It's the word I learned to describe colloquial sayings. Vintage sayings were old saws. How about you? Is that familiar?
These sayings pepper my work in progress. The heroine, Sybil, falls back on them often to express herself. Since it is a piece of historical fiction, I dug for forgotten saws.
It seems an age since I've heard someone say, "Heaven's to Betsy." Who was Betsy, even?
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An I found even older sayings, ones I have never heard used. Here is one, 'some pumpkins,' as in people who think they are a big deal. Is that new to you as well? Another is 'not by a jugful'--meant to show something or someone was not a big deal.
I like this one--pine overcoat. Can you guess its meaning? It's a coffin. Or how about 'giggle mug' referring to a person who always smiles?
These great phrases that capture a different time and place, but there is a problem. Should I use them since they no longer hold meaning for us?
If I do include them in my book, I will weave the meaning into my characters' conversations. Not adding the flavor of that era brought to life by language would be a shame, at least to my way of thinking.
So, here's to an old chestnut!
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