Those wise old sayings! (and the not so wise and not so old)

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Bakers dozen

Shiver me timbers

Knocked up (tradional meaning of being tired and unable to go the distance as opposed to the Sepo’s meaning of becoming pregnant)

Knock a couple back

Pony (not the equine type - a 5oz glass in the pub)

Talking scribble

Round file (might still be used in non-paperless offices)

Angel gear

Short back and sides

Sharpen the pencil

Fill the inkwell

Change the nib

Cut the cheese :D
 
Was driving in the US with a couple of American friends in the car...missed a turnoff and said.."Sorry, have to "Chuck a U-ey" They said "What" so I told them it meant "make a U-Turn". They loved it, and claim to be using it now!
 
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Was driving in the US with a couple of American friends in the car...missed a turnoff and said.."Sorry, have to "Chuck a U-ey" They said "What" so I told them it meant "make a U-Turn". They loved it, and claim to be using it now!
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Ah yes I loved that one when I first lived here :)
 
I still use the following vernacular and my kids cringe at how old and embarrassing I am.

I call a ten dollar note a Blue Swimmer, a twenty is a Lobbie (Lobster) and fifty is a McGarratt (Hawaii five-O). The hundred was referred to as a Grey Nurse.

I call my children Tin Lids (kids), admire Mr Clipped in his Bag of Fruit (suit) and reign supreme as the Trouble & Strife (wife).

Who gives a flying duck if I speak weird? Last time I looked this is Stralya.
 
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