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Let’s be British sayings

I’m “wankers”

by Anonymousreply 274March 11, 2023 2:34 AM

I guess I'm a cow.

by Anonymousreply 1September 17, 2022 2:51 PM

I'm "bollocks."

by Anonymousreply 2September 17, 2022 2:55 PM

"tits up"

"taking the piss"

"cuppa"

by Anonymousreply 3September 17, 2022 2:55 PM

ME MINGE

by Anonymousreply 4September 17, 2022 2:56 PM

ME FRINGE

by Anonymousreply 5September 17, 2022 2:58 PM

pear shaped

by Anonymousreply 6September 17, 2022 2:59 PM

"Am I mingin'?"

by Anonymousreply 7September 17, 2022 3:01 PM

tickety boo!

by Anonymousreply 8September 17, 2022 3:01 PM

Nah mate

by Anonymousreply 9September 17, 2022 3:03 PM

I'm NAF like OP.

by Anonymousreply 10September 17, 2022 3:05 PM

seen on another thread recently: "chat shit".

by Anonymousreply 11September 17, 2022 3:05 PM

Holland Park!

by Anonymousreply 12September 17, 2022 3:05 PM

Wot?

by Anonymousreply 13September 17, 2022 3:06 PM

Bob's yer Uncle!

Cheerio!

OI!

by Anonymousreply 14September 17, 2022 3:07 PM

Crack On!

by Anonymousreply 15September 17, 2022 3:10 PM

Do get on with it.

by Anonymousreply 16September 17, 2022 3:12 PM

Zebra Crossing

by Anonymousreply 17September 17, 2022 3:14 PM

OP is a tosser. And possibly a bint!

by Anonymousreply 18September 17, 2022 3:15 PM

Brilliant!

by Anonymousreply 19September 17, 2022 3:16 PM

R11 what’s that?

by Anonymousreply 20September 17, 2022 3:16 PM

Oi luv!

by Anonymousreply 21September 17, 2022 3:18 PM

“You must go to hospital”

(Not THE hospital)

by Anonymousreply 22September 17, 2022 3:21 PM

He tried it on with me!

by Anonymousreply 23September 17, 2022 3:22 PM

I'm "chuffed."

by Anonymousreply 24September 17, 2022 3:23 PM

I'm "knackered."

by Anonymousreply 25September 17, 2022 3:23 PM

I'm BLOODY

by Anonymousreply 26September 17, 2022 3:24 PM

Tubthumping

by Anonymousreply 27September 17, 2022 3:25 PM

She’s a slapped!

by Anonymousreply 28September 17, 2022 3:26 PM

One lump, or two?

by Anonymousreply 29September 17, 2022 3:26 PM

Has your mother sold her mangle?

by Anonymousreply 30September 17, 2022 3:26 PM

I'm a "butcher's."

by Anonymousreply 31September 17, 2022 3:26 PM

I need to be knocked up at 7am (to hotel front desk)

Don't get your knickers in a bunch!

by Anonymousreply 32September 17, 2022 3:26 PM

Do shut up.

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by Anonymousreply 33September 17, 2022 3:30 PM

Queue up.

by Anonymousreply 34September 17, 2022 3:31 PM

I was on the Tube today...

by Anonymousreply 35September 17, 2022 3:33 PM

Many of these:

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by Anonymousreply 36September 17, 2022 3:35 PM

Fancy a cheese toastie?

by Anonymousreply 37September 17, 2022 3:44 PM

I'm a sarnie and a bacon butty.

by Anonymousreply 38September 17, 2022 3:45 PM

We're all the words that they use on the Great British Bake-Off/Baking Show:

traybake

Victoria sponge

Bakewell tart

Battenburg cake

Hot water pastry

Lemon drizzle

Chelsea bun

self-raising, strong bread, and wholemeal flours

bicarbonate of soda/bicarb

caster sugar/muscovado sugar

by Anonymousreply 39September 17, 2022 3:49 PM

The word "lovely" being used by men.

As in "it's lovely to see you again"

I use it all the time, but always sense in America that most men say "good' rather than 'lovely'.

I like that other men start to get all sus about me when I use it. You can see on some of their faces... 'Are you a fag?' (a reaction I love!)

by Anonymousreply 40September 17, 2022 3:51 PM

I'm brilliant!

by Anonymousreply 41September 17, 2022 3:52 PM

R36, isn’t the tv show Letterkenny set in Canada, in a town named after an Irish place? Either way, not British.

by Anonymousreply 42September 17, 2022 3:58 PM

Yes r42, set in Southern Ontario, CA.

i've never watched it.

by Anonymousreply 43September 17, 2022 3:59 PM

Ontario, CA? Don't think so.

