As a Brit I’ve never heard “Drives you round the bend” as meaning “boring” Something might be so boring that it drives you round the bend, but it basically just means that something is making you “crazy”

"Rougher than a badgers arse" is a phrase my old man uses when he's hungover.

In the UK if something is easy we might say it was “piss easy” hence a piece of piss. Not uncommon but you probably wouldn’t say it to the King.

Just a few common ‘piss’ examples that came to mind… Piss = urine / urinate Pissed = drunk Pissed off = annoyed / angry/ frustrated Piss off = f**k off Piece of piss = extremely easy Piss-easy = extremely easy Piss all over it / ‘something’ = to be better or superior at something, or to be able to do it with ease Piss-take = someone taking advantage / liberties Taking the piss = mocking; or joking; or taking advantage On the piss = going out and drinking a lot Piss-up = an occasion or event when a lot of alcohol is drunk Pissed up = drunk (again) Pissing myself = laughing or finding something extremely funny Pisshead = someone who gets drunk Pissing down = raining heavily Piss around = fooling about / wasting time Piss / pissed away = waste Piss poor = dirt poor E.g.: “I’m so pissed off; my wife was out on the piss last night at a work piss-up and got completely pissed, pissing away money knowing we’re piss-poor this month. She’s an absolute piss-take - she called me (while pissing around with her pisshead mates!) to pick her up as it was pissing down, and she needed a piss badly and couldn’t find a pisser. I said “don’t take the piss” - really wanted to tell her to “piss off”, but I was actually secretly pissing myself at how pissed up she sounded! And to be fair, it was a piece of piss just to jump in the car and go get her - she was just completely taking the piss, the lightweight; I piss all over her when it comes to a good piss-up, 12 pints is piss-easy for me to put away a couple of times a week!” Yeah…we do like to use ‘piss’ a lot in our sayings 🤷🏻!! I’m sure there are probably more examples that are used in other regions too (I’m from London)

“Piece of piss” is absolutely used here in the uk. You’d be surprised at us brits… we’re known to other nations as being super polite etc… but we all swear (cuss) like sailors!!!

if we say i pissed myself it doesnt always mean i urinated on myself ,it mostly means i laughed uncontrollably but sometimes you laugh so much you piss yourself 🤣

Taking the piss can also refer to somebody who is slacking, not pulling their weight or doing a bad job. Context is everything.

Yes, we use piss to mean about 1,000 different things.

What you have to remember is that not only does the UK have hundreds of different accents but these often have their own dialect words or phrases and these often add to our expressions.

Over the moon comes from the nursery rhyme Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such fun And the dish ran away with the spoon!

Hi Tyler you might be interested in the origin of some of these British sayings. The 'bend' is the curve always placed in the entrance drive of Victorian mental hospitals. Straight drives were the characteristic of stately homes and bent ones of asylums to screen the inmates from view. “Under the weather” is from the maritime world. When a sailor became ill or seasick, often because of violent weather conditions, that sailor was sent below decks to the most stable part of the ship, which was under the weather rail. The phrase “under the weather rail” was shortened to the idiom “under the weather.” The expression "over the moon" comes from a well-known 16th century nursery rhyme called ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ (originally written as ‘High Diddle Diddle’) The rhyme is nonsense, but it goes like this...“Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon.The little dog laughed to see such fun. And the dish ran away with the spoon!” "Piss" derives from the Vulgar Latin verb "pissiare" meaning to urinate and then via the medieval French verb pissier (12th century), to piss crops up in many medieval English texts. The phrase "piece of piss" originated in World War 2 by the RAF in place of "a piece of cake".

We also use multiple swear words before after and in between all these 😂

You have to remember that people in the UK swear a lot more than people in the US so in an informal setting, swearing wouldn't be considered offensive or out of place compared to America

"At the end of the day" could also be expressed as "when push comes to shove" Yeah, "piece of piss" is definitely not uncommon - we aren't quite as prudish as Americans Heavy rain can also be referred to with "it's pissing down"

Tyler, you really must start looking at panel shows from the UK. You’re going to die when you find out what we’re able to say on those shows.

Driving me up the wall doesn't mean bored specifically, it's just anything that drives you crazy.

