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2021.02.23 16:22

6 British phrases/Slang 🇬🇧

“We’re you born in a barn?”
(Meaning

- Shut the door behind you/why have you left the door open)
“Up the wooden hill” (Meaning - up stairs)
“Don’t tell you’re mother how to suck eggs” (Meaning - don’t tell me what I don’t need to know/what I already know)
“Turn the big light off” (Meaning - Turn off the main light)
“You drive me around the bend” (Meaning - You make me feel crazy!)
“Around the wrekin...” (Meaning - The long way around)

If there are any that you want explaining, comment and I’ll respond!

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  • Brenda 2021.02.23 16:25

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    😂😂 I like this so much

  • 크리스티 2021.02.23 16:25

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    @Brenda haha - good!

  • Brenda 2021.02.23 16:27

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    @크리스티 first one is so interesting 😂

  • Ryuta りゅうた 2021.02.24 02:28

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    bloody hell!! lol

  • Diego Rivera 2021.02.24 02:34

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    Lol, and i thought mexican slangs was the craziest 😂😂

  • Lord Tamiழ் Tiger EEழM 2021.02.24 02:51

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    I feel Royal after reading this, thanks.

  • Tania Alejandra 2021.02.24 03:03

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    I do not undertand the first one 😹

  • Sarah 2021.02.24 03:04

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    @Tania Alejandra she meant “were you born~? “

  • Dina 2021.02.24 03:04

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    Thx for sharing :)

  • Shantal Duffoó 2021.02.24 03:18

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    I love it!

  • Nickolay 2021.02.24 03:40

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    I know another one "Bob's your uncle" (meaning - something done) right?

  • alfonso 2021.02.24 03:43

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    Wou super

  • Iscar 2021.02.24 04:45

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    I want to do this in Spanish 😂

  • 远方 2021.02.24 05:09

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    useful，need more😄👍

  • Prince 2021.02.24 05:44

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    The first one. We're or Were?

  • Mary 2021.02.24 05:45

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    When do you use "up the wooden hill"? I dont understanding well.😕

  • norbert 2021.02.24 05:48

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    Thanks. We say "What's up! Do you live in a cave?" instead of the first in Hungary (Mi van, barlangban laksz?) We do not use the other ones.

  • Andrei 2021.02.24 06:02

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    Are the phrases polite? 😄

  • Stella 2021.02.24 06:20

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    I LOVE THIS!!!! can you do more like this??

  • terry 2021.02.24 06:22

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    In italian slang🇮🇹 'Hai scoperto l'acqua calda' (meaning .- don't tell me what I don't need to know/what I already know)

  • Ekaterina 2021.02.24 06:39

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    Could you pls use in a sentence the phrase “around the wrekin”?

  • Koo 2021.02.24 09:16

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    You're mother? not your mother? I often see people here (in the UK) misspelling like carrots and carrot's... 🙊 Is that a cooler way?

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:20

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    @Sarah ah, yes, thank you. I did mean were. My phone corrected it before I even noticed haha.

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:22

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    @Tania Alejandra the person asking this, is referring to animals in barns, since barns are drafty with no heating. They must be used to the cold.

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:22

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    @Nickolay correct!

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:23

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    @Prince again, my auto-spelling changed this on my phone. 😂

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:25

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    @Koo yes, I meant your. 😅 auto-type and quick fingers!

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:25

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    @Polette Good effort!

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:34

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    @Ekaterina Sure! So “The Wrekin” is actually a hill located in Yorkshire. It takes a while to get around and so locals developed slang for it takes too long. So if someone is telling a really long story, we say, “Here we go, she’s/he’s taking us around the Wrekin”.

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:34

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    @Lord Tamiழ் Tiger EEழM 🤴🏻

  • méline 2021.02.24 09:35

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    can American people say that ?

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:35

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    @Mary you can use this to say you are young to bed. Parents say this a lot when referring to their children going to bed. They would say, “Come on, up the wooden hill...”.

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 09:37

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    @méline It’s mainly used in England, as they have English references, that maybe only the English would understand!

  • méline 2021.02.24 09:52

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    @크리스티 ok thanks !!!

  • Patrizia from Rome 2021.02.24 09:53

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    🇬🇧

  • Koo 2021.02.24 09:53

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    @크리스티 Oh. I genuinely thought they are slang including that 😂

  • Patrizia from Rome 2021.02.24 09:55

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    🇮🇹 - Roma - Ma che, abiti ar Colosseo?! (Meaning - Shut the door behind you/why have you left the door open)

  • timo66 2021.02.24 10:41

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    I know how to suck a penis but sucking eggs is new to me

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 10:42

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    @timo66 😂🙈

  • sha 2021.02.24 11:05

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    How to pronounce "wrekin" and "barn" . Tq

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 11:12

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    @sha

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 11:13

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    @sha

  • sha 2021.02.24 11:20

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    @kristy thank you so much 🥰

  • Ekaterina 2021.02.24 11:22

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    @크리스티 noted:) thank you!

  • Jawad hr 2021.02.24 11:25

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    Hey

  • timo66 2021.02.24 11:27

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    @크리스티 I could not fully understand your voice massage, can you please share this message with us in writing, please

  • Took Kanjana 2021.02.24 11:31

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    They're interesting, thanks

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 11:39

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    @timo66 I am just speaking what I wrote, darling!

  • timo66 2021.02.24 11:58

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    @크리스티 Your voice message starts with "hi guys I'm going to" I can't find it in writing.

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 12:02

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    @timo66 “Hi Guys, erm, so I am going to, erm, speak these aloud, so you can understand how they sound and, erm, how to pronounce the words, so, erm....”

  • Andrea 2021.02.24 12:29

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    Grazie ☺️

  • Junon 2021.02.24 12:49

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    “We’re you born in a barn?” Cracked me up lol like... yea I can imagine British people saying it all right 😂

  • Ana 2021.02.24 13:57

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    Cool thanks for sharing:)

  • anna 2021.02.24 14:08

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    They are so important and funny. If you can, i would like to learn more😊

  • Aaa 2021.02.24 14:24

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    Thanks 🙏🏻

  • Rey Jesus 2021.02.24 15:04

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    Nice information. Thank you

  • 阳光 2021.02.24 15:26

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    你的诗让我疯狂

  • Jay 2021.02.24 15:48

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    Interesting

  • Dan 2021.02.24 15:55

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    Good tips!

  • Adolfo 2021.02.24 16:27

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    *were you born

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 18:55

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    @Adolfo I’m aware. I explained. Thank you.

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 18:56

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    @Junon

  • 크리스티 2021.02.24 18:57

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    @Junon that’s how we’d generally say it. Haha.

  • Junon 2021.02.25 10:33

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    @크리스티 haha thx for the voice note 👍

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