Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

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A friend of mine's brother was at a bar with his old English punk friend. Said punk was hitting on an unattractive woman. When she got up to use the bathroom his friend asked him: "You're not serious about going home with this woman, are you?" to which the other replied:

When you're poking at the hearth you don't go looking at the mantel.

I've never heard if this was a common saying or not.
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