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by Anonymousreply 44September 17, 2022 4:01 PM

I drove through Letterkenny this summer! It's in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. There's really no there there. Empty'ish.

by Anonymousreply 45September 17, 2022 4:02 PM

Ontario, CANADA. Which is abbreviated CA, btw.

by Anonymousreply 46September 17, 2022 4:03 PM

Ponce

His Lordship was a shirt-lifter

by Anonymousreply 47September 17, 2022 4:11 PM

She's a right cow!

by Anonymousreply 48September 17, 2022 4:16 PM

Oi fit builder !

by Anonymousreply 49September 17, 2022 4:18 PM

Bloody!

by Anonymousreply 50September 17, 2022 4:32 PM

Yer a mug!

by Anonymousreply 51September 17, 2022 4:37 PM

As a Brit, I only realised about half of these were British.

I can't even say they're stereotypical. Yesterday I genuinely had two crumpets with a cup of tea and said "oi" to my cat who was playing up.

by Anonymousreply 52September 17, 2022 4:54 PM

Shut your gob!

by Anonymousreply 53September 17, 2022 4:58 PM

Spot on!

Right-o!

"Let's get a curry" (after a night at the local and several pints).

by Anonymousreply 54September 17, 2022 4:59 PM

Shut it, you filthy toe-rag.

by Anonymousreply 55September 17, 2022 4:59 PM

Oy! That's not be my leg!

by Anonymousreply 56September 17, 2022 5:00 PM

Get on with it. The better part of Valour is discretion

by Anonymousreply 57September 17, 2022 5:57 PM

"You may very well be right." Said when the speaker thinks you are completely wrong and too stupid to argue with.

by Anonymousreply 58September 17, 2022 6:07 PM

I'm "desperate" for a cigarette.

by Anonymousreply 59September 17, 2022 6:10 PM

"So what's that when it's at home?"

by Anonymousreply 60September 17, 2022 6:20 PM

Numpty

by Anonymousreply 61September 17, 2022 6:33 PM

OMG r47, what do those two sayings mean? How are they used?

by Anonymousreply 62September 17, 2022 7:00 PM

Pip-pip!

by Anonymousreply 63September 17, 2022 7:02 PM

You use the second when talking about the present and former Earl Snowden, R62.

by Anonymousreply 64September 17, 2022 11:21 PM

R11 soz, that was probably me losing my rag over the football again. This bastard game gives me mento iwness, luv.

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by Anonymousreply 65September 17, 2022 11:40 PM

Anyone up for a game of cricket?

by Anonymousreply 66September 17, 2022 11:52 PM

You cunt, are you taking the mick out of me?

by Anonymousreply 67September 17, 2022 11:56 PM

What’s she like???

by Anonymousreply 68November 10, 2022 10:09 AM

Our Tom is a bell-end.

by Anonymousreply 69November 10, 2022 10:10 AM

Blimey! ‘tis a rainy Saint Swithin’s day so it is!

by Anonymousreply 70November 10, 2022 12:19 PM

I’m the mid-sentence “erm”, “uhm”, “ehm” or “ahm” (dependent on dialect).

by Anonymousreply 71November 10, 2022 12:29 PM

R67 It's more likely to be "taking the piss" these days. "Mick" is too euphemistic.

by Anonymousreply 72November 10, 2022 4:42 PM

"Our Tommy, He's a gay man now!!!

by Anonymousreply 73November 11, 2022 6:19 PM

I’m the baps on a slapper.

by Anonymousreply 74November 11, 2022 8:24 PM

Whistling girls and crowing hens Always come to some bad ends.

by Anonymousreply 75November 11, 2022 8:34 PM

If we had kept together after the last war, if we had taken common measures for our safety, this renewal of the curse need never have fallen upon us. Do we not owe it to ourselves, to our children, to tormented mankind, to make sure that these catastrophes do not engulf us for the third time? Winston Churchill December 26, 1941 Addressing a joint session of US Congress

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by Anonymousreply 76November 11, 2022 11:39 PM

I'm a "drinks do."

by Anonymousreply 77November 12, 2022 12:27 AM

"Fuck me but I'm dirty."

by Anonymousreply 78November 12, 2022 12:39 AM

I'm manky.

