Cigarette also known as a fag. Also known as a meat ball A great English Meal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)
Not true.,..that's an urban myth , and I've seen many non Brits mention it online..but that's not the saying at all.. Knocking someone up here , is a slang phrase for getting someone pregnant... to knock someone up..or to be knocked up... The saying if someone is calling for you at your door would be '' I'll knock ( or call) for you at 8''..not ''knock you up''!!
@Tom Galty Many years ago, a snotty punk told Sydney Poitier to "get stuffed", in the wonderful film "To Sir With Love". I wonder what he meant by that? Frank
@Holly Saunders Gee, I was expecting far worse.....as likely most of the American audience was. It seems that movie plot took place in UK.........I could be wrong, but the school kids talked like Brits. Is that bad usage? Frank
The film was made on location in London... in the 60's.. Not sure what you mean about 'bad usage' Frank... explain..
@Holly Saunders I meant in this new era of political correctness, might you object to the word "Brit"? Frank
oooh lol...No...thank God, it's one of the few words everyone is still allowed to say without it being a crime...
I ran across this one by accident. Never heard it before. Anyone else? I like it. "It’s all gone pear-shaped" ... - when a plan goes wrong Source
Take a look at the possible origins of the phrase. I kind of like this one. RAF pilots in the 1940s failing to achieve a perfect mid-air loop. http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/frasers-phrases-its-all-gone-pear-shaped
Yes that's a phrase which is in common usage Nancy.... anything that doesn't go the way it was supposed to is described as having gone ''pear-shaped''..and there's a few more expressions meaning the same thing... here's one for you... when you can see dark cloud in the distance in an otherwise clear sky... an oft used phrase to describe it is to say'' It's black over BIlls' mothers'.... There's many suggestions how this phrase came to be..but I'm not sure any of them are right... However we had a laugh the other day..we were watching the Formula one motor racing which was taking place in Germany.. and the English presenters were describing the inclement weather, and one said .. uh oh, I can see it is a bit black over W(V)ilhem's mothers'