Medieval expressions

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.medievalists.net/2024/05/expressions-middle-ages/

I am guilty of using most but not all of these...

[Jim Webster]

I could well have used them all 

[Imperial Dave]

You are ancient after all Jim....

[Erpingham]

If you follow up the links in these articles you find still more interesting phrases

https://www.medievalists.net/2023/07/medieval-sayings/
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/05/ten-phrases-middle-ages/

Doubtless some of us will acknowledge using some of these too.

[Imperial Dave]

Just a few.....

[Jim Webster]

You are ancient after all Jim....

and have a reasonable vocabulary 

Mainly, it must be confessed, composed of terms of abuse 

[Imperial Dave]

There are others? 

[Jim Webster]

There are others? 

Allegedly 

[Imperial Dave]

pigs might flyeth?

[Erpingham]

pigs might flyeth?

The proverbial pig that flies is not recorded in English until the 17th century.  Medieval pigs (swin) are associated with lechery, as in
Man..is hardy as a lyon..leccherus as a sqwyne, malycious as an owle.

And, no, I've never thought of owls as particularly malicious either

[Imperial Dave]

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