Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
To try your best / give everything to achieve something
Danny is really working hard at the gym. Yeah, he’s going balls to the walls.
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
To try your best / give everything to achieve something
Danny is really working hard at the gym. Yeah, he’s going balls to the walls.
Slang USED On Occasion BY People Over 30
(evil) • Another word for cool, awesome, great, amazing or fun
"What did you think of the rollercoaster?" "It was wicked!"
"What did you think of the rollercoaster?" "It was great!"
English
| Bristolian
Bristol,
United Kingdom
Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
A greeting to express thanks to a bus driver when getting of the bus
"Cheers drive! Have a good day!"
Expression USED On Very Rare Occasion BY women
The kind of underwear women are supposed to wear, just in case you end up in a car crash.
"I don't want to show you my underwear, cos obviously I haven't got my car crash underwear on."
Submitted January 2021 by amarens
they couldn't lie straight in bed
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
The person referred to is very dishonest and is unable to tell the truth in any context.
"Boris Johnson couldn't lie straight in bed."
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
A response to someone who is stating the obvious. It refers to the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
"The sky is blue" "No shit, Sherlock!"
Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People
(n.) • A positive, descriptive term for a person that is wholesome (ie kind, helpful, goes out of their way to support others, honest, perhaps sometimes a little naive or innocent). Rarely said to the person in question’s face but about them to others. Common in manga reader forums.
"I saw Christopher helping an old lady across the road this morning." "Aw Christopher is such a cinnamon roll!"
Expression USED On Occasion BY Adults
It’s an abbreviation of the phrase “I haven’t (got) a clue in the foggiest”. When you really have no idea why something has happened or the answer to a question. Saying “not a foggy one” can be used depending on the individuals choice of changing the original phrase, but it is always understood by other Brits when used.
“Do you remember which bus stop we’re supposed to get off at?” “Not a foggy one, mate. I’m just following everyone else!”
English
England,
United Kingdom
the pot calling the kettle black
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
Criticizing something that you yourself are guilty of.
"He said my dog was ugly but his own is so inbred it can hardly breathe!" "Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!"
Slang USED On Occasion BY Young People
Refers to someone who is a loner. Someone who has no friends.
"Please hurry up! I'm all on my Larry"
hatchings, matchings and despatchings
Expression USED On Very Rare Occasion BY Some People
Births, weddings, and deaths.
"I only go to church for hatchings, matchings, and despatchings."
English
London,
United Kingdom
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Londoners
It means a long-winded story that is nonsense. The literal translation of the expression is from cock or rooster to donkey/ass.
"Some men’s whole delight is to talk of a Cock and Bull over a pot." (the earliest example in print: The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton,1621)
Expression USED Very frequently BY Most People
An expression used for very heavy rain, or rain that has come on very suddenly.
“Would you look at the rain? It’s chucking it down now!”
English
| Yorkshire
Yorkshire,
United Kingdom
Slang USED Very frequently BY Everyone
Just a local way in Yorkshire and the North East of England to talk about heavy rainfall.
"It's siling it down out there."
Submitted August 2020 by saraw
English
North West England,
United Kingdom
Slang USED Very frequently BY Young People
(adj.) • The word 'sound' has two uses and meanings in English slang. The first is as an adjective, to describe a person as cool and/or easy to get on with. The second is as an affirmation, like 'alright' or 'yes, of course'.
"Have you met Josh?" "Yeah, he's well sound." "Is it okay if we get there at about 8pm?" "Yeah, sound, no worries."
It's looking a bit black over Bill's mother's
Idiom USED Frequently BY Older Generations
When dark clouds appear on the horizon, signalling that it's about to rain. The "Bill" in question is usually said to be William Shakespeare, but sometimes Kaiser Wilhelm.
"It's looking a bit black over Bill's mother's... I bet it'll rain."
Submitted August 2020 by blaisem
English
Midlands,
United Kingdom
Expression USED Frequently BY older Midlanders
Slang for going the long way around, based on "the Wrekin", a large hill in east Shropshire, England.
"Sorry I'm late. I got on the wrong bus and it took me round the Wrekin!"
Submitted August 2020 by blaisem
Standard Phrase USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(un-drunk) • Sober. Composed of medhow (drunk) and di (un) meaning that Cornish people are either drunk or un-drunk.
“Res yw dhym eva Korev, re dhivedhow esov!”
“I gotta drink a beer, I'm too un-drunk!”
Submitted August 2020 by xomotje
Hashtag USED In the past BY Most People
Hashtag used to express gratitude for NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Refers to the act of clapping outside your house at 8pm on a Thursday night.
"A special #ClapForCarers will take place at 5pm today as we say happy birthday to our precious NHS."
Standard Phrase USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(Are you alright?) • A common and informal way to greet someone.
"Oright mate, how's it going?" "Yeah, not too bad, thanks."