by Anonymousreply 79November 26, 2022 7:49 PM

I fell on my bum.

by Anonymousreply 80November 26, 2022 7:53 PM

I’m gagging for a fag.

by Anonymousreply 81November 26, 2022 8:03 PM

There was a fag in his bum!

by Anonymousreply 82November 26, 2022 8:26 PM

I'm up the duff.

by Anonymousreply 83November 26, 2022 8:32 PM

I'm "Can I bum a fag?"

by Anonymousreply 84November 26, 2022 8:34 PM

Gobsmacked!

by Anonymousreply 85November 26, 2022 9:13 PM

Common as muck!

by Anonymousreply 86November 26, 2022 10:05 PM

Chance would be a fine thing

by Anonymousreply 87November 26, 2022 10:09 PM

What are you like?

by Anonymousreply 88November 26, 2022 10:09 PM

Have a go.

by Anonymousreply 89November 26, 2022 10:14 PM

Chancer Sex pest

by Anonymousreply 90November 26, 2022 10:23 PM

I'd contribute to the thread, but I can't be assed.

by Anonymousreply 91November 26, 2022 11:19 PM

I really like "chuffed." I am going to start using it.

We gave them "y'all," I'm taking "chuffed" in return.

by Anonymousreply 92November 26, 2022 11:31 PM

[quote] I can't be assed.

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 93November 26, 2022 11:41 PM

Night out, the boys, chances, rascal, naughty, banter, shout, buzzing, reeling, characters, sensible, a turn up...

"Had him on toast", "you know what he's like", "it's a shame", "I was a little bit lucky, there", "you can't be seeing that off me"...

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by Anonymousreply 94November 26, 2022 11:58 PM

R33 the accents in that 'sitcom' Homer was watching were Aussie. But it was meant to be Manc? Baffling.

by Anonymousreply 95November 27, 2022 12:54 AM

R25

[quote] "Lad this table's knACHHHHkad >:/"

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by Anonymousreply 96November 27, 2022 12:57 AM

Slag.

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by Anonymousreply 97November 27, 2022 1:12 AM

My teeth hurt let's have a cuppa!

by Anonymousreply 98November 27, 2022 1:15 AM

Mutton dressed as lamb

by Anonymousreply 99November 27, 2022 1:21 AM

Having a slash.

by Anonymousreply 100November 27, 2022 1:22 AM

Wicked!

Snog

99s (soft serve dessert)

by Anonymousreply 101November 27, 2022 1:56 AM

[quote] I'd contribute to the thread, but I can't be assed.

r91 You mean "arsed".

by Anonymousreply 102November 27, 2022 5:26 AM

“close your eyes and think of England” - quite vulgar:

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by Anonymousreply 103November 27, 2022 5:42 AM

Poofter

by Anonymousreply 104November 27, 2022 5:51 AM

Pratt

by Anonymousreply 105November 27, 2022 5:51 AM

Spotted dick

by Anonymousreply 106November 27, 2022 5:51 AM

They don't say "shut up." They say, "shut it." hang on, not hold on or wait up bonnet for a car hood windscreen instead of windshield all reet--Yorkshire

by Anonymousreply 107November 27, 2022 5:52 AM

Nancy Boy

by Anonymousreply 108November 27, 2022 5:57 AM

Smashing!

(I actually grew up saying that here in the States as my father spent WW2 in England and brought some slang over with him.)

by Anonymousreply 109November 27, 2022 5:59 AM

Everything is "brilliant." "Nigel's come round with some pints and crisps? Brilliant!"

by Anonymousreply 110November 27, 2022 6:06 AM

What's wrong with ya, bloke, are you DAFT?

by Anonymousreply 111November 27, 2022 8:28 AM

Whatcha lookin' at, guvnuh?

by Anonymousreply 112November 27, 2022 8:30 AM

In reference to R22, "going to the hospital" is to visit someone or if you worked there whereas "going to hospital" is to be hospitalised, the same dropping of the article also applies to things like "going to school", in which you're off to be educated, but "going to the school" says you're visiting a specific school. There are so many examples, "I'm in bed", not "I'm in the bed" for one of many, so as to why speakers of American mention this one with amusement I've no idea, you follow the same thoughts with "I'm in jail", you don't say "I'm in the jail"?

by Anonymousreply 113November 27, 2022 9:22 AM

I'm British and some of these are so archaic they're almost nonsensical.

by Anonymousreply 114November 27, 2022 9:55 AM

Sloane Ranger

by Anonymousreply 115November 27, 2022 9:59 AM

Young fogey

by Anonymousreply 116November 27, 2022 9:59 AM

R114 What codswallop!

by Anonymousreply 117November 27, 2022 10:23 AM

I’m in hospital

by Anonymousreply 118November 27, 2022 10:25 AM

Suck it and see

by Anonymousreply 119November 27, 2022 10:26 AM

Let's pick up a Curry take away. (American here. I think we should steal from them and say 'take away' instead of to-go. It sounds better.)

