American Reacts to FUNNY British Insults

[@Jeni10]

“The lights are on but nobody’s home.”

[@silviahannak3213]

Having Vaccum between the Ears

[@mattwoor4610]

A couple I use, “As much use as a chocolate teapot”. And “fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.” 😂

[@robng15]

And then got up and had another go.

[@Gosportinfo]

In England you insult your friends and are polite to your enemies or people you don't know well.

[@Theroadlesstaken]

Bravo, Gospofrtinfo. That sums it up in a nutshell.

[@Ocean_Equestrain]

Yes

[@davidt-rex2062]

This.

[@grahamgresty8383]

as mad as a hatter comes from Victorian times when people who made hats were slowly turned mad due to the Mercury used in manufaxture!

[@VaughanCockell]

I came here to say the same thing! :-)

[@speleokeir]

Until recently detentists used mercury for fillings and were similarly affected. Apparently they were known for having the highest suicide rate of any profession as a consequence. I remember my mate telling his dentist that - just before he had his wisdom teeth removed which probably wasn't the best timing!😆

[@malcolmhouston7932]

This is still in use and more frequently than "Mad as a Box of Frogs"

[@victoriamyatt1709]

@@speleokeir that may explain my mad mentality! I've had a metal filling made from Mercury. The dentist wouldn't take out the filling, he said it was safer to remove the whole tooth! (It was rotten)

[@racheltaylor6578]

It’s as cold as brass monkeys for really cold or it’s cold enough to freeze your balls off.

[@jerry2357]

A good one if you want to imply that someone is incompetent: “he couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery”.

[@sammic7492]

My dad always used to use "orgy in a brothel"

[@Cheezsoup]

I remember a programme (mid 80s) for the open university (some management course) where chap had to set-up a 100 year celebration of a brewing concern (piss up in a brewery)and how difficult it was .

[@stirlingmoss4621]

hardly subtle, though.

[@susanhughs1031]

@@sammic7492 Hello My Uncle Used To Say He's/She's About As Useful As A Spare Vibrateor At A Lesbian Orgy,!!!!! /Wedding,!!!!!,.👭👯👭,. My Favourite Expression Is, "! The Light's Are NOT On Because No-one Has Ever Occupated The House, !!!!!!, Or Bog-offs Or Two-frers or Three-frees,!!!!!!!!,.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

Couldn`t run a whelk stall

[@susansmiles2242]

Another saying about the north/south divide is especially relevant at the moment with the cold and snow is “there is a severely weather warning and southerners are advised to travel only if necessary. Northerners you will need your big coat”

[@Ionabrodie69]

As a northerner ( a proper one, none of this Cheshire Manchester shite. 🤣) I heartily concur ..😂

[@mark314158]

Northeners will need long-sleeved T shirts...

[@AliceJoy78]

I remember one for someone who's having a bad hair day "You look like you've been dragged through a bush backwards"

[@andrewwells3367]

Sometimes 'hedge' instead of 'bush'.

[@andybaker2456]

@@andrewwells3367 Yes, I've always said 'hedge'.

[@circus1701]

I remember Tony Blair's wife being critized for an excessive hair do - actual price was stated with the addition comment "plus £1000 for the tractor hired to drag her backwards through a hedge"😀

[@geoffpriestley7310]

Set on fire and put it with a shovel

[@phily8093]

I use the phrases - bulldog chewing a wasp, and face like a slapped arse, to mean the person was miserable, or upset about a particular thing, rather than ugly. The back end of a bus would mean ugly, but the others not always.

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Slapped arse definitely means upset/ grumpy around here.

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

Same here.

[@nightowl5395]

Yes, you're right.... 🤔

[@ltbot78]

A face like a painters radio aka too much makeup

[@JarlGrimmToys]

@@ltbot78 I’ve not heard that one before. But that’s a great one.

[@trailerman2]

"You look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards".... meaning looking scruffy, unkempt, dishevelled ;-)

[@soniabynoe196]

“You can't polish a turd” my favourite insult 😜

[@shaun-hoppy]

"But you can roll it in glitter." I love this latter add-on

[@monkee1969]

put lipstick on a pig - it's still a pig!

