TRADITIONAL sayings are being sent to the knacker’s yard as people have never heard of them.

       Phrases including “dog’s dinner”, “storm in a teacup” and even “couldn’t organise a p**s-up in a brewery” all drew blank faces in a survey of 2,000 adults aged 18-50 by researchers Perspectus Global.

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       Traditional sayings are being sent to the knacker’s yard

       ROB PATTINSON reveals the phrases most in danger and the percentage confused by them . . .

       1.？？？Pearls before swine –？ 78%

       2.？？？Nail your colours to the mast –？ 71%

       3.？？？Colder than a witch’s t*t –？ 71%

       4.？？？Pip pip – 70%

       5.？？？Know your onions – 68%

       6.？？？Nod’s as good as a wink – 66%

       ？ 7.？？？Stitch in time saves nine – 64%

       ？8.？？Ready for the knacker’s yard – 62%

       ？ 9.？？？Dropped a clanger – 60%

       10.？？A fly in the ointment – 59%

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       11.？？？Keen as mustard – 58%

       12. Flash in the pan – 57%

       13. Tickety-boo – 57%

       14.？？Load of codswallop – 56%

       15. Curtain twitcher – 56%

       16. Knickers in a twist – 56%

       17. Dead as a doornail – 55%

       18. Dog’s dinner – 55%

       19. Chock-a-block – 55%

       20. Storm in a teacup – 55%

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       Only 45% had heard the phrase dog's dinner

       21. Couldn’t organise a p**s-up in a brewery – 54%

       22. Not enough room to swing a？？cat – 54%

       23. Flogging a dead horse – 54%

       24. Toe the line – 54%

       25. Popped her clogs – 54%

       26. Drop them a line – 53%

       27. Steal my thunder – 53%

       28. Few sandwiches short of a picnic – 53%

       29. Legend in one’s own lifetime – 52%

       30. Be there or be square – 52%

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       54% were confused by'popped her clogs'

       31. Fell off the back of a lorry – 52%

       32. Bodge job – 52%

       33. Eat humble pie – 52%

       34. Having a chinwag – 52%

       35. Put a sock in it – 52%

       36. Mad as a hatter – 51%

       37. Spend a penny – 51%

       38. Cool as a cucumber – 51%

       39. Gone pear-shaped – 51%

       40. Cost a bomb – 51%

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       52% were confused about the phrase mad as a hatter

       41. Fell off the back of a lorry – 52%

       42. Bodge job – 52%

       43. Eat humble pie – 52%

       44. Having a chinwag – 52%

       45. Put a sock in it – 52%

       46. Mad as a hatter – 51%

       47. Spend a penny – 51%

       48. Cool as a cucumber – 51%

       49. Gone pear-shaped – 51%

       50. Cost a bomb – 51%

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