AussieWords

On Saturday we are invited to a big Aussie party . The organisers sent us a list of Aussie Words and Sayings to help us feeling more confident. Here they are:

AUSSIE SAYING	TRANSLATION
Chin Wag	Having a conversation
Ridgy Didge	A genuine person
Bob Down	Sit down
A bitta Shush thanks	Quieten Down
Have a cuppa	Have a cup of tea
You’ll be waiting till the cows come home	You will be waiting for a long while
She’ll be apples	Everything will be alright
Better half	Wife or Husband
Back of beyond	Way in the outback or a long way off
Put the billy on	Make a cup of tea
Blow in	A non local person
He bolted	Left very quickly
Buckley’s chance	No chance at all
You little bottler	Every things great or you are great
Beat around the bush	Not getting to the point in a conversation
Scarce as hens teeth	Hard to find something
Lower than a snakes armpit	Not a nice person
It’ll all come out in the wash	Things will sort out in the long run
Going twenty to the dozen	Going quickly or doing something quickly
Hang on a tick	Wait a moment
Stone the crows	Shocked or surprised by something
Rainin’ cats and dogs	Pouring rain or storm
Pull your head in	Told to mind you own business
Pull your socks up	Get yourself together
Shake a leg	Hurry up or get moving
More of them then you can poke a stick at	A real lot of something, a huge amount
Mad as a cut snake	A person considered a little crazy
2 cans short of a six pack	A person considered a little stupid
As long as a month of Sundays	A very long time
Your leading me up the garden path	Your not telling me the facts
To help you to get a leg up	Help in getting started on something
He kicked the bucket	He died
A joe blake	A snake
Jack in the box	Person jumping around or agitated
To make a crust	To earn your living
Call it a day	To close up or finish
Haven’t seen you in donkey’s years	Not seen for a long while
Getting a good ear bashing	A one sided conversation
I could eat a horse and chase the jockey	Really hungry
He’s full as a boot	Drunk
As nutty as a fruit cake	A person who is a little unstable or crazy
Fair crack of the whip	Give me a fair go or deal
Flat out like a lizard drinkin’	Doing something fast or very busy
Your a galah	Silly person
Gone to the dogs	Something or someone now gone strange
Happy as a pig in mud	Really happy
Wouldn’t be dead for quids	Extremely happy with everything
He had a head on him like a sucked out mango	Pretty Ugly
He has a face like a bucket full of smashed crabs	Even Uglier
He smells off like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun	A person with bad body odour
Not enough brains to give himself a headache	A dope
He’s got a few roos loose in the top paddock	Not very smart
To live on the smell of an oily rag	Budget living
Just let me wet me whistle	Have a drink
Doesn’t mind a shandy on a warm day	Really likes a drink
Smile on your face like a carpet snake in a chook pen	Big Grin
As crooked as a dog’s hind leg	Not very straight or person a crook
It’s a wigwam for a goose’s bridle	It’s none of your business
He’s just a two-bob drongo	Silly person
Every man and his dog was there	Meeting well attended
It would kill a brown dog	It tasted that bad
It’s that windy it would blow a dog off it’s chain	Strong windy day
I smell like a gorilla’s arm-pit	I really need a bath
Fit as a Mallee Bull	Strong and healthy
Silly as a wet hen	Person a bit silly
Pass the Cackle-berries	Eggs
He put the bite on me	Asked for money or a loan
Was your father a glassmaker?	Don’t stand in front of me (cause I can’t see)
You bet your boots that’s right!	A certainty
Even Blind Freddy could see it	Absolutely obvious
Couldn’t drive ducks to water	Bad car driver
He’s True Blue	Real Australian
Hold on to your horses	Wait a moment
Get off your high horse	Being arrogant
Between you me and the gatepost	Told in confidence
Your bloods worth bottlin’	Your terrific
Don’t come the raw prawn with me	Don’t lie to me
This side of the blackstump	Loose measure of distance (ie. He makes the best wine This side of the Black Stump)