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Americans should avoid saying "bloody" as they sound silly.
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Bob's your uncle - This is a well used phrase. It is added to the end of sentences a bit like and that's it! For example if you are telling someone how to make that fabulous banoffee pie you just served them, you would tell them to boil the condensed milk for three hours, spread it onto a basic cheesecake base, slice bananas on top, add some whipped double cream, another layer of banana and Bob's your uncle!
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We say it when we see the price of insurance in the US, you could try saying it when you see how much jeans or petrol cost over here!
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Tim McCormickThis guide to British slang usage is sometimes rather disturbing http://t.co/CAMGNPfk #engchat #esol #tefl #idioms #ELL
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Any road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?
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Any road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?
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Any road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?
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Any road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?
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Ace - If something is ace it is awesome. I used to hear it a lot in Liverpool. Kids thought all cool stuff was ace, or brill.
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All right? - This is used a lot around London and the south to mean, "Hello, how are you"? You would say it to a complete stranger or someone you knew. The normal response would be for them to say "All right"? back to you. It is said as a question. Sometimes it might get expanded to "all right mate"? Mostly used by blue collar workers but also common among younger people.
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Any road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?
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ny road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?
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Butchers - To have a butchers at something is to have a look. This is a cockney rhyming slang word that has become common. The reason "butchers" means a look even though it doesn't rhyme is because it is short for "butchers hook" and "hook" of course, does rhyme.
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Cobblers - I have heard people say "what a load of cobblers" more than once. Maybe that's because I talk so much rubbish. An equivalent would be what a load of bollocks. It means you are talking out of your butt and has nothing to do with any kind of dessert! Derived from the cockney rhyming slang where Cobblers Awls = Balls!
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Hunky-dory - My English dictionary tells me that hunky-dory means excellent. We would generally use it to mean that everything is cool and groovy, on plan, no worries and generally going well.
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Narked - In the UK you would say that someone looked narked if you thought they were in a bad mood. In the US you might say that someone was pissed.
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Tidy - Apart from the obvious meaning of neat, tidy also means that a woman is a looker, attractive or sexy.
To - We go to school from
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Skywindsong Kemo'oAce - If something is ace it is awesome. I used to hear it a lot in Liverpool. Kids thought all cool stuff was ace, or brill.
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Jessica MaxwellAce - If something is ace it is brilliant. I used to hear it a lot in Liverpool. Kids thought all cool stuff was ace, or brill.
Aggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might expect at a football match. In other words - trouble! There is sometimes aggro in the cities after the pubs shut! -
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mile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs.
Barmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy. For example you'd have
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mile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs.
Barmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy. For example you'd have
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Barmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy. For example you'd have to be
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lways gets a smile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs.
Barmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy. For example you'd have to be barmy to visit England without trying black pudding!
Beastly - You would call something or somebody beastly if they were really nasty or unpleasant. Most people would consider you a snob or an upper class git if you used this word. People like Fergie can get away with it though.
Bees Knees - This is the polite version of the dog's bollocks. So if you are in polite company and want to say that something was fabulous, this phrase might come in handy.
Belt up - For some reason I heard this quite a lot as a kid. It's the British for shut up.
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