Interesting Aussie expressions

So you’re planning a trip Down Under? You might just find this article useful…Australian English is notorious for it’s colourful and seemingly endless collection of slang terms and sayings. In the interests of educating the world on Aussie-isms, here’s a lovely list of some of our Australian expressions that could be a bit mind boggling in the beginning.

Are you fair dinkum? (Are you really telling the truth?)

Want a tinnie? (Would you care for a beer?)

He shot through like a Bondi tram. (He left at great speed).

Onya Mate (Well done, mate)

He’s a few sheep short in the top paddock (He’s a bit short in the brains Department)

He’s good on the fang. (He can eat and eat!)

He’s gone walkabout (He’s gone missing for a while)

Don’t come the raw prawn with me. (Your attempt to deceive me has failed).

You were quicker than blowies to a barbie (You got here quicker than blowflies to a barbecue)

Aveagoodweegend (Have a great weekend)

He’s a fang-carpenter. (He’s a dentist).

You’ve got two choices – none and Buckley’s. (You don’t have any choices at all really).

He’s got too much of what the cat licked its backside with. (He talks too much).

May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door in. (An Aussie curse – may your chickens turn into emus and demolish your toilet).

Not a bad looking Sheila. (Good looking woman)

He’s a Banana Bender (He’s from the State of Queensland)

It was fair dinkum (It was the truth, genuine)

It’s a BYOG (Bring Your Own Grog (Alcohol))

He was legless (He got so drunk he could not walk)

I want a sanger (I’d like a sandwich)

Time for tucker (Time to eat food)

He’s gone troppo (He’s ill because he’s spent too much time under the tropical sun)

I’ve got six-pack. (I’ve got six bottles of wine or six bottles of beer.

Aussie Salute (Waving flies away)

And we certainly seem to have a preoccupation for throwing up:

Having a chuck (vomiting)

He gave a great technicolour yawn (throwing up, vomiting)

Smiling at the grass (vomiting)

He’s driving the porcelain bus (He’s vomiting in the toilet)

Chunder (another expressive way of saying vomiting)

If you know any more great Aussie expressions, we’d love you to share them here with us.