Do You Use Any Old Fashioned Slang Or Phrases?

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  1. Bess Barber

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    Burrrrr............
    I forgot about this one until my daughter came over for coffee this morning and said this indicating it was COLD outside.
     
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    Some Aussie expressions. Excuse the rudies.
    Fair suck of the sauce bottle.
    Fair crack of the whip
    A few stubbies short of a six-pack.
    A few sandwiches short of a picnic
    Wrap your laughing gear 'round that
    I'm so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the jockey
    I slipped on a banana peel and went arse over tit.

     
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    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!

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    Sorry, I think I got this in the wrong place.
     
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    He's a 'big girls blouse' (like that one) :p
     
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    Trying to understand this one.
    Is it anything like, He's a "stuffed shirt"?
     
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    Along with our famous Canadian phrase " eh " only a few come to mind, " sorry, what " seriously " back up the turnip truck " what cabbage patch were you born in " take a pill " , All i can think of right now.
     
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    "Jumpin' Jehosophat!"

    Hal
     
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    " oops a daisy " "not " "dumber than a fence post " " dumber than a pile of fence posts " " get a life " " wasted "
     
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    Oh.... those are some I've never heard! How fun!!!
     
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    @Bess Barber
    No doubt you have worked out their meaning Bess. Want some more?
     
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    Sufferin' succotash.
     
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    Up the creek without a paddle. Or using another word, depending on the company you are with. ;)
     
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    I could have fun with the 'fair suck of the sauce bottle' possible meanings. :D
     
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    Lord have mercy, there goes your dirty mind again! :D
     
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