Jam tomorrow and Furry boots

[sondra]

Hello,

Could you tell me please how are these expressions used?


''Jam tomorrow" and "Furry boots?"

 

[5jj]

'Jam tomorrow, jam yesterday, but never jam today.'

The idea is that one is promised something that never materialises. It alwas has happened or will happen, but we never actually experience it.

 

[birdeen's call]

Did you try googling?

About "jam tomorrow":
Jam tomorrow
Jam tomorrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

About "furry boots":

far aboots? (Whaur aboots?) - Whereabouts? (Aberdeen is nicknamed "Furry Boots City" from a humorous spelling of far aboots - furry boots.)

(from Doric dialect (Scotland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

[Barb_D]

Oh my goodness. I had no idea what either of those meant. I've never heard either before as idioms. Thanks to you both.

 

[Tdol]

Jam tomorrow is a fairly standard idiom in BrE.

 

[Vidor]

not a teacher

Both idioms unheard of in America.