Learned words like "chuffed to bits" and " it's lush" from my British friends. They have fun words and phrases there

"taking the piss" is also used to describe someone abusing the rules. "We agreed to split the bill evenly, but then mike really took the piss by ordering lobster".

I think the biggest difference between UK and US language is far more emphasis is placed on context especially when it comes to the usage of one word with multiple meanings in different phrases, always fantastic seeing you interest in the uk way of life.

Don't forget we do have a shared language and many of these idioms are many hundreds of years old. When the original settlers left for America they would have used them and so they are found on both sides of the pond.

Taking the piss has an its origins in English history. Back in the day, when goods were transported by barges via the canal system, there were two things that were carried in barrels. One was wine and the other animal urine, which was used in the tanning of leather. When a barge operator was asked what he was transporting, he would often say that it was wine, because he didn’t want to admit that it was urine, as this was looked on as the worst type of cargo. Often, the person he was talking to would not believe him and would think that the bargy was try to con him. So he would say, “no you’re not, you are taking piss.” Hence the modern expression of “now, you are taking the piss (out of me)” So, you were right, the expression does mean urine.

when brits are polite to you, it means you are seen as an outsider. if they TAKE THE PISS out of you, it means you are accepted as a friend/ part of the group. Once you are part of their group, brits will protect you with their own lives, but take the piss out of you like a catheter! haha big love to all people :)

Tone can be a very important factor in the UK. The phrase "not bad" can mean anything from barely adequate to excellent when referring to a job someone's done. I don't know if it's used in America, but it can certainly confuse people who speak English as a second language.

We say 'drives me up the wall' too! 'Pissed-off' is the same as the American 'I'm really pissed!' And yes, pissed means drunk! 'Piss-head' is a drunkard! 'Piss-off' is a lighter version of F%@k-off!

I used to work with someone who said 'at the end of the day' multiple times a day, it drove me nuts.

It is important to note that an idiom doesn't generally have a logical meaning, it only makes sense once you know what its meaning is.

We wouldn't say over the moon often most would say chuffed

'Piece of Piss' is, as he said, a vulgar version of this, so used only in certain contexts (not to your Granny, or your boss, for example). 'Take the piss' is for some reason more acceptible, though again, probably not in front of an older granny). 'Being pissed' always means drunk in the UK, and is a totally acceptible phrase. In the US 'pissed' just means 'angry' (where we might say 'pissed off'), and seems to be totally OK, whereas the othe uses seem to be too vulgar. It's weird how context dependent this one is.

Shakespeare is credited with the invention or introduction of over 1,700 words. Slang and colourful expressions are a logical extension of the UK's literary history.

Bantering with a friend is evidence of closeness absolutely. I say the worst shit to my closest friends. And i know someone cares about me when they do the same. The funny thing is if you or a friend of yours catch someone not close making the same jokes at your expense, the tone of the encounter will change. I can take the piss out of my mate, you cant.

Every region in the UK say these ‘sayings’ differently or they have slightly different meanings. It’s endless 😂🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

"At the end of the day" is the same as "when all is said and done"

Normally if I say "I'm over the moon" it is done with a sarcastic tone.

There are a few New Zealand phrases which needs more usage, feeling "Rough as guts and twice as ugly" is used when really hung over or feeling sick lol. Another phrase is to "Throw a wobbly" which is when someone has an angry outburst,

"Piece of piss" and "Taking the piss" are both very informal and you'd only use them with your friends, or adults that you sure wouldn't be offended.

My favourite is "give your head a wobble". Basically the thing you have said/done is so unbelievably stupid you need to make sure your brain hasn't fallen out 😂

Another one for angry not used quite so much these days is to say that something "gets my dander up" (makes me angry) - supposedly originates from brewing where dander was the froth that resulted from stirring the brew. Another good one is "three sheets to the wind" (drunk to the point of insensibility) - from our naval history, a sheet was a rope that secured a sail, if the sheets that control all three sails (the most common format) are loose the sails are flapping about and the ship is out of control. Piss - all absolutely true. We love vulgar sayings, eg. "gobshite" - someone who talks nonsense ("gob" equals 'mouth' hence someone who spouts excrement).

