Can YOU guess these strange British English expression? 🇬🇧

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  • Can YOU guess these strange British English expression? 🇬🇧
    In this video, I wanted to teach you some VERY British English expressions. However, instead of simply giving you the phrase and an example, I thought it would be FAR more interesting to ask people from various countries if they knew or could guess what these strange, weird and wonderful British English expressions mean!
    If you want to sound more like a fluent, native English speaker, try and use some of these phrases :)
    let's see if they can find out!
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  • @InstantEnglishUK
    @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +12

    HEY! did you know any of these British English expressions before you watched the video? Also, which one is your new favourite? 😁

    • @eidhah1404
      @eidhah1404 ปีที่แล้ว

      🌹

    • @geminievil
      @geminievil ปีที่แล้ว

      Only the 4th one, and my favorite is "I'm gobsmacked"

    • @classysquid7501
      @classysquid7501 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would hope so, considering I live there

    • @concernedcitizen6313
      @concernedcitizen6313 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Bee's knees" is old timey American, too. Also, I knew what "Muppet" meant.

    • @BigBadWolfdog
      @BigBadWolfdog ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm a Brit, so I knew all of these except dropping the kids off at the pool and going out on a lash.

  • @Slowdancinginthemoonlight
    @Slowdancinginthemoonlight ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brown bread-- being dead
    Muppet-- idiot
    Bee's knees-- cool, excellent, high quality
    Drop the kids off at the pool-- go to the toilet
    Gobsmacked-- Shocked
    Faffing around-- Wasting time or doing something unnecessary
    On the lash-- Go out and get drunk

  • @kissa2158
    @kissa2158 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Cool! Some cockney slang. I heard some of them before. My favourite one is to drop the kids off at the pool. The slang expression for that in Russian (translated literally) is to lay a larva. 😀

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep some cockney indeed as it can be a little strange haha! Lay the larva! Love it

    • @deebaasifi2666
      @deebaasifi2666 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK
      What is the difference between ( I don't care) and (I don't mind) ???
      Can you say that please?

  • @Humanity331
    @Humanity331 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A bunches of Thank for teaching advance English. I am learning English by you. Be happy always. 👍👍

  • @Yostheou
    @Yostheou ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I'm going drop the kids off at the pool"
    Kkkkkkk... can't stop laughing!

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you have anything similar in your language?

    • @Yostheou
      @Yostheou ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@InstantEnglishUK
      Yes, we do!
      Translating from portuguese...
      "I'll make number 1", "I'll cut the monkey's tail off", or, "I'll drop a clay off" among others. At least in Sao Paulo (Brazil), I'm not sure about Rio de Janeiro or in Portugal, maybe they use different expressions there kkkk...😄

  • @ajsharita
    @ajsharita ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Almost all of them (besides gobsmacked) are new to me. But I really like the first one (brown bread). Never heard it before and would never be able to guess its meaning in a million years 😂

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello AJ, really glad you loved the video and hope you are well!

    • @ajsharita
      @ajsharita ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK hello Chris 😊 of course I love your wonderful videos! They are getting better and better. I really appreciate your efforts for us 👏

  • @ImKhan03
    @ImKhan03 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m hardly learning English😂 these expressions are something very new to me. Thank you though 😊

  • @neonmajora8454
    @neonmajora8454 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always thought the bees knees was American slang, the more you know lol

  • @M1986Gh
    @M1986Gh ปีที่แล้ว

    That “ poor kids” kill me instant!!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @Abdcz
    @Abdcz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a Brit this is so funny

  • @jirskyrjenkins1959
    @jirskyrjenkins1959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These all make sense to me as an Aussie - I suspect many ex colonies like Australia, NZ, South Africa would know these. The only one I didn't know was brown bread, but if you had told me it was rhyming slang, I would have guessed it.

  • @ravir.8588
    @ravir.8588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superb👌 I like so much British English ☺

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, where are you from?

    • @ravir.8588
      @ravir.8588 ปีที่แล้ว

      India, Tamil Nadu

    • @ravir.8588
      @ravir.8588 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK India, Tamil Nadu

  • @PyroHasFallen
    @PyroHasFallen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOL this is funny ngl i subbed :D

  • @karuna6307
    @karuna6307 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks it was nice❤

  • @VikingMJB
    @VikingMJB ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well I guess being English it was obvious all of these would be so damn easy. Although you exaggerated the beesknees one. You are the beesknees-You are the best!

  • @NKC_DRAWING
    @NKC_DRAWING ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing you so So Amazing seriously greatest video ever 👋

  • @Schattendragonfly
    @Schattendragonfly ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well I thought I knew some English. Now I don't.

  • @brendamartinez6955
    @brendamartinez6955 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Brenda, please make sure to share 👍

  • @user-ds9jy5ld9v
    @user-ds9jy5ld9v ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you very much 😂

  • @mdc734
    @mdc734 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brown bread!! horrible expression.
    But curiously when Chris mentioned it in my mind I saw a corpse but consciously I didn't thought in a dead person.
    That at the toilette I got it.

