace it when it does come.

You can't tell the mind of a squid: This refers to an unreliable person. A squid can move backwards or forwards.

The old dog for a hard road: experience easily overcomes difficulty

You are taking a rise out of me: You are getting me upset

Wait a fair wind and you'll get one: await opportunity

May snow is good for sore eyes: an old legend, many say its true