Tuesday, May 17, 2022

British Phrases

  •  A little bird told me
  • A turn up for the books
  • A fly in the ointment
  • A nod is as good as a wink
  • How do you do?
  • Spend a penny
  • A fish out of water
  • Pardon my French
  • Hanky-panky
  • Codswallop
  • Cost a bomb
  • Dog's dinner
  • Give me a tinkle on the blower
  • Making random words past-tense to mean drunk - "I was absolutely car-parked last night."
  • Over-egg the pudding
  • On the pull
  • Poppycock
  • Quids in
  • Shirty
  • Take the biscuit
  • Wind your neck in
  • Zonked

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