Funny Other Country Expressions?

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  • Carbybarbie
    Carbybarbie Posts: 102 Member
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    subakwa wrote: »
    More British-isms

    Crikey Moses - an expression of surprise
    A buggeration - an annoyance
    The sun is over the yardarm - it is a respectable hour for an alcoholic drink
    A swift one? - would you like to go to the pub?
    Shake a leg - hurry up
    Get a wriggle on - hurry up
    Climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire - cheesy "father-in-law" type way of saying going to bed

    Weather
    Fret & haar - types of mist
    Spitting - very light rain
    Mizzling - that cross between mist and rain
    Drizzling - rain that is light but more persistent and heavier than spitting
    Pouring down - heavy rain
    Belting / hammering / pissing down - really heavy rain
    Raining cats and dogs - any sort of heavy rain
    Blowing a hooley - very windy
    Summer - a combination of all the above :D

    Has to get the uk weather saying in haha today its a bit muggy in Manchester
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
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    Carbybarbie wrote: »
    subakwa wrote: »
    More British-isms

    Crikey Moses - an expression of surprise
    A buggeration - an annoyance
    The sun is over the yardarm - it is a respectable hour for an alcoholic drink
    A swift one? - would you like to go to the pub?
    Shake a leg - hurry up
    Get a wriggle on - hurry up
    Climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire - cheesy "father-in-law" type way of saying going to bed

    Weather
    Fret & haar - types of mist
    Spitting - very light rain
    Mizzling - that cross between mist and rain
    Drizzling - rain that is light but more persistent and heavier than spitting
    Pouring down - heavy rain
    Belting / hammering / pissing down - really heavy rain
    Raining cats and dogs - any sort of heavy rain
    Blowing a hooley - very windy
    Summer - a combination of all the above :D

    Has to get the uk weather saying in haha today its a bit muggy in Manchester

    Oh, yes, forgot muggy (=humid).

    Dreech (Scotland) = grey & damp, default setting.
    Nippy = chilly
    Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey (shortened to "brass monkeys out there" = very cold
    Cold as a witch's tit = pretty cold
    Good weather for ducks = raining again

    Not weather related
    Tight as a duck's a.r.s.e = very ungenerous
    Rougher than a badger's a*** = not the most salubrious or good looking
    Face like a skelped / smacked a*** = miserable looking



  • AriesGal329
    AriesGal329 Posts: 236 Member
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    Ugly as a mud fence. I think it's a southern saying.
  • jlahorn
    jlahorn Posts: 377 Member
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    HeyaBerg wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    HeyaBerg wrote: »
    In my country these are totally normal sayings but translate them to English and this is what you get

    On with the butter = keep it going
    You're completely out driving = you're not paying attention
    I come from the mountains = I didnt know
    You're a latte drinking wool scarf = you're artsy
    It lies in the eyes upstairs = it's obvious
    No one will become a bishop with out a beating = success isnt a easy road
    I took him to the bakery =I thought him a lesson
    I'll find you at the beach = I'll get my revenge
    Standing on the duck = hard to breath cause you're panting

    There are many more. But these ar just at the top of my head right now

    What? That's kinda awesome. What country? Wait are you pulling my leg?

    Nope it's Iceland... The Icelandic language is awesome lol

    Oh wow, I just looked up Icelandic expressions and I have a new favorite. I think we should make this one (and latte-drinking wool scarf) a thing in the US:

    "That's the raisin at the end of the hot dog". (Something that comes as a surprise at the end of something, something extra that wasn’t expected. Usually something positive.)

    http://www.hestheimar.is/2015/05/13/15-peculiar-icelandic-phrases-that-leave-you-scratching-your-head/
  • Gibby349
    Gibby349 Posts: 119 Member
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    In Ireland
    Go away= Are you serious
    Im weak= I cant stop laughing
    Any chance of a meet=Can I have a kiss
    Bure= goodlooking girl

  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    edited August 2016
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    Does any other country say 'Naff off' or 'Knob head'

