Chickenhouse Apparel : Australian Slang and Sayings

Aussies don't say cobber anymore. But they do have some sayings that are still quite common. Especially in rural areas.

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Usless as bull tits Implies a person has little or no value.	3 bricks short A metaphor for a person's brain. It implies something is missing in a person's brain and so they are a bit strange or stupid.	Snag short of barbie A metaphor for a person's brain. Barbie is short for barbeque. It implies something is missing in a person's brain and so they are a bit strange or stupid.
Shit before shovel Please, you should go first.	A sandwich short This a metaphor for a person's brain. Implying there is something missing hence they are a bit strange of stupid.	Nick off Please go away.
Lizard drinking Someone who is very busy.	Larrikin Someone who has lots of fun, is a bit cheeky and enjoys practical jokes. Or a rebellious child.	Knee high grasshopper Someone who is very short. Usually only used to describe children or yourself when you were young.
Few kangaroos loose Top paddock is an analogy for someone's head or brain, the kangaroos loose imply that somethings not right. So it means someone who is not right in the head.	I dunno Literally means "I don't know".	Happy as a pig This means you are happy, excited or relieved about something.
Give it heaps Usually used in relation to driving. Means to accelarte fastly, speed or otherwise drive in an unsafe manner.	Frog and Toad Let's leave or "hit the road". Where frog and toad is rhyming slang for road.	Feeling crook I don't feel well.
Don't chuck a Spaz Don't act in an irrational way with spasmodic movements.	Chock a block Meaning chock full, from an old nautical term.	Bucket of prawns This means to leave. Word play between "I'm off" to go and "off prawns" prawns that have spoiled in the sun.
Brains were gunpowder Said to a person of low intelligence or someone who has done something stupid.	Banana Bender Slang term for someone from Queensland. Referencing the fact that a lot of bananas are grown in Queensland.	Mad woman's piss Said to or about someone who is driving erratically.
mad woman's breakfast Said to or about someone who is driving erratically.	accident looking to happen Implies that I am an extremely clumsy person.	A bit of choke Usually said to someone who has just passed wind. Implies that they've made a noise similar to someone trying to start a car.