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Bernadette Hally; Elsevier Australia, 2009 T1:1

Pronunciation guides

T1: Pronunciation of colloquialismsThe expressions in italics can be considered to be crude, rude or offensive, depending

on the context in which they are used. It is best to avoid using them.States of health or illness, including levels of energy

Tiredness

I feel buggered

Im knackered

Im rooted

Im stuffed

Im all tuckered out

Im done like a dogs dinnerIm done in

Im dead beat

Im bushed

Ive had it

Feeling moderately well

Im fair to middling

Im so-so

Im feeling average

Feeling well

Im as fit as a fiddle

Im in tip-top shape

Im as fit as a mallee bull (Aus)

Im as fit as a box of fluffy ducks (NZ)

Im as good as gold

Im as sweet as (NZ)

Feeling physically fit

Im as fit as a fiddle

Im in tip-top shape

Im as fit as a mallee bull (Aus)

Feeling physically unfit

I am out of condition


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Appearing unwell

You look as pale as a ghost

You are as white as a sheet

Feeling physically unwellI feel shithouse (Aus)

I feel like shit/crap

I feel crook

Im under the weather

Im not 100%

Im feeling ordinary

Im only 99%

Im feeling lousyI feel a bit off

I am as sick as a dog

I feel off colour

Im feeling wonky

Im feeling seedy

Im feeling woozy

Ive been feeling run down

I am down and out

Im feeling iffy

Im stuffed

Im a bit wobbly

Im feeling dodgy (Aus)

Ive got a wog (Aus)

Theres a wog going around (Aus)

Ive got a 24-hour wog (Aus)

Ive got a lurgy

Ive got a lurg (NZ)

Ive got a bug

Theres a bug going around

Ive got a 24-hour bug

Mentally unwell

Hes not the full packet (Aus)

Hes not the full quid

Shes got a screw loose

Hes as mad as a meat axe


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He went bananas

Hes nuts

He is around the bend

Hes as mad as a hatter

Shes gone ga-ga

Shes not the full cream (NZ)

Hes not playing with a full deck

Hes crazy

Shes loopy

Shes out of her tree

Hes out of his mind

He has lost the plot (Aus)

Shes as mad as a cut snake (Aus)

Lacking in intellect

Shes a bit dim

Shes not a rocket scientist

Hes two snags short of a barbie (Aus)

Hes lost the plot

Shes hare-brained

Shes scatter-brained

Hes two bob short

Hes two bricks short of a load

Shes as thick as a brick

Shes as thick as a vegetable

Hes a veggie

Hes a bloody galah (Aus)

The lights are on, but no ones home

Shes not the full quid (Aus)

Hes a wally

Hes as thick as two planks

Shes as dumb as dog shit (Aus)

Shes a wacker (Aus)

Emotions and emotional states

Happiness

Im over the moon

Im on top of the world

Im on cloud nine


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Im rapt

Im stoked

Depression

Im down in the dumps

Shes on a downer

I am down

Im feeling blue

She seemed as flat as a tack

I feel flat

Anger

I went berserk

She screamed the place down

She got upset and lost it

All hell broke loose

He is ropeable

He chucked a mental (Aus)

He chucked a wobbly

Im spewing

He has lost the plot

She had a hissy fit

Feeling unsettled (uneasy)

I feel out of sorts today

I just dont feel right

Regret

What a bummer

What a downer

Bugger!

Damn!

Anxiety

Ive got butterflies in my stomach

Flustered

Hes like a chook with its head cut off

She has her knickers in a knot


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Agitation/frustration

She has her knickers in a knot

He had a tanti

She had a hissy fit

Annoyance or irritation

Hes a pain in the neck

Shes a pain in the arse

It gives me the shits

Disbelief

Dont come the raw prawn with me (Aus)

Dont give me that (Aus)

My foot!

As if! (Aus)

Yeah right!

Youve got to be joking

Overconfidence

Shes got tickets on herself (Aus)

Shes cocky

Hes over the topHes up himself

Shes OTT (NZ)

Defiance

It will be a cold day in hell when Ill . . .

It will be over my dead body

Hell will freeze over before I . . .

To no longer careIm over it (Aus)

I have moved on

To forget about things (deliberately) (i.e. denial)

Its all under the table

Sweep it under the carpet


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Penis

Old fella

Cock

Dick

Prick

Doodle

Pee pee (Aus)

Willy

Testicles

Balls

Nuts

Knackers

Scrotum

Scrote

Specific injuries/conditions related to body parts

She has a gammy leg

He has a dicky heart

He has stuffed his knee

Ive put my back outI have a tummy ache

Ive got a splitting head

My head is pounding

I have a frog in my throat

My nose is blocked

Im stuffed up

I have a crick in my neck

I have problems with my water works

Im straining the spuds

I have front passage problems

I have the clap

I have trouble down there

I have sore private parts

I have a back passage problem

I have sore boobs

She has something nasty

She has something sinister


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Toileting

Im going to powder my nose

Im going to spend a penny

Im going to visit the bathroom

Im going to visit the little boys room

Im going to visit the little girls room

Where is the bathroom?

