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167 days of foggy, foggy dew can't claim all the credit for beautiful
English
complexions ( Elizabeth Arden advertising slogan )
50
Words
for Snow ( Kate Bush song )
A bull and cow ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for row or argument )
A picture paints a thousand
words
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Abide with me ( hymn traditionally sung at the
English
football Cup Final )
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Acid
tongue
Actions speak louder than
words
Alphabet soup ( a jumble of
words
or letters, often in reference to organsiations known by their initials, like CIA or BBC )
Anal astronaut (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Apples and pears ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for stairs )
Army strawberries ( military
slang
term for prunes )
At a loss for
words
Back
slang
Bandy
words
with
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Barnet Fair ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for hair )
Barnyard language
Bat from the pavilion end (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Bedroom tax (
slang
term for UK's removal of Spare Room Subsidy )
Bhatti boy (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Bite your
tongue
Black cadillacs ( Canadian military
slang
term for combat boots )
Blood blister ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for sister )
Blow a raspberry ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for fart )
Bo Peep ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for sleep )
Boat race ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for face )
Body language
Bottle and glass ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for arse )
Brahms and Lizst ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for pissed )
Brass tacks ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for facts )
Bricks and mortar ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for daughter )
Brighton Pier ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for queer )
Bristols ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for titties )
Brown bread ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for dead )
Bunny suit ( Canadian military
slang
term for a cbrn ( chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear ) )
Buttock basher (
slang
term for a homosexual )
By George, I think she's got it
Cat got your tongue?
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Cherry ripe ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for pipe )
China plate ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for mate )
Code monkey (
slang
term for a computer programmer )
Coin a phrase
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Crash
programme
Cream crackered ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for knackered )
Currant bun ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for sun )
Daisy roots ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for boots )
Deeds not
words
Desmond Tutu ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for Second class degree ( 2,2 ) )
Dicky Dirt ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for shirt )
Dog and bone ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for telephone )
Don't mince
words
Donkey's years ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for ears )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Double Dutch
Eat your
words
Elephant's trunk ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for drunk )
Empty
words
Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and
tongue
of dog
Famous last
words
Farmers ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for piles )
Fast Freddie ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff -
English
cricketer )
Fast movers ( US and Canadian military
slang
term for jet fighters, especially ground )
Fine
words
butter no parsnips
Foul language
Fred Flintstone ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff -
English
cricketer )
Friend of Dorothy (
slang
term for a homosexual, referring to Judy Garland's character in The Wizard of Oz )
Frog and toad ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for road )
Fudge packer (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Genius bonus ( a joke or theme added to a
programme
aimed at well informed people )
Gentleman's relish (
slang
term for semen )
George Raft ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for daft )
Ginger Beer ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for queer )
Gnat's bollock (
slang
term for a very small unit of measurement )
Green slime ( military
slang
term for the intelligence corps )
Gregory Peck ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for neck )
Grunt cruncher ( military tank - grunt is a
slang
term for infantryman )
Half inch ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for pinch )
Hampsteads ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for teeth )
Hampton ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for prick )
Hand-to-gland combat (
slang
term for masturbation )
Hard
words
Hate watch ( viewing a television
programme
in order to mock it )
Have a Captain Cook ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for look )
Have
words
with
Hit the bricks ( a cursory
slang
term telling someone to leave )
Hobson's choice ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for voice )
Hold your
tongue
Horse and cart ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for fart )
In as many
words
In other
words
In three
words
I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on ( Robert Frost quotation )
In
words
of one syllable
Iron hoof ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for poof )
It's all gone Pete Tong ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for gone wrong )
J Arthur ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for wank )
Jack Palancing ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for dancing )
Jam jar ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for car )
Jimmy Horner ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for corner )
