Whoever wrote this quiz made a right dog's dinner of some of the answers.

I am British, I am 74 years old, and NO-ONE ever, in my whole life has ever said "pip.pip" either to me personally, or within my hearing............the ONLY place you will hear British people say "Pip,pip" is in 1930's Hollywood movies.......

I have never heard "dogs dinner" used in that context. I've only ever heard it used (or used it myself) to refer to something being a bloody mess! Example: someone has done a terrible job painting their house "yup. He's made a right dogs dinner of that."

I strongly suspect that whoever made this quiz hasn't spent too much time in the UK, several mistakes in there. For one thing they gave the opposite meaning for 'dog's dinner'. As for 'brass monkeys'? The full phrase is 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.

A dog's dinner is the opposite of what they say, it means a right old mess.

I agree with the comments about Dog's Dinner, perhaps the quiz maker got it mixed up with Dog's Bollocks which means something great.

Pip pip hasn't been used for 100 years JT, lol! They've left off my favourite ......can't be arsed. It means I can't be bothered. I think the quiz compiler couldn't be arsed to think up challenging phrases. What a wally!

The answer to "taking the mickey" isn't quite right, it's "taking the piss out of someone", not "taking a piss at someone", that would be something entirely different!! 🤣

As someone already said here, Hank Marvin is EXTREMELY famous in the UK as the lead Guitarist with The Shadows, who had many, many hits on their own, not just as Cliff Richard's backing band. So his name is SO familiar to everyone, it was turned into a modern Cockney Rhyming Slang to describe someone who's VERY hungry - i.e. Starvin'! "Oh, Mom - is dinner ready yet? I'm proper Hank Marvin!"

Middle aged Brit living in Australia here. I’ve never heard anyone in the UK or Australia ever say “pip pip”’or “pip pip cheerio” except in very old movies or to be funny. When they said it’s old fashioned it’s really really old fashioned.

There's nothing fancy about saying up the duff😂 also, as others have said, a dogs dinner refers to something being a mess, I don't think this quiz was written by someone from Britain Also, its "taking THE piss" not "taking A piss"

No Briton outside of Mary Poppins books has ever said "Pip pip" Also, it might be only one word difference, but "take *a* piss" and "take *the* piss" are worlds apart in meaning.;)

One way the “Bedfordshire” phrase would have been used is “I’m going up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire” as in “I’m going upstairs to bed”

"cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey" is a phrase from the old navy where cannon ballswere stored on a brass triangle callwd a "monkey" when it was cold the brass would contract and the stack of cannon balls would fall off

There's a couple of Cockney rhymers in this selection: Creme Crackered = knackered. To take the Mickey (Bliss) = To take the piss. Hank Marvin = Starving. Marvin was / is the bespectacled guitarist in the iconic guitar band "The Shadows". They left out probably the most common one, though: To have a butcher's (Hook) = To have a look.

Interestingly if you got beat up by a pregnant girl you have been “duffed up” by someone “up the duff” as the phrase “to duff someone up” means to beat them and NOT to get them pregnant. You have to love the English language!

They've confused "dogs dinner" which usually means something's bad or a mess with the phrases "the mutts nuts"/"the dogs bollocks" which means really good/nice.

“The blower” is / was slang for a telephone. Old telephones had small bells that would “tinkle” when the phone rang.

Im British and ive never heard of the phrase 'pavement pizza' ... literally never

I've always know "Dogs Dinner" as discribing something that looks disgusting.

You're so funny , you make me laugh at your amazement with the British Language 🤣

Hi JT! When a girl is said to be 'up the duff' it implies that the pregnancy is unplanned, so you were right in thinking that you would be slapped! Hank Marvin is the guitarist in The Shadows, Cliff Richard's backing band in the 50s and 60s.

What about being sent to Coventry? (to snub or ignore/exclude someone). Or Bobbins? Meaning rubbish or crap. Us Mancunians use this a lot. Or your having a giraffe. Having a laugh. Throwing a strop. Meaning to have a tantrum derived from medieval cobblers who used strops and threw them in frustration when they made an error. She/he is having a wobbly. Having a tantrum or kicking off. Kicking off. Meaning starting or having a fight. Keep up the good work. I laughed out loud when you shouted Bugger off!

