829. 88 English expressions that will confuse everyone (Part 3)

Finally, here is the third part of this series about English slang words and expressions that most British people know, but which will probably confuse almost everyone else! I started this series in 2019. It’s only taken me nearly 4 years to get round to finishing it. Learn loads of slang and culture, plus a bit of British history too. Vocabulary and transcript available on the episode page here 0:00:00 Introduction 0:08:53 a pea souper 0:21:48 pinch punch first of the month 0:25:20 pissed / pissed off 0:28:10 pop your clogs 0:31:09 poppycock 0:34:23 quids in 0:35:40 round 0:37:06 shambles 0:38:51 shirty 0:46:32 skew-whiff 0:50:14 to skive (off) 052:13 slumped 0:56:27 smarmy 0:58:24 sod’s law 1:00:45 throw a spanner in the works 1:03:43 to spend a penny 1:05:38 to splash out (on something) 1:07:11 swot 1:08:15 to take the biscuit 1:13:15 to take the mickey 1:15:14 tickety-boo 1:17:10 waffle 1:19:53 wally 1:21:31 to wangle something 1:22:16 to whinge 1:22:58 wind your neck in! 1:23:57 a wind-up merchant 1:25:53 zonked 1:27:04 Vocab recap / memory test