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ANZ IDIOMS
ANZ IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Beyond the black stump | An Australian idiom indicating that even if you go as far as you can, the black stump is still a little further. |
| Blood is worth bottling | If an Australian says to you "Your blood is worth bottling", he/she is complimenting or praising you for doing something or being someone very special. |
| Cut down the tall poppies | If people cut down the tall poppies, they criticize people who stand out from the crowd. |
| Dog-whistle politics | When political parties have policies that will appeal to racists while not being overtly racist, they are indulging in dog-whistle politics. |
| As dry as a dead dingo’s donger | To be very thirsty and in urgent need of a beer or To be very dry – can refer to a desert, the humidity, or the weather. |
| Dry as a wooden god | Very dry area or very thirsty. |
| Fair suck of the sauce bottle | If you demand a fair suck of the sauce bottle, the other person is being unreasonable in what they are asking or suggesting you do |
| Flash as a rat with a gold tooth | Someone who's as flash as a rat with a gold tooth tries hard to impress people by their appearance or behaviour. |
| Flat out like a lizard drinking | An Australian idiom meaning extremely busy, which is a word play which humorously mixes two meanings of the term flat out. |
| Grinning like a shot fox | They are smiling uncomprehendingly or smugly, looking stupid while smiling, showing that they don't really understand what's going on |
| Like a shag on a rock | If someone feels like a shag on a rock, they are lonely or isolated. A shag is an Australian bird that often perches alone on a rock. |
| Mad as a cut snake | One who is mad as a cut snake has lost all sense of reason, is crazy, out of control. |
| On the wallaby track | In Australian English, if you're on the wallaby track, you are unemployed. |
| See which way the cat jumps | If you see which way the cat jumps, you postpone making a decision or acting until you have seen how things are developing. |
| She'll be apples | A very popular old Australian saying meaning everything will be all right, often used when there is some doubt. |
| Stone the crows | Stone the crows is used to convey shock or surprise similarly to "Oh my God". |
| Talk the legs off an iron pot | Somebody who is excessively talkative or is especially convincing is said to talk the legs off an iron pot. ('Talk the legs off an iron chair' is also used) |
| Tough as woodpecker lips | Something that is as tough as woodpecker lips is very strong, resilient, etc. |
| Up a gum tree | If you're up a gum tree, you're in trouble or a big mess. |
| I'm knackered | I'm tired. |
| Get your A into G / Rattle Ya Dags | Hurry up! |
| Just popping to the dairy | I'm going to the convenience store. |
| It was choice, bro! | It was good. |
| Kia Ora | Be well / Be healthy |
| Yeah-nah | No, thank you. |
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