The phrase Bob's your uncle is usually followed by...and Fanny's your aunt🤣

It's hilarious that all Americans think we talk like this pip pip never heard that anywhere in the UK

A dog's dinner means something is a mess, or badly done. So "The bloke who painted my bathroom left it like a dog's dinner" , or "The guy in the carpark made such a dog's dinner of getting in the space, I nearly went and showed him how to drive". Brass monkeys is a shortening of the phrase "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". Brass monkeys were the traditional 3 brass balls that hung outside a pawn brokers, when symbols were used as shop signs, because many people couldn't read. In extremely cold weather the brass balls would actually drop from the cast iron mounting.

Chuffed means really pleased or happy. So I was chuffed to see you had a new video out. x

Chuffed means you're extremely happy about something. The monkey one is in full it's enough to freeze the brass balls off a monkey, when it's really cold. Hank Marvin is a real person from the 60's lol, great guitarist too. Well done JT you did really well. 😎👌

We say these things without even thinking. Love it when you discover a new British phrase you look so pleased with yourself! You're a bit posh though if you say pip! pip!🤭

Chuff is the sound a steam train makes. Chuffed means pleased. There's a joke from the 70s that goes. A guy was run over by a steam train. He was chuffed to bits. 💜🖖😃🇬🇧🇺🇸

You are right piss easy quiz. If you want to learn london slang watch all episodes of Only fools and horses, Del boy is your typical londoner, or Mickey Flanagan, stand up comedian but a bit close to the knuckle (risque). Both extremely funny. Don't fret, all of us will fill you in on the meanings. Love your channel 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

So funny, I have used these phrases my entire life, and the look of discombobulation on this chaps face is priceless! 😃 Greetings from the UK.

“Taking a piss” is not the same as “taking the Mickey”. “Taking THE piss” is the phrase that is the same as “taking the Mickey”. “Taking a piss” is when you are urinating.

I`m 57, I`ve never heard anyone say pip pip except on very old movies. You are getting more British with each video.

JT, as a Londoner, I can guarantee you that no-one, ever, in the last 150 years, has EVER said pip pip cheerio. You will never hear anyone say that in the UK 😂

Brass monkeys were on British battle ships when they used canons, it was a canon ball holder and sat beside the canon with a number of canons balls set on it like a pyramid, in very cold weather the brass holder would shrink and the balls would fall off and roll over the deck and in very cold weather we British say, "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" A lot of Brits have no idea of the origin of this saying, but use it anyway.

I was waiting for the phrase 'well chuffed' as someone who uses it alot

Taking the Mickey out of someone is the same as taking the piss out of someone - you are making fun of them. However, a subtle difference is that if someone is taking the piss, it can mean that they are taking liberties.

Taking the mickey is an alternative for taking the piss not taking a piss. Taking a piss is something very different

"Her Majesty's Pleasure"... originally it referred to people in prison who didn't have a fixed jail term, but would be serving as long as it pleased the King or Queen. Technically this still happens in the UK as a judge can still sentence someone to be "detained at her Majesty's pleasure"- it's usually used for things like where a criminal might be considered severely mentally ill, and the judge might decide to incarcerate them indefinitely until their condition is under control. Such sentences are reviewed regularly to decide whether or not the person is ready to go back into society. But these days in slang it can be used more generally for anyone who is in prison regardless of sentence. Eg if someone said "Where's Bob these days?" you could reply "he'll be dining at her Majesty's pleasure for a while" even if Bob is only in for a week.

I think they got Dressed up like a Dog's Dinner wrong - it means If someone is described as being 'dressed like a dog's dinner', they are wearing clothes which are inappropriate for the occasion or too formal. This is quite a negative way to describe someone

Most Americans will never understand our phrases we're just weird and we love it

I'm 39 and from the UK. I've never heard anybody say pip pip 🤣

Give a tinkle on the blower? No one says all that. We would say "Give us a tinkle" or more commonly these days "Give us a bell" Pop your clogs = Kick the Bucket. When you're dead and buried you're said to be Pushing up the daisies. Throwing a wobbly = Throwing your toys out the pram = Having a hissy fit = Having a strop At Her Majesty's pleasure = In the pokey = In the slammer = inside = banged up. Go to see a man about a dog. This was an expression used by men, mainly in the pub. It didn't mean leaving the room, or taking your leave, it meant going to the toilet/bathroom. There's loads.......and of course it's not enough just to know the phrases, you have to use them in the correct context. Quite a few non-Brits try but they just don't get it quite right. Bless 'em.

