Expression |
Meaning |
Notes / Examples |
have a butchers |
take a look |
from butcher's hook = look |
north and south |
mouth |
|
plates |
feet |
from plates of meat = feet |
boat race |
face |
as in "nice legs, shame about the boat race" |
skin and blister |
sister |
|
trouble |
wife |
from trouble and strife = wife |
dustbin lids |
kids / children |
|
whistle |
suit |
from whistle and flute = suit |
Adam and Eve |
believe |
as in "would you Adam and Eve it?" |
Rosie Lea |
tea |
as in "I'd love a cup of rosie" |
Mutt and Jeff |
deaf |
|
oily rag |
fag = cigarette |
as in "I'm going for an oily" |
jam jar |
car |
|
mince pies |
eyes |
as in "feast your mincers on this" |
pen and ink |
stink |
as in "cor! what a pen and ink" |
porky |
lie |
from pork pies = lies |
Barnet |
hair |
from Barnet Fair = hair |
Brahms |
pissed (i.e. "drunk") |
from Brahms and Liszt = pissed |
Gregories |
glasses / spectacles |
from Gregory Pecks = specs |
Titfer |
hat |
from tit for tat = hat |
apples and pears |
stairs |
|
Jimmy |
urinate |
from Jimmy Riddle = piddle |
borassic |
broke / skint |
from borassic lint = skint |
two and eight |
state |
as in "he's in a bit of a two and eight" |
Bertie Woofter |
gay man |
from Bertie Woofter = poofter |
China |
mate / friend |
from China plate = mate |
Khyber |
buttocks |
from Khyber Pass = arse |
rabbit and pork |
talk |
as in "Don't rabbit so much" |
tea leaf |
thief |
|
potato mould |
cold |
as in "it's a bit taters in here" |
dog and bone |
phone |
as in "you're wanted on the dog and bone" |
loaf |
head |
from loaf of bread = head |
brown bread |
dead |
|
battle cruiser |
boozer |
boozer = pub = public house (a place to drink) |
elbows and knees |
trees |
|
gold watch |
Scotch |
Scotch = whiskey |
pride and Joy |
boy |
Take the pride and joy to the match |
current bun |
Sun |
I'm going out to get a bit of current bun |
dicky |
shirt |
from dicky dirt = shirt |
pots and pans |
hands |
|
Peckham Rye |
tie |
named after a place in London |
Hampstead Heath |
teeth |
named after a place in London |
jugs |
ears |
from jugs of beers = ears |
Errol Flynn |
chin |
|
almonds |
socks |
from almond rocks = socks |
ones and twos |
shoes |
|
daisies |
boots |
from daisy roots = boots |
bird |
prison |
from bird lime = time as in "doing bird" |