“Bringing home the bacon” means bringing home the money that your family will live on.…
BRITISH LIFE• GREAT BRITISH FOOD• Obsessions• Pastimes
It’s Not All Beer and Skittles – A Guide to British Ale
Life isn’t all beer and skittles – a brilliant phrase. It simply means that life…
(Not All) Posh Toffs and Tough Nuts• BRITISH LIFE• Crappy Britain• GREAT BRITISH FOOD• Obsessions• Pastimes• Snacks• the Dark Side
On The Sauce
To Be On The Sauce – To go out for a big boozy night…
Hurrah! It’s National Fish and Chip Day. EVERY British person I know Knows About Fish and Chips.…
(Not All) Posh Toffs and Tough Nuts• BRITISH LIFE• Christmas• GREAT BRITISH FOOD• Obsessions• Special Occasions
(Not so) Sour Grapes – A Beginner’s Guide to English & Welsh Wine
Sour Grapes – to dismiss or criticise something, because you are hacked off that you…
‘There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch’ Something we say to show that we…
“Use your loaf!” – an imperative form used in frustration to tell someone not to…
to eat someone out of house and home – to eat everything offered to you,…
You can’t have your cake and eat it – literally means that you cannot eat the…
Two-a-penny – something that is in plentiful supply, and therefore very cheap. Possibly from the old…
