Pommy Phrases

Phrases

• 167 days of foggy, foggy dew can't claim all the credit for beautiful English complexions (Elizabeth Arden advertising slogan)
• Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
• As dry as a pommy's bath towel
• Ayers Rock (tourist attraction in Australia)
• Bondi Beach (tourist attraction in Australia)
• Down Under (Nickname of Australia)
• Fast Freddie (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
• Fred Flintstone (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
• Gottaloveit (Seven Network Australia advertising slogan)
• King of Spain (Nickname of Ashley Giles - English cricketer)
• Mrs. Mop (traditional English name for a cleaning woman)
• No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years (Gordon's Gin advertising slogan)
• Paddy Pantsdown (Nickname of English politician Paddy Ashdown)
• Pommy bashing (Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English)
• Seriously ten (Network Ten Australia advertising slogan)
• Sydney Harbour Bridge (tourist attraction in Sydney Australia)
• Sydney Opera House (tourist attraction in Australia)
• The Beast of Bolsover (Nickname of English politician Dennis Skinner)
• The Boy David (Nickname of English politician David Steel)
• The Chingford Strangler (Nickname of English politician Norman Tebbit)
• The English disease
• The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm
• The Garden County (nickname of the English county of Hampshire)
• The Garden of England (Nickname of the English counties of Kent and Worcestershire)
• The Great Barrier Reef (tourist attraction in Australia)
• The one to watch (Channel 7 Australia advertising slogan)
• The queen's English
• Waltzing Matilda (Australia's unofficial national anthem)
• Which bank? (Commonwealth Bank of Australia advertising slogan)
• Won't make a pom tiddly (Swan Light advertising slogan)