Jimmy Riddle ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for piddle )
Keep a civil
tongue
in your head
Khyber pass ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for arse )
Kind
words
King of Spain ( Nickname of Ashley Giles -
English
cricketer )
Language barrier
Loaf of bread ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for head )
Lord Fred ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for bed )
Lose your
tongue
Lost for
words
Maiden
speech
Man of few
words
Mark my
words
Mince pies ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for eyes )
Mince your
words
Mind your language
Mind your p's and q's
Mother
tongue
Mrs. Mop ( traditional
English
name for a cleaning woman )
Mutt and Jeff ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for deaf )
My old Dutch ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for duchess )
My old china ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for mate )
No wonder the
English
have kept cool for 192 years ( Gordon's Gin advertising slogan )
North and south ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for mouth )
Not in so many
words
On the tip of my
tongue
On your Pat ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for alone )
On your jack ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for alone )
On your tod ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for alone )
Orson cart ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for fart )
Oxford scholar ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for dollar )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Oxo cube ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for tube )
Paddy Pantsdown ( Nickname of
English
politician Paddy Ashdown )
Paternal bonus ( a joke or theme added to a childrens
programme
aimed at adults )
Pecker checker ( military
slang
term for medical personnel )
Pen and ink ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for stink )
Pig's ear ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for beer )
Pink pantella puffer (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Plates of meat ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for feet )
Poetry
In Motion ( Johnny Tillotson song )
Pommy bashing ( Australian
slang
term for physical or verbal attacks on the
English
)
Pony and trap ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for crap )
Porky pies ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for lies )
Potatoes in the mould ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for cold )
Purple
prose
Put
words
into someone's mouth
Rabbit and pork ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for talk )
Raspberry tart ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for fart )
Rear gunner (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Richard the Third ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for turd )
Rock and boulder ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for shoulder )
Roll off the
tongue
Rosie Lea ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for tea )
Rub a dub ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for pub )
Rubber johnny ( a British
slang
term for a condom )
Ruby Murray ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for curry )
Say a few
words
Scarper ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for go )
Sexton Blake ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for fake )
Shack rat ( Canadian military
slang
term for a promiscuous female who visits military barracks to sleep with soldiers )
Sharp
tongue
Sherman tanks ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for Yanks )
Shit stabber (
slang
term for a homosexual )
Silver tongued ( eloquent or persuasive manner of
speech
)
Skin and blister ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for sister )
Slip of the
tongue
Speak in tongues
Speak the same language
Speech
is silver but silence is golden
Sticks and stones may break my bones but
words
will never hurt me
Stupid-o'-clock ( US army
slang
term that refers to any time very early in the morning )
Suck face (
slang
term for kissing )
Swing by (
slang
expression meaning drop in for a visit )
Syrup ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for wig )
Take a butchers ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for look )
Take the
words
out of my mouth
Taking the other bus (
slang
term for homosexuality )
Taters ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for cold )
Tea leaf ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for thief )
That woman speaks eight
languages
and can't say no in any of them
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 King's
Speech
( Colin Firth movie )
The cat sat on the mat
The gift of tongues
The pros from dover ( American
slang
term for outside consultants who are brought into a business to troubleshoot )
The queen's
English
The top of the
programme
Titfer ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for hat )
To have
words
with
Tongue
and groove
Tongue
in cheek
Tongue
lashing
Tongue
tied
Tongue
twister
Towel head ( derogatory
slang
term referring to an Arab man )
Trouble and strife ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for wife )
Turn of phrase
Two and eight ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for state )
Uncle Dick ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for sick )
Uncle Ned ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for bed )
Uphill gardener (
slang
term for a homosexual )
War of
words
Warm
words
Watch your language
Way with
words
Weasel and Stoat ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for coat )
Weasel
words
Well-chosen
words
What we have here is a failure to
communicate
( line from Cool Hand Luke )
Whisper
words
of wisdom, let it be ( The Beatles song lyric )
Whistle and flute ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for suit )
White man speak with forked
tongue
Words
Of Love ( Buddy Holly song )
Words
of wisdom
Would you Adam and Eve it? ( Cockney rhyming
slang
for would you believe it? )
Yellow belly (
slang
term for a coward )
You Took The
Words
Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me ( Meatloaf song )