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Fun Trivia: A : Australian Lingo

Special Sub-Topic: The Australian Language


If something is on the fritz, then it is ____ ?

    Cactus. On the fritz means to be clapped out or broken, as does cactus of course.

What word is missing: as _______ as a Pommy complaint box ?
    Full. Meaning to be either well fed or drunk. A fair few of our sayings relate to the English.

"Lights are on but there's nobody home" means the same as _________ ?
    A couple of snags short of a barbie. Meaning lacking intelligence. "Snags" being "sausages" and "barbie" meaning "barbeque".

If someone said to you that they could eat a horse and chase its rider, you would naturally assume _______ ?
    That their belly thinks their throat is cut. These are both expressions of hunger.

If someone could see your Reg Grundies, you are showing what item of clothing?
    Underdaks. You better hope no one can see your Reg Grundies, rhyming slang for undies (underpants). Also known as underdaks too. Or undercrackers in some circles.

To have a Bo-Peep means to have a _____ ?
    Captain Cook. Bo-Peep mean to have a look at something. Captain Cook is rhyming slang for look.

A belt in the lug is the same as _______ ?
    A clout in the earhole. Meaning a physical act of hostility.

Which one of these is the odd one out?
    Ankle biters. Ankle biters are children, the others relate to food in general.

Someone gives you some dead horse, you could then use it on _______ ?
    Possibly all of these (Snorkers, Little boys, Mystery bags). Snorkers are sausages, as are mystery bags, but in some areas mystery bags could be a meat pie or chiko roll. Little boys are cocktail frankfurts. Dead horse is rhyming slang for (tomato) sauce. Pies can also go under the title of maggot bags.

If you were walking in the country and came across some cow candy, which of these things would you do?
    Avoid stepping in it. I think the answer spells out exactly what this is ... cow exhaust.


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