Garn wiv'yer! Chuck it in the wheelie bin. Is the kettle on? (Instead of 'are you making coffee?')

by Anonymousreply 120November 27, 2022 10:38 AM

Top three Daily Fail comments::

-‘I have no words!’

-‘It’s a disgrace!’

- ‘Bless’

After a couple decades in the UK, I’m still taken aback by ‘fall/fell/fallen pregnant’. I really love the use of ‘treat’ though like in ‘That gorgeous coronation chicken sarnie went down a treat’. ‘That plan worked a treat’. My favourite conversation is ‘Alright?’ to which one responds ‘Alright’. Another lovely thing is the high pitched ‘bye, bye’ at the end of a phone conversation that even the deepest voiced blokey bloke will usually do.

by Anonymousreply 121November 27, 2022 11:38 AM

Champion. Simply champion.

by Anonymousreply 122November 27, 2022 11:43 AM

It's gasping, not gagging, for a cuppa or a fag, not gagging

by Anonymousreply 123November 27, 2022 11:54 AM

[quote] My favourite conversation is ‘Alright?’ to which one responds ‘Alright’.

Standard greeting or first meeting exchange—best paired with a firm curt nod of the head and no perceptible change in expression.

To go in with “hi!”, hello there!” or “how are you?” and wave or grin as an American would is completely deranged, and flags you as someone to be assiduously avoided.

A gruff “morning” or “afternoon” is an acceptable alternative, however, as is “nice/lovely day, isn’t it” (whether it is or it isn’t good weather) if you’re feeling chipper and sociable and a bit ballsy.

by Anonymousreply 124November 27, 2022 11:58 AM

When ‘knocked up’ means something different

by Anonymousreply 125November 27, 2022 12:01 PM

R124 So that's why my nice friendly "Hi"s always get that reaction.

On the other hand, there are times when you do want to establish right off the bat that you're American, and a loud smiling "Hi!" with hand outstretched certainly does the trick.

by Anonymousreply 126November 27, 2022 12:20 PM

[quote] Another lovely thing is the high pitched ‘bye, bye’ at the end of a phone conversation that even the deepest voiced blokey bloke will usually do.

My English friend does this and he sounds like he’s one of those children evacuated from London during the war.

by Anonymousreply 127November 27, 2022 12:22 PM

No carbs til Marbs

by Anonymousreply 128November 27, 2022 12:24 PM

“Over-served” = drunk, often seen in their native habitat, the street, vomiting.

“Tired and emotional” = George Brown (as UK Defense Minister) so fucking drunk he couldn’t stand up.

by Anonymousreply 129November 27, 2022 12:26 PM

"Drinking culture" -- how they excuse it.

by Anonymousreply 130November 27, 2022 12:52 PM

City on fire!

by Anonymousreply 131November 27, 2022 12:52 PM

R113- I don’t think we need a lecture about logic from people who drive on the wrong side of the road.

by Anonymousreply 132November 27, 2022 12:53 PM

I’m a poofter.

by Anonymousreply 133November 27, 2022 12:57 PM

R132 Or drink their beer warm. Or call private schools "public." Or think Andy is a real prince of a guy.

by Anonymousreply 134November 27, 2022 1:05 PM

“Brenda,” “Brian,” “Keith, “Yvonne,” and “Cheryl.”

In order: Her late majesty QE2, her oldest son, her husband, her sister, and Lady Diana as Cheryl.

by Anonymousreply 135November 27, 2022 1:23 PM

Gotta lotta berks here.

by Anonymousreply 136November 27, 2022 1:43 PM

I'm chips instead of fries.

by Anonymousreply 137November 27, 2022 1:53 PM

Pardon me, will you. I have to spend a penny.

by Anonymousreply 138November 27, 2022 2:06 PM

[quote]Suck it and see —JB-Grimaldi

The famous Jeremy of Soapbox fame?

