&tc. Flashcards
Phrase meaning, ‘fill the bathtub’.
‘Run the bath’
Vacationing group for a specific age group.
18 to 30 Club.
Phrase meaning, ‘run for election’.
‘Stand for election’
Murphy’s Law: what can go wrong, will go wrong.
Sod’s Law.
Phrase used to excuse yourself to use the restroom.
‘Spend a penny’
Phrase meaning ‘taking the cake’.
‘Taking the biscuit’
Phrase meaning ‘make fun of’.
‘Taking the Mickey/Michael/piss’
Phrase meaning ‘Run for it’
‘Leg it’
Phrase meaning ‘I’ve looked everywhere’.
‘[I’ve looked] left, right, and center’.
Phrase meaning ‘As different as day and night’.
‘As different as chalk and cheese’.
Phrase meaning someone’s pregnant.
‘She’s up the duff’.
Phrase meaning ‘to go belly up’.
‘To go tits up’
Phrase meaning ‘fire engine red’
‘Pillar box red’
Phrase meaning ‘I don’t care’ or ‘it doesn’t matter to me’
‘I’m easy’
Phrase meaning ‘you all’
‘You lot’
A phrase describing a stuck up person.
‘Up himself’
Common exclamation; mild form of “shite!”
‘Sod!’
Exclamation of surprise/disbelief.
‘Blow me!’
Phrase meaning: (1) to have a liking for; (2) to develop an ability for something –esp. quickly or easily; (3) to begin or fall into a habit of.
‘Take/took to’
Phrase meaning to lose interest or enthusiasm.
‘Put off’
Phrase meaning: getting the feeling/understanding of something.
‘Getting the spirit of…’
Phrase equivalent to ‘I’ll keep that in mind’.
‘I’ll bear that in mind’
3 terms accentuating the word ‘very’.
Jolly; real; well
Phrase meaning “good deal”.
Good value
Phrase meaning the order in which the parts of an event have been arranged to happen or to be running correctly and efficiently.
It’s in ‘running order’.
Equivalent phrase of ‘to get along with…’
“…to get on with…”