I think the last time I heard someone say Pip Pip, was in Harry potter when Dumbledore said it, "now off to bed, pip pip" also we don't pronounce it "Shire" unless we are talking about a Shire horse, so we pronounce it "Bed-ford-sheer" we do the same for Worcestershire sauce, i've heard so many Amercians say it wrong because they say "shire" instead of "sheer" also if you say Lea & Perrins, we will know you mean Worcestershire sauce.

Pip pip is something only Americans pretending to be British say. I have NEVER heard a an actual British person say this unless it is laced wit uge amounts of irony. Off to see a a man about a dog really just means going to the toilet, never heard it as a general excuse to leave. Dogs Dinner means messy or ugly. You look like a dogs dinner would NOT be a compliment. Up the duff isn't fancy. At all. Kinda the opposite. Taking the mickey... All I'll say on this one is taking A piss at someone andtaking the piss out of someone are very different, and the phrase they've used ("taking a piss at someone") means literally exactly what it would mean in American. ie. Urinating on someone. Gross. A few sandwiches short of a picnic. A few hammers short of a toolbox. A few blankets short of a fort. Anything in the format of "A few X short of a Y" is gonna come up from time to time - people like to tailor it a bit to the person or the circumstance. Over-egging the pudding doesn't get said very much... just "over-egging". You're right about this test being kinda garbage! BUT always entertaining to watch you do these things.

I would use “chuffed” like “I’m well chuffed with that” meaning “I’m pleased with that”

Dogs dinner means a mess, i think they meant the dogs bollocks which means good

A 50 something born and bred English and I have never in my life said or heard anyone say Pip Pip Lol

The word "pleasure" in the expression 'at her Majesty's pleasure' is more like 'request' rather than 'happiness' or 'enjoyment'. The same as when someone asks "What is your pleasure" to mean 'what would you like to have'

Taking the Micky...is taking the piss and not taking a piss like it said 😂😂😂 but well done 👍 you hit the nail on the head with your answer !!! Lol

Cream crackered. Means to be knackered. Or be taken to the Knackers yard. Where all the old worn-out horses were taken to be used for dog meat and melted down to make glue.

nobody says pip pip any more 😂

“Isn’t pip pip cheerio an Australian saying” a pip in australia is hit of meth😂😂 and we would never say cheerio either lol

Pip Pip? No one uses that these days unless they want to make themselves sound like a posh Victorian. Dog's Dinner does NOT mean that someone is dressed nicely! I don't know where they got the meaning of these phrases from but it means "messy", "sloppy", "low quality", or "shoddy". It basically means something that was put together to do a job with no thought for the presentation. Chuffed means to be pleased with something.

The brass monkeys thing is my favourite bit of entomology - the full saying is "it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". Like a lot of British sayings it has naval roots and dates back to when ships were armed with cannons. If you see any paintings or movies about those ships you'll notice that they have the cannonballs piled up in little pyramids, to prevent them from rolling around that bottom layer would sit on a brass plate that had indentations or holds in it that would lock them in place and was called a monkey. When a ship sailed into colder climates the brass would cool down and contract quicker than the iron cannonballs leading to them popping out the divots/holes hence it being cold enough to freeze the (cannon)balls off a brass monkey.

It's Jp's does a lot of 🇬🇧 reactions, just like you do, he's actually booked to come here in a few weeks time. Will you be coming over anytime soon JT ?

JT; as a little tip, for the most part if a place-name in the UK ends in -shire, the last syllable is pronounced "shir". Similarly, anywhere that ends with -burgh is pronounced "burra".

I'm so chuffed you did so well on the quiz

This video had me PMSL sooo funny , love ya JT xxx

Chuffed = pleased. I.e. "I'm dead chuffed with my new trainers "

Their definition of "Dogs Dinner" is wrong, It ACTUALLY means : they are wearing clothes that are inappropriate for the occasion or Too Formal Hence the phrase "He's dressed like a dogs dinner"

Up the duff is not a 'fancy' way to say someone is pregnant lol!!! It's common talk! 😁

