Dialect part 2

[ladyofastolat]

When someone was restless and dithering, going constantly in and out of a room, my Mum (born and brought up in Derby) and her Mum (born and brought up Alsager, Cheshire, but with parents both from Rugby, Warwickshire) would say, "They were in and out like a cat at a fair." I've never heard this anywhere else, and Google doesn't help. Anyone else heard this?

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

No, but I have heard reference to 'up and down like a sailor's trousers'. I am not sure if the sailor in question is randy, or simply has been eating too much foreign food.

In a not very related vein, my father used to refer to seagulls as Shytehawks...