Idiom/Phrases

"the back of beyond"

the sticks, boondocks

bagsies (sp?)

"dibs"

"Bob's your uncle"

easy does it, no problem

call/ring

"call" often means to go see someone in person; telephoning is "ringing" them

can't be bothered

don't want to be bothered, don't care

"could do"/"might do"

used instead of "could"/"could do that"

"(fuck, sod, bugger) this/it for a game of soldiers"

forget it, screw this

"get away"

"I don't believe you"

get "done"

(e.g. "you can get done for speeding") - be penalized, fined, etc., by law

"get your finger out"

(of your arse) - get a move on, get going

"give it some wellie"

get some energy into it ("pedal to the metal")

go round

go to /go over to (someone's house)

"Gordon Bennett"

bloody hell! (etymology??)

got

instead of "gotten"

mess (someone) about

give someone a hard time, give them the runaround

no joy

no luck, no success

not on

inappropriate, wrong

off/gone off

spoiled

"on your bike"

get to work (popularized by a Tebbit speech mid-1980s??)

"pull the other one, it's got bells on"

disbelief

right

1. real: "he's a right bastard" 2. all, as in "right the way round" (all the way around)

sort out

deal with

swings and roundabouts

"six of one, half a dozen of the other"

what's up?

means "what's wrong?" (not "how's it going?")

well

very (as in "well chuffed", "well screwed", etc.)

whilst

while

wind up

to annoy, tease