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"Botch job" - A repair job that's been completed in a hurry and will probably fall apart reasonably soon is considered a "botch job."
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/\ otherwise known as " Shoddy goods" from the American Civil War. First used to label recycled wool cloth it became a real issue when equipping the Union army with blankets and wool uniforms for 4 year conflict... with 600,000 casualties.
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"Budge up" - An informal way of asking someone to make room where they are sitting for you to sit down, too, would be asking them to "budge up."
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Søttenhundre og pil og bue - Seventeen Hundred And Bow And Arrow - A long time ago
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"Builder's tea" - The name of a strongly-brewed cup of English breakfast tea with milk -- the way that tea is most commonly drunk in the UK.
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"Die lautesten Menschen haben meist nicht die leiseste Ahnung"
~"The loudest people mostly have not the quietest idea" The largest bigmouths mostly have not the slightest idea. Fits well right now, for the US or UK :O: |
^ In a similar vein:
"Eigenlob stinkt" Self-praise stinks (meaning exactly that) |
"Butchers" - "Butcher's hook" is Cockney rhyming slang for "look." Therefore, if you're "having a butchers," you're having a look at something.
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This is not a saying of course, but a rhyme..
"Weil wir doch am Leben kleben muß man abends einen heben So ein Virus ist geschockt wenn man ihn mit Whisky blockt Auch gegorner Rebensaft einen gesunden Körper schafft Auch das Bier in großen Mengen wird den Virus arg versengen Wodka, Rum und Aquavit halten Herz und Lunge fit Calvados und auch der Grappe helfen Mutti und dem Papa Ich will hier nicht für Trunksucht werben, doch nüchtern will ich auch nicht sterben" Will not translate since the rhyme would not "survive" this :03: |
"Fair suck of the sauce bottle" - give me a break will ya !
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"Cack-handed" - A task performed in an awkward or uncomfortable fashion, usually clumsily, would be described as "cack-handed."
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"Chinwag" - A "good old chinwag" is a good chat, catch up, or gossip with someone.
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"Chockablock" - Something full to the brim, or rammed, could be described as "chockablock."
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"Chuffed" - Overjoyed; full of pride.
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"Codswallop" - Something untrue -- often made up for dramatic effect.
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