A comment I heard about protruding teeth was...he could eat an apple through a letter-box!!!
Looking miserable leads to...he has a face as long as a Lurgan spade (long for spading the turf), or his face is trippin' him.

Likewise when crying....the tears were trippin' me.
I suppose if some of the requests we made were taken literally they would also sound funny? My grandad would come home at night looking for an Ulster fry and would say to my granny "put the pan on Maggie".
I wonder did Polly literally put the kettle on...and did it fit her??

Also it makes me smile with phrases like 'I'm just going to turn the engine over..on a frosty morning. Or just turning the tv over!!!

I love all this!!!
Ah sure there's none strange as folk!!
best wishes, Yvonne