Hi guys and welcome back to Love English today we are looking at 20 Phrases! 20
British phrases to help you boost your fluency and sound really really native
However these phrases are quintessentially British meaning they
would confuse any American speaker so whether you are a non-native speaker or
an American you might be interested to learn more of these rather unusual and
confusing British expressions that we commonly use now if you are a non-native
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quintessentially very very British phrases to sound fluent number one a
budge job or a write or job this is rather informal and in fact really slang
British English but it is so commonly used including by me when someone has
done a right budget job or made a budge job of it then they have done some
think very badly and poorly he put the table together but it fell apart really
quickly it was a right budge job number two to get pissed not to become angry as
it is an American English but in British English if you get pissed
you have become rather drunk I got totally pissed last night and I only had
two glasses of wine number three if someone says they're going to give you a
bell it doesn't mean this no in fact it means they're going to give you a call
it was lovely bumping into you meeting you by chance I'll give you a bell later
and we can catch up if something is a mess if someone has made a mess of
something you can say they made a right dog's dinner of it what the dog's dinner
or breakfast either way it means a mass she was supposed to organize at the
party she made a right dog's dinner of it number five and again this is such a
commonly used British expression and it is again slang I'm chuffed
I was chuffed to bits for them when they got married we often use I'm chuffed or
I was chuffed to say I'm happy but you can also use the phrase I was chuffed to
bits I was chuffed to bits for him then
whatever this situation might be I was really happy for them
now in American English you might hear them say shotgun meaning I'm first I'm
the first one front of the car shotgun in British English we would say
bagsy eggsy Francie now this next expression kind of makes a bit of sense
find any joy have any joy meaning have you had any luck did you manage to
achieve what you wanted to so for example you've been looking for your
sunglasses and I might say to you have you had any joy have you had any luck
pants yeah those things no those things in British English
pants are underwear but in American English
they are trousers in British English when we say something is pants we mean
it's bad it's rubbish it's not any good Wow that film with Hugh Grant was
totally pants and any fell asleep during it to pull a blinder that was a blinder
you pulled a blinder that again slang meaning to do something well and
skillfully he won the race he pulled a blinder to spend a penny
traditionally many years ago if you used a public toilet you would have to pay
one penny nowadays if you go to Waterloo I think it's about 50 P so going for a
pee can be quite expensive but nowadays we still use the expression I need to
spend a penny as a polite way of saying you need to go for a wee or a pee to the
toilet chance what are they who are they if you say if
somebody is such a child what a chance it means that they're a really common
person it's not particularly nice it is rather derogatory but we would refer to
people who are considered to be common not very sophisticated as Chows who you
calling a chub Lalor like what you're saying just about to wear my cap the
other way around it doesn't mean I'm a child all right to
take them Mickey if you take the mickey out of someone you are joking you are
teasing them and making them feel rather stupid when he turned up to the party in
that Hawaiian shirt I had to take the Mickey he really did look ridiculous to
be full of beans now if you're full of beans it means you're full of energy we
would often say that children are full of beans meaning they're jumping around
with far too much energy where this expression comes from I'm not entirely
sure but I suppose beans do have a lot of energy in them so I suppose they
could make you jump up and down maybe a little bit of cockney rhyming slang here
for you and gets super confusing if someone is
cream-crackered I am so cream-crackered it means they're
knackered which is also slang for tired so cream-crackered
naked tired really really British right quick pause there guys how are you doing
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short sleep little bit like a catnap or snooze 40 winks but in British English
we would often say I'm cream-crackered I think I'm gonna have a kit for 10
minutes Oh standard if something is bog-standard
its average it's boring how is the movie nah dog standard how are your classes
hmm pretty bog standard for an English class not like with the loved English
where it's just amazing Chinese whispers now if we say that we've heard some
Chinese whispers or it's all Chinese whispers it means that people are saying
things but the message is getting confused
basically there are untrue rumors so there's been a few Chinese whispers that
favourites won the lottery she hasn't taken me shopping yet if that's true a
doddle if something is a doddle it's easy it's
simple easily done easy peasy lemon squeezy a piece of cake British English
a doddle the homework was a doddle it took me five minutes this one is a
fantastic British expression meaning to have a chat a gossip to have a chinwag
if you have a chinwag with someone we were having a bit of a chinwag you're
just talking quite casually maybe having a little bit of a gossip but it is very
very British if you think here this is your chin and it moves quite a lot
almost wagging then it means that you are having a chat a talk with a friend
Hey yeah we know we haven't spoken Bridge it that way you really need to
have a good catch up a good chin wag horses for courses this is a really
bizarre expression and what it actually means is that different people liked all
are made for different things he likes going out in the evening to nightclubs
she prefers go into restaurants horses for courses and finally number 20 Bob's
your uncle Fanny's your aunt or short-form Bob's
your uncle Bob's your uncle means done finished everything's fine
it actually has nothing to do with your family tree or having an uncle named Bob
it's an exclamation when everything is all right and finished to make a British
cup of tea put the teabag in the mug pour the water give it a stir let it
brew for two minutes take the teabag out pour in the milk Bob's your uncle tea so
there we go 20 very British phrases to sound a super super fluent in English
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