Time For Some Slang

[BettyBoo]

Some Aussie phrases you may find bizzare.

Fair go, mate. Fair suck of the sauce bottle. Fair crack of the whip
generally means that you want to be treated fairly.

A few stubbies short of a six-pack. A few sandwiches short of a picnic
Is someone perceived as being a little slow

Tell him he's dreaming.
you're suggesting that the other side is not offering a fair deal.

A Dog's breakfast
Not in order, a shambles.

Fair suck of the sauce bottle is hilarious
A dogs breakfast reminds me of our own A Dogs Dinner, which means someone who is dressed up nice.

 

[Signman]

In NZ a small corner shop selling bread, milk, papers, ice cream etc is called a Dairy

 

[BettyBoo]

To describe someone who looks a bit grumpy we say they have a

Face like a bulldog licking p#@@ off a nettle!

 

[Richie]

To describe someone who looks a bit grumpy we say they have a

Face like a bulldog licking p#@@ off a nettle!

Is that traditional Cornish or north country?

Some Aussie equivalents: ugly as a hatful of bums, face like a smashed pineapple, has the looks of a drovers dog.

 

[Signman]

NZers call it... a face like a smacked babies bum.

 

[BettyBoo]

Is that traditional Cornish or north country?

Some Aussie equivalents: ugly as a hatful of bums, face like a smashed pineapple, has the looks of a drovers dog.

I think it's said everywhere here.

 

[BettyBoo]

We have a few more

As mad as a box of frogs.

As rough as a bears ass.

 

[Richie]

I like this one.

As rough as a bears ass.

I expect that has American derivation.