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UK sayings vs USA sayings

FitnessCharl
FitnessCharl Posts: 166
edited January 20 in Chit-Chat
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
    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
    That is excellent - pretty much describes how I am feeling in this office today...
  • sarahsim48
    sarahsim48 Posts: 37 Member
    Same!!
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 29 Member
    In NY we say "I was sweatin' like a dawg in a chinese restaurant"...
  • Pardyqueenxoxo
    Pardyqueenxoxo Posts: 218 Member
    Uk -

    Apples n pears - stairs
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
    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
    One I heard growing up is "If momma aint happy aint nobody happy"

    lol at the rhono's haha!
  • GoldspursX3
    GoldspursX3 Posts: 516 Member
    "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
    UK wins the slang fest, no doubt...
  • Pardyqueenxoxo
    Pardyqueenxoxo Posts: 218 Member
    hahaha my uncle made one up - ruptured spleens = pair of jeans hahaha!
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
    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
    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: 29 Member
    yup, the accent is mandatory :o))
  • marysowter
    marysowter Posts: 121 Member
    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
    <-- CANADA_FLAG.gif having a fun moment with this thread
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 29 Member
    cant to wait to hear the maple leaf sayings :oD
  • jpaccor
    jpaccor Posts: 29 Member
    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
    "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
    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: 29 Member
    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
  • LaLouve_RK
    LaLouve_RK Posts: 899 Member
    Well I would be better in french Canadian sayings than in english... but you can bet that francos in France are pissing their pants with laughter when we do that lol
  • BigDaddyRonnie
    BigDaddyRonnie Posts: 506 Member
    UK will always win the slang contest as the US is not that creative. We just say it.

    Canada...well they will just look on and jump on the winner bandwagon. :laugh:
  • LaLouve_RK
    LaLouve_RK Posts: 899 Member
    UK will always win the slang contest as the US is not that creative. We just say it.

    Canada...well they will just look on and jump on the winner bandwagon. :laugh:

    Awww! You know we are more neutral that that!
  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
    This will burn you guys, but in the UK we really can't tell the difference between an American and a Canadian accent....
  • Mimoki
    Mimoki Posts: 115 Member
    This will burn you guys, but in the UK we really can't tell the difference between an American and a Canadian accent....

    I'm American and I can't either... There really isn't one. Its not like UK English, Irish English etc.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    This will burn you guys, but in the UK we really can't tell the difference between an American and a Canadian accent....

    I'm American and I can't either... There really isn't one. Its not like UK English, Irish English etc.

    There really isn't a difference except for the southerners, I find Canadians use UK words though, like saying chips instead of saying fries.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    One used in a movie

    "hotter than Georgia asphalt"

    That's really hot in case you are wondering. LOL!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I really wish I had time to research the origins of some of these sayings.... Bizarre.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I once got into a flame war with a British kid whose heavy artillery insults were things like "Get stuffed" and "Pillock."

    Coming from the land of the F-bomb that is the US, I was not intimidated. Plus, pillock, as I told him, sounds like a combo of a pillow and a hammock. Which I would buy ten of.
  • Strobins05
    Strobins05 Posts: 716
    "Get your head out of the Clouds" = Delusional

    "Not pot to piss in or a window to throw it out"= Person who thinks they have it all and have NOTHING in others eyes

    "I'm outtie 5000"= I'm leaving

    She's a Dime= Hot chic!
    :flowerforyou:
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