Words Brits use that Americans don't?

HAPPY as Larry

 

go for a spin in the jam jar

 

Wait until the cows come home

 

your driving me round the bend,,,,,up the wall ,round the twist

 

yOU WILL have your sister's eye out. lol

 

by hook or by crook

 

Fannying around.

 

why aye man (Newcastle)

 

Poxy virus

 

Brucey bonus

 

telling porkies

 

by a country mile

 

Farty pants

 

My dad says “ In the name of Pete “ when he’s angry. I’ve always wondered if it was meant to be Pete or peat. He’s Irish after all. Lol

 

Never heard that Fem, but the Irish need a thread of their own. x

 

a hot toddy

 

a wee dram

 

Yank cowboys

 

Billy Bullshit

 

Jeez-O-Pete.
Ow-chihuahua
Uff da
Oh you betcha
Holy buckets

these are American phrases