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"Take the biscuit" - If someone has done something highly irritating or surprising in an exasperating fashion, you might say that they've "taken the biscuit."
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"Mad as a 2 Bob Watch" :- Completely insane, also a product very poorly/stupidly made.
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"Tickety-boo" - Something that is "tickety-boo" is satisfactory and in good order.
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"Knock it off!" An American term used since the 1800's to tell someone to immediately cease some usually irritating or disruptive activity.
Example: Person A: (Starts humming a dirty song in Church) Person B: "Knock if off with your blasphemy Earl! It originated as a request to an auctioneer to end the bidding (by knocking his gavel). |
"Waffle" - When someone makes a great speech while skirting around a subject or saying little of any value, you might say that they're talking "waffle," or that they're "waffling."
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“Stop the cap!” popular among young kids. Cap means lying, so you are essentially saying “Stop lying!”
“That’s so extra!” popular among my peers too, extra means unnecessary. So they are saying “that is so unnecessary” |
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:har: Alright, now I think you're just making these up. Edit: My wife just pointed out the American phrase "hunky-dory", which means pretty much the same thing. I had forgotten about that one. |
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"Wally" - Someone silly or incompetent might be described as a wally.
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Here's me thinking it was Bowies fourth studio album :doh:
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...having 'Fallen to Earth' too many times can alter a Man's concept of hunky-doriness!:D
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^ yes, he did not succeed and became spoilt as (and by) the human race :shucks:
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In an American jail, when an inmate can’t believe something is true he says:
“Man, that is some ho a$& sh@&!!” |
"Wangle" - If you've "wangled" something, you've accomplished or attained something through cunning means.
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