Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Gramsci_Archive

1 by Gramsci_Archive

My personal fav is:

All mouth and no trousers.

Translation: All talk, no action.

kerble_Archive

2 by kerble_Archive

Gramsci wrote:My personal fav is:

All mouth and no trousers.

Translation: All talk, no action.

I thought they were talkin' bout your mum.

thanks for clearing that up.

kerble is right.

jayryan_Archive

3 by jayryan_Archive

HA!

i always go for the old "top drawer!"

and sometimes i like to buy a beigel with my coffee.

"I'm not much for screechin' about elves"

El Protoolio_Archive

4 by El Protoolio_Archive

Pissed.

Lend me a fag.

What!

it's not the length, it's the gersch

jayryan_Archive

5 by jayryan_Archive

what-what?

"I'm not much for screechin' about elves"

Cranius_Archive

6 by Cranius_Archive

El Protoolio wrote:Lend me a fag.

If you want to sound more english try:

Lend us a fag.

j_harvey_Archive

7 by j_harvey_Archive

Bully!

Linus Van Pelt_Archive

8 by Linus Van Pelt_Archive

Erm, here's one I learned from you lot: "It's not big and it's not clever."

Cheers!

Why do you make it so scary to post here.

Cranius_Archive

9 by Cranius_Archive

Gramsci wrote:All mouth and no trousers.

Fur coat, no knickers.

DrAwkward_Archive

10 by DrAwkward_Archive

Cranius wrote:
El Protoolio wrote:Lend me a fag.

If you want to sound more english try:

Lend us a fag.

Yeah, i like how the meaning of "bum a fag" in America as opposed to England really demonstrates evolution of language.

Marsupialized wrote:Thank you so much for the pounding, it came in handy.