Where is the loo?

To look at something

To look

Have a gander

Check it outHave a perve

Have a squiz

Take a squiz

Have a sticky

Have a sticky beak

To sit down

Take a load off your feet

Pull up a pew

Grab a seat

To vomit

Throw up

Chuck up

Spew

Chunder

Chuck

Puke

Technicolour yawn

Make a call on the big white telephone

Pregnancy

Shes got a bun in the oven

Shes up the spout

Shes up the duff

Hes knocked her upShes preggers


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Shes with child

Hapu (mostly Mori NZ)

Shes in the family way

Shes expecting

Shes due in a few weeks

To fall asleep/be sleeping

Out like a light

Dropped off

Dead to the world

Nodded off

Had forty winks

Sound asleep

Overweight

Tubby

Fat as a pig

Porky

Chubby

Menstruation

PeriodMonthlies

Periods

That time of the month

Rags

On the rags

The curse

The red flag is flying (Aus)

The visitor

Monthly visitor

Having many children

They breed like rabbits

Flatulence

Passing wind

Passing gas

Breaking wind

Pop


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Pop off

Fart

Farting

DeathShes as dead as a doornail

Shes as stiff as a board

Hes kicked the bucket

Hes 6 foot under

He carked it

He snuffed it

Shes pushing up daisies

Hes goneHe died with his boots on

Sensations

Pain

My leg is sore

My back is killing me

It hurts like hell

It is agony

I cant stand it

Numbness

I have pins and needles

Muscular tension

Im as stiff as a board

I have knots in my neck

My neck is tight

Hunger

Im starving

I could eat a horse

Im ravenous

Im famished

Thirst

Im as dry as a chip (Aus)

Im dying of thirst


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People and relationships

Husband

The old man

The other half

The better half

Hubby

Dad

Wife

The missus

The little woman

Mother

The other half

The better half

Relatives

Rellies

The family

Rels

Rellos

The in-laws

Women

Chicks

Birds

Sheilas (Aus)

Doris (NZ)

Rough people

YobbosRiff-raff

Hoons

Ferals (Aus)

Bogans (Aus)

Health professionals

Psychiatrist

A shrink


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Doctor

Quack

The Doc

Developmental stagesChildren

Rug rats

Ankle biters

Sprogs

Kids

Tackers

Scone grabbers (NZ)

Nippers

Adolescence

Its just a stage hes going through

Shes at that awkward age

Its a teenage thing

Older people

Oldies

Geris

Absence (due to illness or not)

To miss work

Im going to take a sickie

Im taking a mental health day

To miss school

Wag

Wagging

Bunk

Miscellaneous

Difficult situation

Up shit creek without a paddle

Im in the shit

Its all downhill from here

Its all going south from here (Aus)

Im in a spot of bother

Im in a bind


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To be reprimanded

Shes on the mat (NZ)

Ive been hauled over the coals

To be misledIve been led on a wild goose chase

In the end, it was a red herring

Shes been given a bum steer

To misunderstand

Shes got the wrong end of the stick

To finish

Im home and hosed

Its over and done with

Im signed off

Im done

Thats all done and dusted

To leave

Hes going to shoot through

Hes going to vamoose

Shes going to do a disappearing act (Aus)

Hes gone AWOL (Aus)

Hes going to run out

Shes going to run off

Cheers, Ill run along now

Im heading off

To tell someone to leave

Why dont you bugger off?

Piss off

Nick off

Make yourself scarce

Get lost

To complain

Having a whinge

Having a sook

To be a whinger

To be a sook


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To relax

Wind down (Aus)

Let your hair down

Unwind

To insist

Put your foot down

To like another person

They got along really well

They hit it off

They get on like a house on fire

Working hardI have my nose to the grindstone

Pull your finger out

He is going hell for leather

Use some elbow grease

Im flat strapped

Im flat out

I have my head down, bum up

He cracked the whipIm going flat out

Im going flat tack

Its full on

Shes working like a slave

Lazy

Bludger (Aus)

Slacker (Aus)

Slack arse (Aus)

Clothes

Gear

Outfit

Clobber (Aus)

Kit (Aus)


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Not wearing uniform

Mufti

Civvies (Aus)

Free dress

Underwear

Underdaks

Jocks

Undies

Knickers

Panties

Smalls

Boxers

Rural areas

Out in the sticks (Aus)

In the bush (Aus)

Woop woop

Out in the middle of nowhere (Aus)

In Timbuktu (Aus)

Back of beyond (Aus)

Back of Bourke (Aus)

Cities or metropolitan areas

The big smoke

Food

Maccas

Brekkie

Brunch

Tea

Junk food

Tucker

Feed

Bad smell

Pong

Stink

Wiffy

Stench

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