UK sayings vs USA sayings

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FitnessCharl
FitnessCharl Posts: 166
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After reading some comments from the USA peeps, I wondered who would win in a slang/phrase/sayings SHOW DOWN!

Some examples of the UK sayings: -

"She has had more pricks than a second hand dartboard" <- a lady who engages in numerous activities of a sexual nature
"Shaking like a ******ng dog" <-trembling
"Bobs your uncle" <- Job done
"Boat race" <- Face
"Big girl's blouse" <- Girly boy
"Popped his clogs" <- Died

Bring it on.............!!!
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  • sarahsim48
    sarahsim48 Posts: 37 Member
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    HAHA, I love "Bob's your uncle". Hmmm...hard to top those. Maybe:


    "I'm sweatin' like a *kitten* in church" ;)
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
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    That is excellent - pretty much describes how I am feeling in this office today...
  • sarahsim48
    sarahsim48 Posts: 37 Member
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    Same!!
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 28 Member
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    In NY we say "I was sweatin' like a dawg in a chinese restaurant"...
  • Pardyqueenxoxo
    Pardyqueenxoxo Posts: 218 Member
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    Uk -

    Apples n pears - stairs
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
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    Haha do I have to do a NY accent with that?

    See in England its slightly less subtle.... "Sweating like a paedophile in a playground"

    My Mum is from Liverpool she has some cracking sayings like "her *kitten* was like two rhino's fighting in a sack" and "curby kiss"
  • JonnaM0916
    JonnaM0916 Posts: 113
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    One I heard growing up is "If momma aint happy aint nobody happy"

    lol at the rhono's haha!
  • GoldspursX3
    GoldspursX3 Posts: 516 Member
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    "That would run a buzzard off a gut wagon" - means it stinks
    "gag a maggot" -same as above


    In the Army we have a few unique sayings too....

    "You're a soup sandwich" -you are all kinds of messed up.
    "Monkey f**king a football" -thats just wrong.
    "Get your meatbeaters off me" -get your HANDS off me.
  • DoneBroughtSexyBack
    DoneBroughtSexyBack Posts: 190
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    UK wins the slang fest, no doubt...
  • Pardyqueenxoxo
    Pardyqueenxoxo Posts: 218 Member
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    hahaha my uncle made one up - ruptured spleens = pair of jeans hahaha!
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
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    In the words of Charlie Sheen UK = "Winning"

    "Her face is like a bulldog chewing a wasp" / "Face like a slapped *kitten*"

    "My *kitten* is a cream cake" (You have to put that one into context to get it) "If she's 30, then my *kitten* is a cream cake"

    "Bent as a nine bob note"
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
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    hahaha my uncle made one up - ruptured spleens = pair of jeans hahaha!

    I love this so much I am using it when my boyfriends cockney Grandad comes round.
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 28 Member
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    yup, the accent is mandatory :o))
  • marysowter
    marysowter Posts: 121 Member
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    UK , When some one is giving you a hard time we say
    1 Pull your neck in will you
    2 Listen to rent a mouth
    3 My ears are a ringing
    I could go on hope they make you smile:smile: x
  • LaLouve_RK
    LaLouve_RK Posts: 899 Member
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    <-- CANADA_FLAG.gif having a fun moment with this thread
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 28 Member
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    cant to wait to hear the maple leaf sayings :oD
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 28 Member
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    US:

    it was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

    Up **** creek without a paddle

    The whole nine yards

    If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
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    "Up and down like a fart in a bottle"

    Man, some stuff we say really doesn't make any sense....

    I wanna see what Canadian people say.... Let it rain RavenKellie
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
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    I'm American and I'm casting all of my votes for British sayings!
    An Xbox friend is from the U.K. and we were playing Skyrim the other day when he found a rare weapon. He goes, "I just found X weapon! That's as rare as rocking horse *kitten*!" ha ha ha ha ha ha! I've never heard anyone say that before and he says it's a British thing.

    I wish I had a British thing.
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 28 Member
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    this one is funny: ...and a set of balls like the King of Bayonne

    Pull the wool over your eyes

    A sledgehammer to crack a nut

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