Bitesize Quiz 13th March : UK Colloquialism Quiz

Ya daft apeth!

• You silly thing

• You’re good at silently sneaking!

• Sweet and sour candy

• A funeral song

What you skriking for?

• Are you trying to drive a hard bargain?

• Why are you crying?

• What’s got you laughing so hard?

• How come you’re sneaking around?

Oh don’t pay any attention to Jeffery, he’s all mouth and no trousers.

• Jeffery is a big talker who never follows through.

• Jeffery isn’t very classy. He has no formal pants to wear to formal occasions.

• Jeffery is a vegetarian.

• Jeffery is the name of the team’s big mouth bass mascot. He doesn’t need pants.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

• Flattery won’t get the job done.

• You can’t talk your way out of a ticket.

• Hurry up and eat your dinner.

• Lyrics in a famous Westchester folk tune.

Oh, I'm all in a tizz wozz.

• I’m in a lot of trouble.

• I’m flustered.

• I’m very dizzy.

• I’m completely in love.

Me in me glad rags.

• I’m in my finest clothes.

• I’m in a prisoner’s jumpsuit.

• I fell into the garbage.

• I’m wearing my scrubs.

Why aye man, ad do anything for a canny bag a tuda.

• Hey, I’d do anything for an ice cream bar.

• Hey, I’d do anything for a can of tuna.

• Eye doctor, I’d do anything for free glasses.

• Hey, I’d do anything for a bag of potato chips.

Shut the windie.

• Close the flue on the fireplace.

• Rugby term for ‘scoring a goal.’

• You need to listen more than you speak.

• Shut the window please.

Lang may yer lum reek.

• Blessing of good fortune meaning ‘long may your chimney smoke’

• Your boots are smelly

• Old Scottish Christmas song

• Pass the lum reek please (traditional Scottish dish)

Haud yer wheesht!

• “Shhh - be quiet.”

• Horseback riding term for “whoa!”

• Hold your head up high.

• Keep your chin up.