Feeling rough is a very common phrase, often expanded on too with descriptors at the end. 'Rough as houses/Rough as a Badger's arse/Rough as anything... Etc.' These are the most common three versions that I hear/use

Drive going around the bend is a reference to the Victorian asylums which always had long curved drives so the couldn’t be seen from the road.

"Are you tekkin the piss?" Probably my most used phrase 😂

I knew a chap from Liverpool who used to say he was "made up" meaning pleased about something. I would then compliment him on his lipstick and mascara!

'Piss poor' a bad job, a poor repair or generally lazy piece of work. "The electrician did a piss poor job and now I need it doing again." Yup, piss is versatile in the UK!

I leaned a good one recently. It's a new one. 'Embuggerance' - It's just some stubborn obstacle that's in your way or some stubborn thing that's hard to get rid of that's doing your head in.

These are used all over the uk, but there some sayings that are only used in Wales, Scotland, England regional sayings i mean. Not every brit would say a piece of piss, some don't like using a vulgar term, piss is also seen as a swear word here to, but i guess it depends who you are.

Brits also say 'pissed' meaning 'drunk', whereas in the US it means 'annoyed'. We also say 'pissed off' meaning 'annoyed'. A 'piss-up' is a social gathering where the expectation is that everyone will get drunk. 'Pissed as a fart' means 'extremely drunk'. Also used are 'piss off', which is the same as in the US, 'piss-elegant' meaning 'faux posh'. amd 'piss-poor' meaning financially broke. So, I think it's fair to say we quite like the slang term for urine. 😀

You're right. Drives you/me round the bend is pretty much the same as drives me up the wall, (we use that over here sometimes as well). Never heard it used meaning bored. But if somebody is "Round the bend", it means they're crazy, mad, or just plain loopy! You're right again. "Over the moon" is a bit dated. Yes, piece of piss is actually an expression that in this context means the same as piece of cake, which we also use. "Taking the piss" also means to take advantage of someone or something, also means making fun of. And yes, pissed also means drunk.

In Northern Ireland we have a saying, I'm hanging, or, are you hanging? Meaning dying with a hangover. Also, if your unhappy in your job and someone asks you would reply sarcastically I'm living the dream. Theres many many others as well.

Possibly my favourite expression/insult. "Face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle." As in "Look at the face on that. He's got a face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle."

Wikipedia - under 'Hey Diddle Diddle', the nonsense verse that children around the world know! Which actually mentions the different versions as the source of the expression 'Over the Moon'.

Instead of it being 'a piece of piss,' you could say on completion of a difficult task 'I pissed it mate.' Thanks for the vid and the impromptu giggles. Keep it rolling man. 👏

I dont often hear 'Piece of piss' but a more common term that I hear is 'Piss easy'

A few years gone by 1950's and 60's when not everyone had a bathroom we would make use of a gazunder. Called a gazunder because it goes under the bed. A ceramic pot with a handle for emptying out. Also known as a piss pot. Some people used them to plant an aspidistra in. There is a song from before the second world war called "It was the biggest aspidistra in the world" by Gracie Fields.

I think our range of language is just more extensive than the Americans.

It largely depends upon the company you're in, and the formality of the occasion, as to which expressions you use. Also, which part of the country, which social class and so on. For example, friends may well "take the piss" out of each other in London; but in Scotland they might "rip the shit," in the same circumstances!

Round the bend and Doing my head in both equate to Drive me mad. Not angry or bored.

Something that never came up but is well funny is the British expression if something is "very, very good" that it is the "Dog's Bollocks". I have heard this changed to other phrases meaning the same thig like "Canine Underhang" or "Mutt's Nuts".

A personal favourite is 'Give your head a wobble'. As in you would say to someone 'Give your head a wobble'. It basically means sort yourself out, get your mind in the right place.

All those expressions are true, we also say drives me up the wall which is very old saying here in UK. I would say take the p or take the mic (urine too) and piece of cake to be more polite ..and you take the cake for being cheeky.

Absolute piss-take, pissed as a fart, piss-flaps, pissed-up, pissed-off, on the piss - we have tons of piss related sayings here 😁

as a Brit they missed the term for can't be bothered - "I can't be arsed" ;)

All of these idioms can gain much further emphasis by having "Eff" word inserted as appropriate, for instance "Stop taking the Effin piss" or "doing my Effin head in". Supposed swear words are infinitely useful!