Wussup bro. It's Gameboy. 🤣

by Anonymousreply 139November 27, 2022 4:10 PM

[bold] You IDIOT !

by Anonymousreply 140November 27, 2022 4:22 PM

Why don't t go back to mine?

by Anonymousreply 141November 27, 2022 4:24 PM

[bold] GET OUTTA MY PUB !

by Anonymousreply 142November 27, 2022 4:26 PM

I’m the TWAT

by Anonymousreply 143November 27, 2022 4:27 PM

The gaffer wants to see you -- sharpish! Better be there or he won't be best pleased!

by Anonymousreply 144November 27, 2022 4:35 PM

More, please .....

by Anonymousreply 145November 27, 2022 4:45 PM

The poor swot was rusticated after the Michaelmas term.

by Anonymousreply 146November 27, 2022 4:53 PM

Sorry R132, but studies have shown that driving on the left is safer, not only that but the UK is far from the only country to drive on the left. That pesky logic strikes yet again.

by Anonymousreply 147November 27, 2022 5:00 PM

"See it. Say it. Sorted."

by Anonymousreply 148November 27, 2022 5:01 PM

The brilliant and brill sayings for just about EVERYTHING is really ludicrous, can you find another word?

by Anonymousreply 149November 27, 2022 5:29 PM

Fockin’ SAWTIT OWT!

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by Anonymousreply 150November 27, 2022 5:30 PM

‘Sad’, in the sense of a pejorative accusation of ‘pathetic’, rather than the emotional state.

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by Anonymousreply 151November 27, 2022 5:38 PM

"Are" when it should be "is" as in: "The Government are planning to . . ."

by Anonymousreply 152November 27, 2022 6:31 PM

Bloody hell!

by Anonymousreply 153November 27, 2022 6:45 PM

Lower class saying-

Init

by Anonymousreply 154November 27, 2022 6:55 PM

R140 It's "idjit" you dummy.

by Anonymousreply 155November 27, 2022 6:56 PM

R132 - perhaps we are the ones driving on the side of the road.

by Anonymousreply 156November 27, 2022 7:19 PM

E was a fine bloke before e met that wagon. Er knickers are always in a twist

by Anonymousreply 157November 27, 2022 7:19 PM

I'm an arrogant, ignorant American who thinks every stereotype and saying they've seen and heard in a British drama or sitcom is used every day by every English person verbatim, despite never having visited the country.

by Anonymousreply 158November 27, 2022 7:33 PM

"proper" anything

by Anonymousreply 159November 27, 2022 8:47 PM

Pillocks

by Anonymousreply 160November 27, 2022 8:50 PM

Matron!

by Anonymousreply 161November 27, 2022 8:58 PM

Bits ‘n bobs

by Anonymousreply 162November 27, 2022 9:00 PM

Strength to strength

by Anonymousreply 163November 27, 2022 9:37 PM

Charlie bit my finger!

by Anonymousreply 164November 27, 2022 10:08 PM

What a slag!

by Anonymousreply 165November 27, 2022 10:17 PM

r139 GAMEBOY!!! What a great surprise! How are things on the new and improved IMDB?

by Anonymousreply 166November 27, 2022 10:30 PM

Cavalier/Roundhead

by Anonymousreply 167November 27, 2022 10:30 PM

MIF: Milk In First, a preference when having tea that marks one out immediately as lower-class.

See also in that regard: "Pleased to meet you" rather than "How do you do?"

by Anonymousreply 168November 27, 2022 10:45 PM

R155 Depending - it can also be "eejit".

by Anonymousreply 169November 27, 2022 10:46 PM

"Mighty" as in terrific, although strictly speaking this is Irish, not British, but it has held on in some areas outside the southeast.

by Anonymousreply 170November 27, 2022 10:47 PM

R135 You should have provided the source for those: Private Eye, in and of itself deliciously British - first appeared in PE's "Grovel" column in, if I remember, the early 1970s.

by Anonymousreply 171November 27, 2022 10:49 PM

Situation hopeless but not serious.

by Anonymousreply 172November 27, 2022 10:49 PM

Have a go [at something]

Taking a flutter - a gambling reference that I don't think has made its way across the Pond.

by Anonymousreply 173November 27, 2022 10:50 PM

[quote] The 'brilliant' and 'brill' sayings for just about EVERYTHING is really ludicrous, can you find another word?

'Peng'?

Cf. "I'm 'avin that/it."

