Slang Expressions

These expressions are spoken, not written and would be considered inappropriate in formal types of communication.

• Idiomatic Expressions

• Colloquial Language

• Slang Expressions

If you speak/talk of the devil,

• the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears.

• you talk directly about a hot issue.

• you say something bad about someone.

This part of London's a bit ___________, mate. Be careful with your possessions passing through there.

• cheeky

• dodgy

I was ___________ when I heard she was already married.

• hunky-dory

• gobsmacked

Wanna go to the party mate? I'll _____________ later. Ta ra.

• give you a bell

• off your trolley

You're ______________ if you think you can buy that for under 1,000 pound.

• hunky-dory

• off your trolley

• chivvy along

Fish and chips? That's proper English ________ that is.

• grub

• naff

• peanuts

I don't know what he's going __________. He's off his trolley.

• on about

• grub

• doddle

After robbing the bank, the thieves tried to ___________ from the police.

• dodgy

• leg it

• waffle

That geezer is ____________. The police are after him.

• dodgy

• cheeky