  • @yuliyavasilyeva5424
    @yuliyavasilyeva5424 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's cockney, innit?))

  • @dokzma
    @dokzma ปีที่แล้ว

    woow so nice people drinking MATE with herb , soo argentian thats is cool

  • @MrSiD2125
    @MrSiD2125 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm going to drop the kids off at the pool,😂😁😂 that was hilarious 🤣 ohh poor kid🫣

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there anything similar in your language?

    • @MrSiD2125
      @MrSiD2125 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK Yeah!

    • @MrSiD2125
      @MrSiD2125 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK actually I'm from India & and I speak Hindi, do you know Hindi ?

  • @balazsszabolcs4
    @balazsszabolcs4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris, I'm into the expression: Your shoes are the bee's knees

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Any others?

    • @balazsszabolcs4
      @balazsszabolcs4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK okay,I promise, I"ll also use brown bread, muppet and I'm going to drop the kids off at the pool. Your videos are great and I could listen to your voice long hours.

  • @Deliberately_Enigmatic
    @Deliberately_Enigmatic ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't when you say I'm gobsmacked it'd mean that you're speechless

  • @valushka21
    @valushka21 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No spaniards left in Barcelona😅

  • @EWAMILENAP
    @EWAMILENAP ปีที่แล้ว

    Not easy. Thank you. Quite challenging, especially he is brown bread = he is dead

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s Cockney rhyming slang so only used in the London area or perhaps other southern areas of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @dr.mohammadmoin_________1517
    @dr.mohammadmoin_________1517 ปีที่แล้ว

    My name is Dr I'm from South Africa in Nigeria 🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @Super-id7bq
    @Super-id7bq ปีที่แล้ว

    Should have explained that The Bees Knees means "The Business".

  • @iddyiddy1282
    @iddyiddy1282 ปีที่แล้ว

    Number 4. Is pooping 🤣 if am am not wrong

  • @10s-20
    @10s-20 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you coming in Nepal this year??

  • @j3zproductions
    @j3zproductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This isn’t bullshit!😂

  • @sabasolivellaabuabara8156
    @sabasolivellaabuabara8156 ปีที่แล้ว

    I prefer say “the second one” (el número dos, en español) than “drop the kids off at the pool”. I imagine my (future) children, too unpleasant

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      You got any more in Spanish that I should know?

  • @loveisblind5712
    @loveisblind5712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like u man

  • @barnaclesbeef
    @barnaclesbeef ปีที่แล้ว

    as a british person nobody uses these lol

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      False: as a British person too, the only two that are old now are brown bread (although areas of London still use it) and bee’s knees.

  • @pachma405
    @pachma405 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm British and I've never heard anyone say "I'm going to drop the kids off at the pool" when they mean I'm taking a dump.

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am British and I have heard loads of people say it

  • @LoLa-xe9df
    @LoLa-xe9df ปีที่แล้ว

    Me : saving them and imagine if someone asked me about them I'll answer instantly 😌😂!

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ll come to your city next!

    • @LoLa-xe9df
      @LoLa-xe9df ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InstantEnglishUK a hundred welcome sir

  • @user-nr5qm6xt9x
    @user-nr5qm6xt9x ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

  • @KelvinColin
    @KelvinColin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is embarrassing 😂

  • @user-fb3he8ps4v
    @user-fb3he8ps4v ปีที่แล้ว

    Me myself I’m British lol

  • @lilyrichardson
    @lilyrichardson ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm Scottish and I call it and its not a splinter its a scelf

  • @gianellarojascoral2217
    @gianellarojascoral2217 ปีที่แล้ว

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TheBrandyAnimator
    @TheBrandyAnimator ปีที่แล้ว

    i hear all

  • @ravindrasingh897
    @ravindrasingh897 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is refresh called in hindi

    • @InstantEnglishUK
      @InstantEnglishUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m not sure, I don’t speak Hindi

    • @ravindrasingh897
      @ravindrasingh897 ปีที่แล้ว

      I could not find its translation in Hindi, so I am asking you.

  • @wishybois1886
    @wishybois1886 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s a skelf

  • @milaKelley8
    @milaKelley8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lobsters I’m motion

    • @yigitcanbaysal824
      @yigitcanbaysal824 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi there
      I'm looking for a friend to practice my English
      I wonder if you are interested in? 😊

    • @milaKelley8
      @milaKelley8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yigitcanbaysal824 of course! I would love to help!!

    • @yigitcanbaysal824
      @yigitcanbaysal824 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@milaKelley8
      That's great. I'm from Turkey and you?

    • @milaKelley8
      @milaKelley8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yigitcanbaysal824 hi I’m from America,Missouri

  • @michealjohnson6348
    @michealjohnson6348 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rats is in motion😢

  • @abduqodir5341
    @abduqodir5341 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish you luck

  • @abdqusay906
    @abdqusay906 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice my deer

  • @atoo1233
    @atoo1233 ปีที่แล้ว

    I waiting u in saudi arabia😉😉💍

  • @TheBrandyAnimator
    @TheBrandyAnimator ปีที่แล้ว

    ??????