Australian Phrases

Phrases

• Amber nectar
• Ankle biter
• Arse about face
• As dry as a pommy's bath towel
• Australian defence
• Australians wouldn't give a XXXX for anything else (Castlemaine XXXX Lager advertising slogan)
• Ayers Rock (tourist attraction in Australia)
• Back of beyond
• Banged up
• Blow through
• Bondi Beach (tourist attraction in Australia)
• Down Under (Nickname of Australia)
• Fair dinkum
• Fosters - Australian for Beer (Fosters advertising slogan)
• Gottaloveit (Seven Network Australia advertising slogan)
• He shot through like a Bondi tram
• In the Army, the edge (Australian Army advertising slogan)
• Mr. Cricket (Nickname of Michael Hussey - Australian cricketer)
• Pommy bashing (Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English)
• Seriously ten (Network Ten Australia advertising slogan)
• She'll be right
• Shoot through (to leave or abscond)
• Sydney Harbour Bridge (tourist attraction in Sydney Australia)
• Sydney Opera House (tourist attraction in Australia)
• The Don (Nickname of Donald Bradman - Australian cricketer)
• The Great Barrier Reef (tourist attraction in Australia)
• The one to watch (Channel 7 Australia advertising slogan)
• Throw another shrimp on the barbie (Australian Tourist Commission advertising slogan)
• Waltzing Matilda (Australia's unofficial national anthem)
• Which bank? (Commonwealth Bank of Australia advertising slogan)