I live in the east midlands and this is my take on each question 1. Pop pip - I feel like I’ve heard this in older comedy shows but I’ve never heard anyone say it more than a couple of times in my life, usually as part of a joke. 2. See a man about a dog - I hear this quite a lot actually, I feel it’s not used as much as it used to be though. People tend to say it when they are leaving or going to the toilet. 3. Dog’s dinner - I hear this sometimes but not very often, it means “a mess”. So, “You’ve made a right dogs dinner of that mate.” Is something you would hear. It absolutely does not mean that someone is dressed nicely, it would be pretty insulting to say that to someone. 4. I’m off to Bedfordshire - I’ve never heard that in my life but I guess it could be a regional thing. 5. Pavement Pizza - I feel like I’ve heard that maybe once or twice but I don’t know if it was a British person saying it or not. 6. Bugger off - Definitely a legit phrase but I feel this is used far more by older generations, younger generations seem to be more likely to say “fuck off.” 7. Her majesty’s pleasure - obviously now that would be “his” but it’s legit, I feel it’s used my by police/officials/guards than it is by the public. 8. Up the duff - no issues with that, still hear it used fairly often. 9. Off one’s trolly - it’s perfectly legit again but worth mentioning that “one’s” is standing it for words like “his” or “her” 10. Chin wag - nothing to say, still a common phrase. 11. Take the mickey - usually I hear or say this as “take the mick” but either are valid. 12. On the pull - this is legit but a bit outdated I feel, I usually hear this jokingly. 13. Give me a tinkle on the blower - nobody says this unless they are trying to be funny. 14. A few sandwiches short of a picnic basket - people don’t usually say “basket” at the end, but I still hear people say it. As a side note I think this is a great phrase to show how much we love our metaphors and innuendo, there are a lot of variations of this phrase, you could make one up on the spot and say someone is “a few shelves short of a cupboard”, it’s the message more than the actual words that’s important. 15. Brass monkeys - I can’t really say much on this one, it is real but I forgot it existed until I watched this video. 16. Bobs your uncle - I feel like this one needs no explanation, everyone knows this right? 17. Cost a bomb - I don’t hear this used much anymore, I might argue “cost a ton” is more frequently used. 18. Full of beans - beeeeeeeansss 19. Hank Marvin - who doesn’t love Cockney rhyming slang? Everyone says this at least once. 20. On it like a car bonnet - this is only used jokingly as far as I know. 21. Full monty - moderately used still I would say, I don’t hear it much. 22. Pop your clogs - this is still used quite a lot. 23. Over egg the pudding - this is going out of fashion, I don’t remember ever hearing it a lot. 24. Spend a penny - yeah, I still hear it a lot. 25. Wind your neck in - again nothing to add here. 26. Quids in - still used a lot. 27. Take the biscuit - still common. 28. Splash out - very common. 29. Have a gander - again, very common. 30. Throwing a wobbly - hahaha I love this one. People also say “throwing his/her toys out the pram” for the same meaning. 31. Bees knees - this is taking forever to type, seriously, well done if you’re actually reading all this I’m typing it on my phone, oh, everyone knows this phrase right? 32. Hunky dory - still used a lot 33. Cream crackered - more rhyming slang, still common. Have a nice day

Chuffed is a way of describing that you are happy about something. You might say that you are pretty chuffed at how well you did at that quiz! In regards to Bedfordshire, you were saying the first part correctly, but the ‘shire’ part rhymes with ‘here’. Lots of UK places have ‘shire’ at the end of their name, but whatever the place, it always rhymes with ‘here’.

"Dogs Dinner" means you you made a right mess of something. As in "You've made a right dog's dinner of that knee operation". "Chuffed" just means pleased. As in "I won the game and I'm chuffed to bits".

I am a Brit and have never heard of "on it like a car bonnet". Like that one! Found it rather amusing hearing your reaction to our normal (and if you actually think about it quite bizarre turns of phrases). Oh BTW, "pip pip, old bean" is what Americans THINK we say but nobody over here actually does!

'Chuffed' means very pleased over something. Like "I was really chuffed to pass that grade!" "Oh, I was so chuffed when they told me that!"

It's "off up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire" in its full form

Hank Marvin is a noted British guitarist - in the Shadows, Cliff Richard's backing band.

It is nice to hear these old phases and many family members enjoy and love to confuse others

🇬🇧 ‘Cashed out’ has its own meaning over here. It's another way of saying someone has died. “Fred has cashed out.” or “Fred has cashed in his chips” There are LOADS of phrases around death... Seems to be a very popular cause for euphemisms.

I worked with an American in London who adopted these phrases and loved the words. Bloke is a great British word, for a man. Mither is a great Lancashire word, meaning to pester, he loved using that.Face like a slapped arse. Tge

A dogs dinner means something looks awful. The “dogs bollocks” means something is nice

Congrats on 90k

I do love a lot of these sayings, they are fun to use, a kind of quirk of our language.

