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What is one of your favorite British sayings
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:nod of head:
"This weather eh!"
:beetroot red face while wearing padded jacket in July:
"It's too hot for me, I can't wait for autumn"
:shivering while wearing shorts and tee shirt in January"
" It's too darn cold can't wait for summer"
:abroad"
" Where can I get a Sunday roast?" |
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As a non-native English speaker and a lifetime Anglophile, I am loving all these  keep them coming!
My fave one, though, and I hear it at work at least once every day is “It is what it is…” so simple. And so true. |
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Cheap at twice the price. Not half!
He/she is no better than they ought to be.
Keep your hand on your ha'penny.
Lovely/awful weather for the time of year.
Raining cats and dogs.
The use of of/ov instead of have.
The social niceties:
"Do you want a brew?". "Only if you're having one".
"Would you like a biscuit/cake/sandwich/Venezuelan beaver cheese to go with it?. "No thanks". This can be repeated a further two times but must end in "Yes please, I'm famished".
"Don't look now!". How can you do otherwise!
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‘A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.’
I sadly have no idea what it pertains to nor have I subsequently ever found a context in which to employ it but it sounds rather marvellous nonetheless, I think 👍🏻 |
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":nod of head:
"This weather eh!"
:beetroot red face while wearing padded jacket in July:
"It's too hot for me, I can't wait for autumn"
:shivering while wearing shorts and tee shirt in January"
" It's too darn cold can't wait for summer"
:abroad"
" Where can I get a Sunday roast?""
same conversation in India
Where can I get any decent British tea? |
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Got the time on ya cock.
Pleased as punch.
Piece of piss.
Where's the fire then.
Who do you think you are Sterling Moss/Lewis Hamilton.
Does my bum look big in this.
She's got a great pair of knockers on her.
Built like a brick shit house.
Got a face like the back end of a bus.
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Pootin is a prick.
STuck Farmer.
Starmer is a dickhead.
If you keep swearing your tongue'll fall out.
You'll go on Father Christmases naughty
list.
The bogey man will get ya.
Gives me the flying willie's.
Mum, can I have an ice cream.
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one of my favourites! Not said directly to the queue jumoer though 
