BRITISH EXPRESSIONS





Expression Meaning Example
1. Cheers Thanks / Goodbye Cheers for the lift!
2. Mate Friend Alright, mate?
3. Fancy a cuppa? Want some tea? Come in, fancy a cuppa?
4. Knackered Exhausted I'm absolutely knackered.
5. Brilliant Excellert That's a brilliant idea!
6. Blimey Wow 10 h my! Blimey, that's expensive!
7. Dodgy Suspicious / Unsafe That deal sounds dodgy.
8. Rubbish Trash / Non sense That's absolute rubbish!
9 Ta Thanks Ta for the help!
10. Chuffed Very pleased I'm chuffed with my resu Its.
Il. Bob's your uncle There you go / That's it Add milk, sugar, and Bob's your uncle!
12. Bloody hell Expression of surprise Bloody hell, what happened?
13. Fancy that Surprised / Impressed Fancy that! Small world.
14. Loo Toilet Where's the 100?
15, Bugger off Go away Oh, bugger off, will you?
16. Sorted Fixed / Arranged Don't worry, it's all sorted.
17. Gutted Disappointed I was gutted about the loss.
18. Brilliant Wonderful / Great You did a brilliant job!
19. Proper Real / Genuine That's a proper meal.
20. Cheers mate Thanks friend Cheers mate, appreciate it.
21. Alright? Hello / How are you? Alright, mate?
22. Good on you Well done You passed? Good on you!
23. Lost the plot Gone crazy / Confused He's lost the plot again.
24. Sorted out Solved We sorted it out yesterday.
25. Taking the mickey Making fun of Are you taking the mickey?
26. Lovely jubbly Great / Excellent Dinner was lovely jubbly!
27. Bit peckish Slightly hungry I'm feeling a bit peckish.
28. Naff Uncool / Tasteless That outfit looks naff.
29. Gutted Devastated I was gutted to miss it.
30. Brilliant stuff Excellent work That's brilliant stuff!
31. Mind the gap Watch your step Mind the gap between train and platform.
32. Give it a go Try it I'll give it a go.
33. Have a go Attempt something Have a go at it!
34. I'm easy I don't mind Whatever you choose, I'm easy.
35. Bits and bobs Various small things Just a few bits and bobs to do.
36. Faffing about Wasting time Stop faffing about and get ready!
37. Skint Out of money I'm skint till payday.
38. Fancy dress Costume party It's a fancy dress tonight.
39. Brilliant laugh Very funny That film was a brilliant laugh!
40. Cheers love Thank you dear Cheers love, that's kind of you.
41. Ta very much Thank you very much Ta very much for that!
42. Keep calm Stay relaxed Keep calm and carry on.
43. Good shout Good idea That's a good shout!
44. Leg it Run away Quick, leg it!
45. Chock-ablock Very full The roads are chock-ablock.
46. Bit nippy Sli ghtly cold It's a bit nippy today.
47. Pop round Visit briefly I'll pop round later.
48. I'm not fussed I don't mind Tea or coffee? I'm not fussed.
49. Brilliant bloke Great guy He's a brilliant bloke.
50. Cheap as chips Very inexpensive That jumper was cheap as chips.
51, Off your trolley Crazy You're off your trolley!
52. Throw a wobbly Get angry He threw a wobbly at work.
53. Full of beans Energetic You're full of beans today!
54. Chinwag Chat / Gossip Let's have a chinwag.
55. Gobsmacked Amazed / Shocked I was gobsmacked by the news.
56. Sorted mate All good Sorted mate, see you then.
57. Over the moon Extremely happy She was over the moon.
58. Posh Fancy / Upper-class That's a posh restaurant.
59, Taking the piss Mocking/ Joking You're taking the piss!
60. Lovely Nice / Pleasant That's a lovely dress.
61. Bit dodgy Not reliable This Wi-Fi's a bit dodgy.
62. Throwing a spanner in the works Causing trouble He threw a spanner in the works.
63. That's ace That's awesome Your painting's ace!
64. Bang on Exactly right You're bang on about that,
65. Up for it Ready to participate Are you up for a game?
66. Not my cup of tea Not to my liking Horror films aren't my cup of tea.
67. On about Talking about What are you on about?
68. Dead easy Very simple That test was dead easy.
69. Bit of a pickle In trouble I'm in a bit of a pickle.
70. Fair enough Reasonable / Okay Fair enough, I get it-
71. Give us a bell Call me Give us a bell later.
72. Waffle on Talk too much He waffles on for hours.
73. In a bit See you soon Alright, see you in a bit.
74. Sorted then All agreed Sorted then, let's do it.
75. I can't be bothered Don't feel like doing I can't be bothered to Cook.
76. Bit of a faff Hassle Filling forms is a bit of a faff.
77. Brilliant day Great day We had a brilliant day out.
78. Lost me I don't understand You lost me there, mate.
79, Good laugh Funny He's a good laugh.
80. Hang on Wait a moment Hang on, I'll get it.
81. No worries It's okay No worries, it's fine.
82. Sorted out Fixed Got it sorted out now.
83. Nippy Cold It's quite nippy today.
84. Have a kip Take a nap I'll have a quick kip.
85. Sorted nicely Done perfectly That worked out sorted nicely.
86. Barmy Crazy He's a bit barmy.
87. Dead chuffed Very happy I'm dead chuffed with this gift.
88. Fiver Five pounds Can you lend me a fiver?
89. Tenner Ten pounds I owe you a tenner.
90. Quid Pound (money) That'll be ten quid.
91. Brilliant weather Great weather Lovely, brilliant weather today.
92. Right as rain perfectly fine After a rest, I'll be right as rain.
93. Bit of bother Small trouble We had a bit of bother at work.
94. Gave me a lift Drove me She gave me a lift home.
95. Not bad Pretty good Yeah, not bad at all.
96. Wicked Cool / Awesome That's wicked, mate!
97. Sorted properly Fixed well Got it sorted properly this time.
98. Daft Silly Don't be daft!
99. Brilliant effort Great job Brilliant effort, everyone!
100. Bloke Man / Guy He's a nice bloke,
101. Good on ya Well done Good on ya, mate!