I've never heard to 'off to Bedfordshire before' - however, a life hack to pronouncing county names is to read them as 'sure' instead of 'shire'

Quids comes from the Latin Quid pro quo meaning a favour or advantage granted in return for something.

The only time I have ever heard anyone say “pip pip” is when doing an exaggerated impression of a world war 2 fighter pilot.

Hank Marvin is also a person from the group The Shadows, we'd tend to say give us a bell or tinkle, we don't tend to finish it as we know what it means, Bobs Your Uncle And Fannys Your Aunt, the complete saying I grew up with, but I'm a good couple of generations older, chuffed is pleased, or in the North they'd use Chuffing in front of another word, so they'd all mean something different or used a different way in the four countries within the UK, loads of regional variations, it would take weeks going through them all

The full phrase that "Brass Monkeys" is short for is... "...would freeze the balls off a brass monkey" :)

Brass Monkeys is a shortened form of the phrase, "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" You'd be talking about a third party if you used "up the duff," not to them - which probably would involve several smacks in the mouth... And, talking of blowers, what exactly did you do to your beard...?? Your pronunciation of Bedfordshire sounds just fine to me - I mean, that is what it says... If those that live there want to call if something else, it's a free country...! You want a harder quiz? We could write you one . Perhaps these will get you started... 1. What is meant by the term, "Sent to Coventry?" 2. What does "I'm fair scunnered" mean? 3. What are you doing if you're "going out for the messages?" 4. What kind of weather is 'dreich'? 5. If somebody tells you to "shut your cakehole," what are they suggesting you do?

Brief explanation of "Her Majesty's Pleasure": basically prisons in the UK are all "Her Majesty's Prison *placename*", normally shortened to "HMP *placename*". Of course, prison and pleasure start with the same letter, and euphemisms are always fun. So to be "detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure" is to be in jail, and Her Maj's Pleasure is just slang for prison.

That has to be the worst quiz ever lol... Dressed to the 9's = well dressed Dogs dinner = a mess...you've made a dog's dinner of that! Well Chuffed = Happy with your self

The prison sentence " Her Majesty's Pleasure" is about the worst sentence you could get as it's only the sovereign's word that can get you released.

Well done! JT! Honorary Brit! 🇬🇧

I've never heard pip pip it's toodlepip. I've never heard of pavement pizza either 🤣 Chuffed means happy We also say he's throwing a hissy as well as throwing a wobbly 🤣🤣

Omg you are funny, JT, you did an excellent job !!

I feel I should say this... the word "Chuffed" basically means Happy, normally in accordance to an event or project, an example being: " I'm Chuffed to bits" would be used when you're happy/proud of something you've done/received

Can you react to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee please!!!!!

CHUFFED is really happy. I’m well chuffed

chuffed is very happy, pleased or ecstatic. cream crackred comes from the word knackered (worn out, broken, tired). quids in means you made a profit. dogs dinner means a mess, same as a pigs ear. her majestys pleasure comes from HMP, her majesties prison. nobody says pip pip, or toodle pip we don't live in an episode of Mary Poppins.

I'm guessing this wasn't wrote by someone British cause they're getting so much wrong

When you say something is an Australian saying, perhaps you should remember Australia was a Brit colony - like yourselves as it goes. You both have another thing in common, you don't have your own language - you speak a version of English. Just saying.

Whoever made that quiz is a right pillock.

The Brass Monkey or more fully “it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey” is a British naval expression back to lord Nelson day when they used cannons! A brass monkey was a square plate on the deck on the deck next to a cannon with a pyramid built of cannon balls stacked up. So we now have cannon balls on a brass monkey! In really freezing temperatures the brass will shrink which will topple the pyramid so “freezing the balls of a brass monkey” Cheers JT, you did well mate! Remember though, to swear or cuss in British slang always say it as if you really mean it, it sounds better that way, thus making you feel better about whatever situation you’re in!

Dogs dinner means you look a mess. 😀

When I was very young & it was time for bed Mom would say, "It's time for you to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire." The wooden hill being the stairs, of course.

The full monty is from Montague Burton a clothing shop. If you bought a full suit, shirt, tie, shoe everything. It was the full monty!

Not just off to Bedfordshire. But up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire. Good job!