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by Anonymousreply 174November 27, 2022 10:55 PM

“It’d be rude not to.” Usually said to justify another drink.

by Anonymousreply 175November 27, 2022 11:00 PM

R114 LOL. I'm guess you're just lucky no one has said, 'blimey' yet. Oops. I just did.

Open the bonnet and get me the spanner.

by Anonymousreply 176November 27, 2022 11:03 PM

Ponce

by Anonymousreply 177November 27, 2022 11:10 PM

I'm a "packet of crisps"!

by Anonymousreply 178November 27, 2022 11:39 PM

She's all fur coat and no nickers

She's no better than she ought to be

When I get home, I'll give him the length of my tongue

It's cold enough to freeze the brass balls off a brass monkey

You can stick that where the sun don't shine

by Anonymousreply 179November 27, 2022 11:49 PM

Gor blimey!

by Anonymousreply 180November 28, 2022 12:00 AM

Nibbles

by Anonymousreply 181November 28, 2022 12:07 AM

Punters

And cockney rhyming slang:

I'll just go have a butcher's

You've been telling porkies

What a load of cobblers

by Anonymousreply 182November 28, 2022 12:15 AM

r166 Damn, all the kewl fags hang out here! I left filmboards.

This is the hot new venue:

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by Anonymousreply 183November 28, 2022 12:53 AM

r166 Ooops. I forgot to sign it! But join.

by Anonymousreply 184November 28, 2022 12:54 AM

Cheap as chips.

by Anonymousreply 185November 28, 2022 12:57 AM

"A Right Pratt" always cracks me up. Meaning a hot mess. Or a damn fool.

"He looks a right pratt with that toupee on."

by Anonymousreply 186November 28, 2022 1:02 AM

“Help, We’ve been Harkled!”

by Anonymousreply 187November 28, 2022 1:41 AM

Fancy a go at proper buggery?

by Anonymousreply 188November 28, 2022 3:55 AM

[quote] Fancy a go at proper buggery?

Poofter!

by Anonymousreply 189November 28, 2022 4:51 AM

Worse for wear… simply dreadful….

by Anonymousreply 190November 28, 2022 5:00 AM

Plonker

by Anonymousreply 191November 28, 2022 6:07 AM

A bent copper.

by Anonymousreply 192November 28, 2022 9:26 AM

"The man on the Clapham omnibus."

by Anonymousreply 193November 28, 2022 9:50 AM

Six of the best.

by Anonymousreply 194November 28, 2022 10:02 AM

In future, not in the future.

In future I hope to see the English use “in the future” just as they use “in the past.”

by Anonymousreply 195November 28, 2022 10:53 AM

My favourite - why are Americans such fat cunts?

by Anonymousreply 196November 28, 2022 11:35 AM

"We're chuffed that some of you Yanks want to use our chuffed."

by Anonymousreply 197November 28, 2022 11:47 AM

Oi, fancy a cheeky Nando’s?

by Anonymousreply 198November 28, 2022 1:19 PM

Dirty weekend

by Anonymousreply 199November 28, 2022 1:37 PM

OTT

Cuppa

Dodgy

Slag

Geezer

by Anonymousreply 200November 28, 2022 1:38 PM

The thin end of the wedge

by Anonymousreply 201November 28, 2022 1:40 PM

Drunk Brit on Marbella sidewalk looking up unsteadily at priest walking past…

“Thaaasss OK, padre. One of these days they’ll give you a parish”

by Anonymousreply 202November 28, 2022 1:45 PM

Chap

Fellow

by Anonymousreply 203November 28, 2022 1:53 PM

dogging

by Anonymousreply 204November 28, 2022 7:37 PM

"Safe as houses"

by Anonymousreply 205November 28, 2022 7:41 PM

Shall we kettle'em, sir?"

by Anonymousreply 206November 28, 2022 8:26 PM

QUEEN FURIOUS

by Anonymousreply 207November 28, 2022 9:54 PM

A cuppa

by Anonymousreply 208November 29, 2022 1:18 AM

He bottled it!

by Anonymousreply 209November 29, 2022 1:28 AM

Nice cup of tea!

by Anonymousreply 210November 29, 2022 3:28 AM

No? I’m Wankers!

by Anonymousreply 211November 29, 2022 4:03 AM

A bit of alright

by Anonymousreply 212November 29, 2022 4:06 AM

Posh twat

by Anonymousreply 213November 29, 2022 4:06 AM

He’s a posh boy but a decent shag.

by Anonymousreply 214November 29, 2022 4:28 AM

I'm gobsmacked!

by Anonymousreply 215November 29, 2022 5:12 AM

100%!!

