When you’re gobsmacked by something it means you are shocked it happened or surprised you saw what you did. For example, if you saw a dog walking on two legs, you can bet you’d be gobsmacked. 42. Good on ya An Aussie slang phrase for “good work”, “well done”. “Good on...
“A number of the classic Australian turns of phrase, the ones falling out of use that sound slightly old-fashioned to the younger generation, are actually inherited forms brought to Australia by British and Irish settlers. “For example, ‘tucker’ meaning food from the 1850’s, even cockne...
The English phrase for this would be “busy as a bee”. I was doing a little googling on this particular topic and came across a website, called the Australian slang dictionary. Scanning through it I found an expression that I just had to share: “He’s got kangaroos loose in the top...
Geilis shooed the poddy calf back through the broken fence and looked for a simple means to keep the fallen picket upright while she walked all the way to the work shed, retrieved tools and came back—on the quad bike next time. “I really don’t have time for this, little fella, s...
【2】What does the phrase "calm up" in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A.refuse to talk B.show respect C.become excited D.seek help 【3】The last paragraph is about how to teach a teenager___. A.to share the phone with friends B.to pay for his own telephone C.to use the phone ...
s conduct. The net effect of sections 10 and 12 of the Partnership Act provides for joint and several liabilities for wrongs committed by a partner acting in the ordinary course of the business of the firm. The scope of the phrase ‘the ordinary business of the firm’ was in my ...
An Aussie slang phrase for “good work”, “well done”. “Good on ya, mate!” 43. Heaps Really, very. ”That’s heaps good.” 44. Hooroo “Goodbye” in Australian slang.Comes from the 1700s British word “hooray”. 45. Icy pole (or Ice block) ...
perpetuated the termfossick(“to elicit information, ferret out the facts”) from the Cornish dialect of English. Tobarrack, or “jeer noisily,” recalled Irishbarrack(“to brag, boast”), whereasskerrickin the phrasenot a skerrick leftwas obviously identical with theskerrickmeaning “small frag...
Globally, we have seen a drop in adult and child quality of life (QOL) during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about adult or child QOL during the height of the pandemic in Australia and the impact of government-imposed restrictions, speci
An Aussie slang phrase for “good work”, “well done”. “Good on ya, mate!” 43. Heaps Really, very. ”That’s heaps good.” 44. Hooroo “Goodbye” in Australian slang.Comes from the 1700s British word “hooray”. 45. Icy pole (or Ice block) ...