“Don’t get shirty with me,” “Don’t get your knickers in a twist,” “You’re getting on my goat,” “Wind your neck in” Meaning: Someone’s getting angry or aggravated with you or you’re getting annoyed or irritated with them.
“Well that’s thrown a spanner in the works” Meaning: Plans have gone awry, a curveball has been thrown.
“We’re having a right old knees up,” “Heading out on the tiles,” “Out on the lash” Meaning: To go out for the night to have a good time. To party.
“I’m out on the pull tonight” Meaning: To go out looking for a lady or man with whom to enjoy a romantic liaison - . To get ‘laid’.
Errrmmm where's the cheese butty or even the cheese toasty ??? a bacon butty ??? or even an egg butty ???
several different names here for ciggaretts ,,fags ,snouts ,tailor mades ,butts ,ciggies or even cancer sticks ,god im glad I don't smoke anymore .last packet of 20 I brought cost £3.50 ,now they are over £10.00 .I remember buying a packet of 10 ciggies many moons ago ,they cost just 33p ,,
"cheap as chips " is a good saying ,considering the yanks call them fries ,does cheap as chips really count these days ? I remember a bag of chips being 25p ,now they are £1.80