Unique Australian sayings and (sometimes) Rhyming Slang

[nomadpete]

Moving on from betting about London bricks, I thought it would be nice to record some of the witticisms that I have heard. I discovered to my great disappointment that few younger folk have heard the humerous sayings that were common when I 'wore a younger mans shirt.'

Im sure you guys would have some to add.

[nomadpete]

I'll start off with Busy as a bee.....

 

"Running around like a fart in a bottle looking for a corner to sit in"

 

[Litespeed]

Like a rat up a drainpipe.

 

Fair shake of the sauce bottle

 

Pass the dead horse

 

Flat as a lizard drinking

[facthunter]

Hoo roo means see you later in some parts of NSW. Nev

[facthunter]

 As poor as a church mouse.  nev

[facthunter]

Stone the Crows and stiffen the jewy lizzards.  Nev

[facthunter]

  You'd kid me snakes is Lizzards and get me bit.  Nev

[Litespeed]

Deaf as a door nail

 

Just you, me and the gate post.

 

Flat as a tack

 

Gives me the tom tits (  the shits)

 

 

 

[nomadpete]

Here comes Blisters. He always shows up after the work is finished.

[octave]

Grundies, named after Reg Grundy and rhyming slang for undies 

[facthunter]

It's a dry argument. Isn't someone going to order?   Nev

[facthunter]

A bloke could die of thirst here.  Nev

[facthunter]

 A bit later.. Isn't THAT" drop dead" gorgeous? . Nev

[nomadpete]

Crack a couple of tinnies over a Barbie, with the storm n strife and the billy lids.

[old man emu]

I mucked up a simple job and was told that I was as useless as an ashtray on a motorcycle. Guess I'm as useless as tits on a bull.

[facthunter]

Something showing a lack of class. ARE you CHEWING those oysters?  Nev

[facthunter]

 Something showing real class especially since it happened in BRISBANE.. Waiter , what is this wine like? Is it any good? Waiter, without hesitation.., SIR

  It's like angels pissing on your tongue.   Nev

[nomadpete]

6 minutes ago, old man emu said:

I mucked up a simple job and was told that I was as useless as an ashtray on a motorcycle. Guess I'm as useless as tits on a bull.

Or useless as a hip pocket on a tee shirt. Or many variations of that.

[nomadpete]

1 minute ago, facthunter said:

 Something showing real class especially since it happened in BRISBANE.. Waiter , what is this wine like? Is it any good? Waiter, without hesitation.., SIR

  It's like angels pissing on your tongue.   Nev

That one sounds like it was from personal experience. Brissy was none too sophisticated back in the 70's when I moved there.

 

"Yessir, we have all kinds of wine here. Red AND white."

[facthunter]

Yes it's a true story and it happened before 1969 in the centre of Brisbane. I was overnighting  between flights. Nev

[nomadpete]

Faster than a speeding bullet....

 

"Quicker than blowing the froth of a beer at five minutes to closing time"

[nomadpete]

2 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Yes it's a true story and it happened before 1969 in the centre of Brisbane. I was overnighting  between flights. Nev

Back then, a late Saturday night out ended at 8pm when the waiter started stacking chairs on the tables around me, turned off the lights and started mopping the floor.

By 8.30 everyone had gone to bed in Brisbane and even the council had switched the traffic lights off.

Aaaaah the good old days.

[red750]

29 minutes ago, old man emu said:

I was as useless as an ashtray on a motorcycle.

Useless as a spinnaker (or flyscreen) on a submarine.

 

Went over like a lead balloon.

[old man emu]

I don't know if it is still current, but in the mid-70s the tram from Adelaide CBD to Glenelg was called the Bay City Roller after a certain boy band popular at the time.

 

Speaking of trams, I'd better shoot through like a Bondi tram or I'll never finish my work.

[facthunter]

 Fair Dinkum must be the most Australian word. If you a re "not fair dinkum' you can't be trusted. Sometimes shortened to just dinkum. .Nev