Words Brits use that Americans don't?

His elevator (lift) doesn't go to the top floor.
Not the brightest bulb in the string.
One clown short of a circus.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
A village somewhere has lost its idiot.

 

Love them. Lol

Do you have namby pampy?

 

Yes, we do. I haven't heard it in awhile. Maybe I should use it in conversation, maybe about our USA Senate.
How are you liking Brexit so far?

 

not the sharpest tool in the box
a sandwich short of a picnic

 

Nothing changed. lol


Ha Brexit
Texit
Sexit
vexit
Nexit

 

iv changed my underwear ,,soon we will be importing them from the USA ,and not Taiwan

 

I started buying jock straps ,until I realised they wasn't made in Scotland

 

Hahahaha who knows????

 

Suspenders lol

We say suzzies.

 

Now a hood can be two things.
One is a criminal.

The other a hood on a coat or Jacket hence the word Hoodie.

 

We use “hood” to describe a bad neighborhood too.

 

At least you got something right. lol


Words that can describe drinking alcohol are-
On the piss
on the sauce
Getting blotto

 

we say “sauce” for booze too sometimes

 

But getting saucy means getting sexy. lol

 

Getting drunk phrases. Tying one on. Getting soused. Two sheets in the wind.

 

Yep two sheets to the wind you got from us.
Tying one on? LOL

 

Getting blitzed. Getting buzzed.

 

I’ve been wondering what is the source for your phrase up the duff for pregnant. Makes no sense to me