British English: What are some phrases, sayings, or words that people use in the

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收藏 2016-04-21

'Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs' - an expression of amazement or surprise.
'It's black over Bill's mothers' - implying oncoming bad weather.
'He had an ague bout' - a layperson's description of some sort of medical affliction. I remain uncertain of what this is despite many years in the medical sector.
'Ey up me duck' - a form of greeting used in certain parts of the English Midlands.
'Its piddling down' - rain is currently falling.
'Mardy' - a descriptive term used for someone who is over-emotional (currently me!)
A 'Chelsea Tractor' - the four wheeled drive, expensive, vehicles beloved of rich ladies in London.
'She could talk the hind legs off a donkey' - she talks too much.
'Coffin dodger' - an extremely elderly individual, not yet deceased.
'Fur coat and no knickers!' - an individual who is all appearance, no underlying substance.
'Syrup of figs' - a wig.
Butty - sandwich
Brolly - umbrella
Soz - sorry
Gutted - upset
Chuffed - happy
Pants - underwear, NOT trousers
Chips - fries, not potato chips
Crisps - potato chips
Wanker - literally means someone who masturbates (or wanks off) but used as an insult, like asshole
FFS - for fuck's sake
Sod - fuck as in sof off (fuck off), this sodding rain (this fucking rain)
Swings and roundabouts - it's all the same things, just different ways of looking at it
What are you on about - what are you saying?
Can't be bothered/can't be arsed - don't want to do something
Shag - sex
Chav - UK equivalent of American trailer trash
Twat - literally I think it means vagina but is used as an insult
Nowt - nothing
Tea - dinner
Cuppa/brew - cup of tea or coffee
Innit - literally means isn't it, used at end of a sentence to get ageement or after stating a fact
Shank - knife or stab. "I will fucking shank you bruv"
Butters - ugly.
Sket - slut/slag.
Fam/famo - abbreviation of family, but used to describe "your crew".
Endz - your area "I come from the endz fam"
Brap - useless filler word "brap brap fam, your sket is butters"
Blud - used the same way groups of friends in the USA might use the N word/blood brother. Can be aggressive or friendly.
Wagwan - what's going on?
Bare - a lot/great

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