by Anonymousreply 216November 29, 2022 5:48 AM

I'm having OP's guts for garters.

by Anonymousreply 217November 29, 2022 6:36 AM

I’m gobsmacked AND gutted AND I have an Uncle Bob.

by Anonymousreply 218November 29, 2022 9:59 AM

Jesus fucking H Christ on a bike R195, wind your neck in for "In future" and "In the future" have completely different meanings you donkey.

by Anonymousreply 219November 30, 2022 5:11 PM

In America, "in the future" covers both meanings, with no apparent confusion.

by Anonymousreply 220November 30, 2022 5:47 PM

for fuck sake. Probably already been said.

by Anonymousreply 221November 30, 2022 5:53 PM

I've been knocked into a cocked hat!

by Anonymousreply 222November 30, 2022 6:03 PM

Leave it out . . . !

by Anonymousreply 223November 30, 2022 6:48 PM

R222 Actually, the cocked hat refers to a plan or strategy or the like gone awry, it is not usually applied to a person.

"Well, there goes my planned weekend getaway, knocked into a cocked hat!"

"The fucking security guard just HAD to be heroic and knocked our well-planned robbery into a cocked hat!"

"Well, there goes my promotion, knocked into a cocked hat."

See?

by Anonymousreply 224November 30, 2022 7:08 PM

Hard cheese on ya!

by Anonymousreply 225December 1, 2022 1:39 AM

“Bugger Bogner”

by Anonymousreply 226December 1, 2022 11:54 AM

“Bognor” not “Bogner”, R226.

by Anonymousreply 227December 1, 2022 12:05 PM

Isn't Bognor Regis one of those places they make fun of? (For some reason that escapes the American viewer.)

by Anonymousreply 228December 1, 2022 3:35 PM

R228 Bognor Regis is actually a seaside resort in Sussex - the air was alleged to be healthy and have curative powers drawn from the sea. It was (and still is often) called Bognor until George V came to stay, and then it was called Bognor Regis.

The name is from old Anglo-Saxon in derivation meaning shore.

It's still there and doing surprisingly well in hotel management instead of summer and holiday camping.

I'm not sure why they make fun of it, unless it's just that Bognor and Bugger go so well together.

Bugger Brighton or Bugger Brixton or Bugger Bristol just doesn't have the same cachet.

by Anonymousreply 229December 2, 2022 1:20 AM

I love those pretentious-sounding Latin names, like Weston-super-mare. (I think I first became aware of that one in "Noises Off.")

And all of those interesting names in Agatha Christie books, like Market Basing and Chipping Cleghorn.

by Anonymousreply 230December 2, 2022 1:30 AM

Get your coat luv, you’ve pulled…

by Anonymousreply 231December 2, 2022 4:03 PM

You don’t sweat much for a big lass do you?

by Anonymousreply 232December 2, 2022 4:04 PM

Jeez it’s hot in here, I’m sweating like a rapist…

by Anonymousreply 233December 2, 2022 4:05 PM

It’s chucking down outside!

by Anonymousreply 234December 2, 2022 4:15 PM

Pull the other one!

by Anonymousreply 235December 2, 2022 4:34 PM

R234 It's more "it's chucking it down outside". One 'it' isn't enough!

by Anonymousreply 236December 2, 2022 4:37 PM

[quote]Pull the other one!

It's got bells on it!

by Anonymousreply 237December 2, 2022 4:44 PM

So demure in public yet in private she swears like a fishwife.

by Anonymousreply 238December 2, 2022 4:57 PM

Ripper strikes in Whitechapel!

by Anonymousreply 239December 2, 2022 11:10 PM

Come in #27 yer time"s up!

by Anonymousreply 240December 5, 2022 10:30 AM

The newspaper we can't mention is running this headline: "Prince Andrew is the 'Millwall' of the Royal family."