'Taking the piss' or 'Taking the Micky' if you want to be more polite. This can be used in two ways: 1) As he explained it can be when you're making fun of someone. 2) If you think somebody is taking advantage, overcharging you, etc, then you might accuse them of 'taking the piss' or 'taking the Micky' or 'having a laugh' (at your expense). e.g. "£10 for a fucking cup of coffee? You're taking the piss/ taking the micky/having a laugh!" usually said in a shocked/angry tone. Banter: Banter should be a two way thing, think of it like a tennis rally where close friends poke fun at each other's quirks/failings/embarassing moments, etc and the person on the receiving end then replies with some good natured abuse of their own. It's also common after a friend has made fun of you to run with the insult and poke fun at yourself before turning it back on them. The whole idea of banter is to make each other laugh, NOT cause offense, so the more original the insult the better. If it's always one sided or the person on the receiving end doesn't find it funny then it's bullying. I find a good way to ensure the other person knows I'm joking is to poke fun at myself first, or sometimes immediately after making fun of them. It's hard for people to take offense when you've said something twice as bad about yourself!😀

In Britain, "You're looking rough" might be met with, "I'm feeling it" followed by a brief explanation of symptoms

US soldiers that was positioned in the UK in world war2 took alot of slang n sayings back to the US after the war, that why there's alot of similar expansions now in the US

you are correct about drives me around the bend. it means to drive you crazy I've no idea where he got bored or angry from. you can be driven round the bend and be neither of those things :) I'm Scottish and we have so many silly idioms. we also take swearing and insults to an artform (especially Glaswegians) I'm from Glasgow but people in Edinburgh will have their own quirky sayings. it's a very regional thing and don't get started on being drunk. we have about a thousand sayings for being drunk :) blootered, hammered, mortal, cabbaged, steamin, oot yer tree (out of your tree), buckled, minced, Howlin, Guttered, Rubber, steamboats (see steamin), Mingin, Plastered.... and that's just the ones I can think off the top of my head and he is 100% correct, if Brits don't like you or know you that well they will tend to be very polite but if they are your best mate you will take the piss :) if somebody is comfortable enough to make fun of you in front of your face it means they like and know you well enough to know that you won't take offence to it every one of my close friends is a "bawbag" (literally a nutsack or ballbag) we'll even say it in a greeting "awright bawbag" we never say hello to people we're friends with it's always "awright?" (basically are you alright?, how are you doing?)

BIG UP THE BRITISH 🇬🇧🇬🇧

I once said to my head of year at school “are you taking the piss” instead of “are you taking the Micky”, I would have got in trouble regardless if I got in a lot more trouble.

"Over The Moon" is a cliche used often by footballers describing their feelings after a win. Not the most eloquent at the end of the day.

The reason there are so many different phrases is because with the accents changing every few miles the slang can change as well, a lot of phrases are country wide but many are specific to certain areas, also Americans are very literal when slang here most often is not, you should check out Cockney rhyming slang because that will blow your mind.

We also say drives me up the wall.

"I wonder if Americans got this from British..". 😂😂😂 Ya think?? Seeing as your language ORIGINATED in Britain?!

Instead of Get a grip, I'd probably say Get a hold

"Wind your neck in" is said in the North (and elsewhere I'm sure) to say back off/ back down / don't start anything.

I love, it's like platting snot, meaning it's nigh on impossible lol

It all depends on situation and context. Most British people don't really care or take things to seriously. Americans are far too serious about things that don't really matter. Also Americans can be to literal and lack a sense of humour.

The banter culture is strong in Sweden, if we're angry with someone we use subtle language and sarcasm. We are really afraid of conflicts, so like if someone skips the line we'd turn to someone close by and say eg "the nerve of some people!", or "some people seems to have been born with good manners". I recently was at a birthday party at a friends, and people talked about how nice the place was after that he'd cleaned it up. And I said "yeah, it's NICER, but I wouldn't say it's nice!"

Over the moon comes from the 16th century children poem, Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little dog laughed to see such fun, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

The piss word is used a lot as is banter. I've had a friend for years since we were kids and my endearing nickname for her for years has been fugly or piss flaps. It's normal to us. She calls me saggy tits or fish flaps.It's all fun.