    If me auntie had bo****ks she'd be me uncle
  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
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    Ireland , England , scotland , wales have alot of sayings in common . But each one has its own sayings , which can differ from county to county .
    A Dub ( A guy from Dublin ) might say jokeinly to a west of Ireland country boy in Dublin for the weekend -
    Street talk - Alright bud , welcome to the big smoke ( city ) . Jasus , would ya look at the big culchie head on him . Only messin with ya bud . Will ya have a pint .
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    finny11122 wrote: »
    Ireland , England , scotland , wales have alot of sayings in common . But each one has its own sayings , which can differ from county to county .
    A Dub ( A guy from Dublin ) might say jokeinly to a west of Ireland country boy in Dublin for the weekend -
    Street talk - Alright bud , welcome to the big smoke ( city ) . Jasus , would ya look at the big culchie head on him . Only messin with ya bud . Will ya have a pint .

    I have no clue what you said....but I think I love it
  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
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    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Ireland , England , scotland , wales have alot of sayings in common . But each one has its own sayings , which can differ from county to county .
    A Dub ( A guy from Dublin ) might say jokeinly to a west of Ireland country boy in Dublin for the weekend -
    Street talk - Alright bud , welcome to the big smoke ( city ) . Jasus , would ya look at the big culchie head on him . Only messin with ya bud . Will ya have a pint .

    I have no clue what you said....but I think I love it

    Haha . I live in the south and would sound way different to a Dublin person . An Amercian girl thought i was from Russia once haha . An English girl thought i was English .
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
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    finny11122 wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Ireland , England , scotland , wales have alot of sayings in common . But each one has its own sayings , which can differ from county to county .
    A Dub ( A guy from Dublin ) might say jokeinly to a west of Ireland country boy in Dublin for the weekend -
    Street talk - Alright bud , welcome to the big smoke ( city ) . Jasus , would ya look at the big culchie head on him . Only messin with ya bud . Will ya have a pint .

    I have no clue what you said....but I think I love it

    Haha . I live in the south and would sound way different to a Dublin person . An Amercian girl thought i was from Russia once haha . An English girl thought i was English .

    And you offer people tea a lot..
  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
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    refuseresist wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Ireland , England , scotland , wales have alot of sayings in common . But each one has its own sayings , which can differ from county to county .
    A Dub ( A guy from Dublin ) might say jokeinly to a west of Ireland country boy in Dublin for the weekend -
    Street talk - Alright bud , welcome to the big smoke ( city ) . Jasus , would ya look at the big culchie head on him . Only messin with ya bud . Will ya have a pint .

    I have no clue what you said....but I think I love it

    Haha . I live in the south and would sound way different to a Dublin person . An Amercian girl thought i was from Russia once haha . An English girl thought i was English .

    And you offer people tea a lot..

    yes that is a true stereotype haha
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
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  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
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    refuseresist wrote: »
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    You will be given a cup of tea , a sandwich , and a biscuit in an irish household . There is no refusing haha
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    finny11122 wrote: »
    refuseresist wrote: »
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    You will be given a cup of tea , a sandwich , and a biscuit in an irish household . There is no refusing haha

    When americans hear the word biscuit:

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  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    refuseresist wrote: »
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    You will be given a cup of tea , a sandwich , and a biscuit in an irish household . There is no refusing haha

    When americans hear the word biscuit:

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    God. That's a scone!
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
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    Oh really? But is it a "scown" or a "scon"?!!
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
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    cross2bear wrote: »
    Oh really? But is it a "scown" or a "scon"?!!

    Its scon where I'm from. I'd get laughed at and told to leave wherever I was if I called it a scown. :D
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    It's not an expression, but I adore the way Australians say deeckhead
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    refuseresist wrote: »
    tumblr_mtzsut0tAO1sjwg5lo1_500.gif

    You will be given a cup of tea , a sandwich , and a biscuit in an irish household . There is no refusing haha

    When americans hear the word biscuit:

    lq6txen9ld4t.jpg

    Yep..thats a scon here too ( australia)

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