Quirky Aussie Sayings and Their Meanings.....

Every country that has English as their primary language will have their own spin on words, slang and of course spelling. I've heard a fair bit of funny sayings and I've decided to share them, with you my friends. One very popular one is fair dinkum - Kosher, the real thing - as in "Fair Dinkum Aussie" (true blue Aussie original). Often used by itself as a rhetorical question to express astonishment verging on disbelief ... "Fair Dinkum, mate?" (you've got to be kidding, haven't you?) Pull Your head In — Use sparingly, since this equates a rather annoyed "shut up & mind your own business".Chuck a sickie — Call in sick when you’re actually feeling well. Bob's yer uncle - if you do this (whatever is said first) it will work or be all right. Example: Just add some water and Bob's yer uncle. Don't get your knickers in a knot - don't upset yourself. Go and have a cuppa - have a cup of tea or coffee. Going to the dunny - off to the toilet. Ow-yar-goin - how are you. Example: ow-yar-goin mate? Stunned mullet - surprised, bewildered, uncomprehending. You're said to look like a stunned mullet when you have no idea what's going on or what they're talking about. Your shout - your turn to buy the drinks. Mates rates - cheaper than usual for a friend. Piece of piss - an easy task. Up before sparrow fart - up before dawn. Dingo's breakfast - no breakfast. Good onya - Omnipresent term of approval, sometimes ironic. Ocker — Pronounced "ocka" - Typical uncultivated Aussie, similar to Yank "redneck".  Stickybeak  - Nosy person. Not pissing on someone when they’re on fire - Means you don’t really care about somebody. Even if they were on fire, you wouldn't do them the service of pissing on them to put the fire out. Feeling a bit crook - feeling a bit sick. Feeling a bit peckish - feeling a bit hungry. Hangin for piss- need to pee. What do ya do for a crust mate? - what kind of work do you do. Aussie salute  - the flapping away of ever - persistent flies from one's face. Bee's dick - smallest possible (eg: You've got a bee's dick of a chance of winning the lottery). Break open a coldie/tinnie - to open a beer. Buggered if I know - I have no idea; phrase indicating one is bemused about something. Carry on like a pork chop - to behave in a silly manner; to over react. Chock-a-block/chockers - full up; filled to capacity. Cleanskin - unbranded cattle or horse; unbranded bottle of wine. Cotton on to - to understand; to attach oneself to another (possibly unwilling) person. Could sell boomerangs to the Aboriginals - very persuasive. Couldn't lie straight in bed - a compulsive liar, cheat, swindler. Do a flit - to run away, especially from responsibility; to move house without paying bills or rent. Duck's dinner - a drink of water without anything to eat.  Emu's breakfast - an expression meaning 'a drink and a good look around'.  Garlic muncher - someone from central or southern Europe. Give (something) the flick - to dispose of it; get rid of it. Going to see a man about a dog -  said when one does not want to reveal where one is going. Nosey enough to know the ins and outs of a chooks arse -  an inquisitive or prying person. Take the mickey out of - to tease or ridicule someone. Ten ounce sandwich - lunch consisting of only beer. White ant - to sabotage (like a termite). Windy enough to blow a dog off its chain/Windy enough to blow the milk out of your coffee - extremely windy.  Swagmans's breakfast - is a yawn, a piss and a fart. Flat out like a lizard drinking - you're exhausted. 

In another blog to follow shortly I will tell you about rhyming slang, which is to me very odd, and something I don't think I'd get used to at all.