To Be On The Sauce – To go out for a big boozy night…
(Not All) Posh Toffs and Tough Nuts• BRITISH LIFE• Crappy Britain• GREAT BRITISH FOOD• Obsessions• Pastimes• Snacks• the Dark Side
“Use your loaf!” – an imperative form used in frustration to tell someone not to…
Two-a-penny – something that is in plentiful supply, and therefore very cheap. Possibly from the old…
Good craic – good fun. If someone says “the craic’s good“, they usually mean there is…
to be toast – (a) to be finished, to be in serious trouble,…
Oggie, oggie, oggie – Oi, oi, oi! – heard at rugby matches up and down…
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Right Up My Street
if something is right up your street, it is the kind of thing…
to get in a right old pickle – to be in a difficult situation. But not…
ham-fisted – clumsy, heavy-handed; without dexterity. If you do something in a “ham-fisted manner” you…
to save someone’s bacon – to save someone from a tricky situation; to come…