Yes, I know Millwall's a football club, but what's the meaning here?

by Anonymousreply 241February 12, 2023 11:38 AM

“Fur coat and no knickers” and “Mutton dressed as lamb”

If they’ve been said above, they bear repeating

by Anonymousreply 242February 12, 2023 12:56 PM

Exclaiming "I've a ladder in me tights" will have every woman within earshot checking her stockings, too...

by Anonymousreply 243February 12, 2023 3:04 PM

I’m in his cups.

by Anonymousreply 244February 12, 2023 3:39 PM

"I'm not drunk. I was over-served."

by Anonymousreply 245February 12, 2023 3:42 PM

I'm a sympathetically rendered character property, to a high standard. I have a dual aspect (which I used to think was jewel aspect) master bedroom, with a Jack-and-Jill bathroom, in an upside-down house, with a snug and two reception rooms, Grade 2 listed with a thatched roof. These are all things I learned while watching Escape to the Country, the property hunting show, where the cottages are often "homely", not "homey". The searchers often want to live in walking distance to the local pub, in point of fact. Shall we go on to the next property? "Yes, please!"

by Anonymousreply 246February 13, 2023 2:29 PM

That’s a helluva saying.

by Anonymousreply 247February 13, 2023 2:31 PM

My teefs hurt!

by Anonymousreply 248February 13, 2023 2:34 PM

[quote] "Prince Andrew is the 'Millwall' of the Royal family." Yes, I know Millwall's a football club, but what's the meaning here?

A shorthand for ‘low-rent, unapologetic bigot and hooligan loser, living fifty years in the past, about whose existence the present day society often forgets.’

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by Anonymousreply 249February 13, 2023 2:54 PM

^“Sha’ap maite, ya borin’....”

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by Anonymousreply 250February 13, 2023 8:06 PM

I peep things bare late, bruv. Time ago. FAKS.

by Anonymousreply 251February 13, 2023 10:18 PM

I must go take a 'wee' . . .

by Anonymousreply 252March 6, 2023 8:17 PM

R252 We usually say "have a wee".

by Anonymousreply 253March 6, 2023 8:20 PM

When JFK visited the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in 1963, his helicopter landed landed on the lawn of Chatsworth, their seat in Derbyshire. The Duchess was suitably impressed by the means of transport and said so. Kennedy told them that indeed it was wonderful aircraft and even had a bathroom.

She asked herself why anyone would want to take a bath in a flying helicopter before realizing they'd have called it the toilet.

by Anonymousreply 254March 6, 2023 8:28 PM

R254 He went to Chatsworth to visit his sister's grave.

by Anonymousreply 255March 7, 2023 9:42 AM

These threads are always so embarrassing. Where do you get your British sayings from? Most of these are either nonsensical or haven't been used in about one hundred years. It'd be like me saying Americans say "Howdy partner!" on a regular basis.

by Anonymousreply 256March 7, 2023 9:59 AM

Don’t want to end up arse over tit

She’s a goey mare isn’t she

We’ve got our gin and tonics out for a bit of liquid courage

by Anonymousreply 257March 7, 2023 12:27 PM

OP - This is the Datalounge. Nous sommes tous des wankers

by Anonymousreply 258March 7, 2023 12:30 PM

‘I’m rubbish at [verb]’

by Anonymousreply 259March 7, 2023 12:57 PM

Don’t be daft

by Anonymousreply 260March 7, 2023 12:58 PM

This English breakfast is SMASHING!

by Anonymousreply 261March 7, 2023 1:02 PM

The boss has cancelled elevenses!

by Anonymousreply 262March 7, 2023 1:50 PM

R259 the Dutch host family I once stayed with for a year working abroad would incessantly mock me for the use of 'rubbish'.

by Anonymousreply 263March 7, 2023 2:06 PM

[quote] She’s a goey mare isn’t she

What was R257 attempting to say, there? "She's a go-er"? "She's gooey"? (different meaning altogether)

As for "mare", we'd sooner say "she's a right mare" or "she's a proper mare", in the pejorative sense. "Cow" may easily substitute.

by Anonymousreply 264March 7, 2023 2:08 PM

Me missus is up the duff.

by Anonymousreply 265March 7, 2023 2:10 PM

Knackered

by Anonymousreply 266March 7, 2023 2:39 PM

-- Trouble and strife

-- Her indoors

-- The old ball and chain

by Anonymousreply 267March 7, 2023 2:47 PM

Rode hard and put away wet

by Anonymousreply 268March 7, 2023 4:41 PM

^I've heard this expression since I was a kid.^

by Anonymousreply 269March 10, 2023 6:16 PM

Silly twat!

by Anonymousreply 270March 10, 2023 6:18 PM

part and parcel

by Anonymousreply 271March 10, 2023 6:20 PM

My neighbor downstairs is a nosy parker!

by Anonymousreply 272March 10, 2023 6:22 PM

R269 in what context - sex or horses?

by Anonymousreply 273March 10, 2023 6:25 PM

White van man.

by Anonymousreply 274March 11, 2023 2:34 AM
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