It's so hilariously funny hearing you say 'piece of piss' .. I had to rewind and watch again 😆🤣😅

If you’ve made a mistake you’ve “pissed on your chips”

We do use 'piece for cake', too.

When I first moved to the UK it took me a good 3 - 4 months to fully grasp sarcasm and banter =) I thought everyone was really really mean to each other for a while before I asked my then partner about it. He had a good giggle and explained it to me. I've now got a black belt in banter ;) I always say about he UK method that "You can only get this kind of abuse from your closest friends". It's a little weird at first, but truly welcome once you understand it =)

The Weather one originates from people stating they can feel in their bones the weather is changing, or headaches starts, or mood changes... All true as the weather does in fact control our health due to the atmospheres , Your health is UNDER THE control of the WEATHER. Another Claim was form Sailors whom when feeling ill at sea in storms would go below deck, therefore have a roof above their head and be under the weather, linked to the saying feeling rough, feeling ill due to rough seas.

Our expressions go back to Shakespeare. Many are naval . Sadly with modren communication they are being lost. Someone did not know the term murky the other day when i used it. Pothole. The villagers used to take clay from the roads to make their pots. 'A square meal ". 'On the dole'

Aussies say piece of piss and taking the piss too (unsurprisingly) 😂

i use up the wall as well as bend

Years ago I was talking to a German woman who spoke very good English. She said she had been to some place and got really pissed. Being British I thought she got very drunk. She actually meant she got really annoyed.

I think the UK older generation would not say piece of piss. I would say it's a doddle.

_Every_ language has idioms and expressions, we just tend not to think much about our own language because it is so ingrained in us. As such, idioms and expressions are easier to "spot" in other languages. As for the overlap, while British and American English are certainly different dialects, at the end of the day they're both forms of English. Hence, any expression that is old enough (from before the US gained their independence) could have survived in both dialects until the present day. At the other end of the timeline, any expression in use after mass media became available could have migrated from one dialect to the other since then. I actually think many people for whom English is not their first language probably know more English than the average American, not because of some innate superior language ability, but simply because they tend to consume English-language media in more different varieties of English than Americans tend to. I get the impression that Americans mostly watch American movies and TV shows (as with all things there are exceptions of course), while people who are fluent in English as a second or third language are more likely to watch movies and shows from the rest of the English speaking world, and are therefore exposed to more of the language. The downside is that we are not necessarily sure _which_ variant of English a given word/expression/idiom comes from. We just know it's an English expression, so we might use it in conversation with a native English speaker who has no idea what we're talking about, because it's from another country's variant of English.

Being pissed is drunk, pissed off is annoyed, piece of piss is easy, taking the piss is mocking, my mother in law used to use taking the wee wee or the pee instead. Like you said we have a lot of piss going on.

Yet another great reaction video Tyler! Here's another use of the word piss.. we might call someone who drinks alot of alcohol a "piss head" 😂

Try to remember some expressions when you come over. But choose your expressions carefully - for example, if you stop someone in the street for directions, and it turns out you don't understand them - perhaps it's not a good idea to say "you're driving me round the bend".

We Brits are the most inventive people on the Planet (our Cousins Across the Pond coming a very close second) - so it should come as no surprise that our _language_ reflects that fact! 😊

In the part of NW England where I grew up, if we weren't feeling too well, we would say we were "As Rough As Bulls Lugs". No idea of the origin of this but it was frequently used on Monday mornings after a heavy weekend.

An additional on taking the piss, probably easy to infer but fir the avoidance of doubt; taking the piss can also mean taking too much of an advantage of something e.g. "free biscuits, but don't take the piss" means you can have as many biscuits as you like but don't start stuffing your pockets with them.

If something is unbelievable we often just respond with " My arse!"

There are far too many examples to list of just how versatile and ever-present word "piss" is in the colourful tapestry of British expressions.

I definitely thought he was going to say ‘stoked’ instead of over the moon 😁

Take the piss is also used to abuse something “ They allow you take home the broken biscuits from the shop, but some people take the piss and stuff bags full”

I have heard "does my head in" here in Australia but not very often.