[@PedroConejo1939]

Regarding what people will do for money, I love, "He'd skin a turd for a tanner."

[@bblair2627]

but you can roll it in glitter (scots)

[@stephenlee5929]

Coprolite comes to mind.

[@f.m.bproductions7197]

a face only a mother could love

[@lad1981uk]

They have a good face for radio.

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

That's a good one 😂

[@suekey8072]

….On pay day

[@monkee1969]

as a baby he was force fed with a catapult

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

@@monkee1969 oof. That's a bit harsh even for British standards 😂

[@camerachica73]

I'm a woman and I've definitely heard other women describe a man as a big girl's blouse.

[@barriehull7076]

Blouse is a loanword from French to English (see Wiktionary entry blouse).

[@malcolmhouston7932]

One of the "Catch Phrases of Comedienne Hilda Baker - Man behaving like a stupid woman.

[@21samclarke]

Haha! I called my Husband that just last night because he wouldn't get rid of a spider for our son and I had to do it.

[@insoft_uk]

When a woman says it to a man, it’s more devastating as when a man says it to a man it’s 😒

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And it's not a big blouse for a girl, but a blouse for a big girl

[@AndrewJonesMcGuire]

"You are as much use, as a chocolate fireguard" that's one of my favourite ones.

[@timtreefrog9646]

Or a chocolate teapot

[@dianaphillips9114]

My friends daughter used that one and got suspended for racism!

[@monza1002000]

@@dianaphillips9114 That's outrageous, complain if you can

[@johamlett27]

Or ‘an ashtray on a motorbike’

[@monkee1969]

tits on a fish indicators on a missile

[@liverpoollass7600]

Not playing with a full deck.

[@moonramshaw1982]

Mutton dressed as lamb is my personal favourite

[@Lisamac81]

I called my dog a big girls blouse the other week. Because he wouldn't walk past a neighbours cat that was by our back door. He whimpered until we picked up the cat and he could walk by in to the house. He is a big dog as well lol

[@nightowl5395]

That is very funny.....very sweet 😅

[@steevenfrost]

"Away with the fairies " a bit of a dreamer

[@evelynwilson1566]

My grannie's favourite - 'I'm not as green as I'm cabbage-looking.'😂

[@Ionabrodie69]

Aah that brought back memories.. 😊👍

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

I've always used 'Not the sharpest knife in the drawer' myself.

[@jmurray1110]

Till in the shed is a more common variation for me

[@catshez]

Not the shinest penny 😂

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

@@catshez definitely heard that one a few times from my dad 😂😂

[@sjchan3199]

The lights are on but no ones home is one of my favs

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

@@sjchan3199 that's me today in work 😂

[@Theroadlesstaken]

I'm English & from the South. My husband is English & from the North. We call each other "Northern monkey & Southern softie" at times. It's just a bit of light hearted banter.

[@malcolmhouston7932]

I live in the North and have never heard this.

[@vivien408]

I was thinking that my self

[@Theroadlesstaken]

@Nick Lever - Yep. Southern pansy is another along the same lines.

[@stuartcollins82]

I live in the North, always use northern monkey and southern fairy. Lock Stock, innit

[@hareecionelson5875]

surely a Northern Monkey would also be an Arctic Monkey?

[@markcadge2104]

I have used all these insults from childhood and will use them countless times a day and will always use them

[@ianm42yt]

The English language resulted from a combination of ancient British, Latin, French, Germanic and Nordic languages, as a result of historic invasions. We ended up with multiple words for the same thing, and a large vocabulary, enabling a playful use of words to evolve. William Shakespeare was a master of juxtaposition of words, and often created new words to fit his plays that are now in common usage (along with a huge number of quotable phrases). Playing with words has continued, and a lot of phrases in this video are constantly evolving. Describing something or some one as useless, you could say as much use as a chocolate teapot, a lighthouse in a desert, an ashtray on a motorbike, an inflatable dartboard, an ejector seat in a helicopter, etc. etc.

[@alicemilne1444]

There isn't much "ancient British" in the English language. The number of loan words from Welsh and Gaelic is tiny compared to the other languages you listed.

[@sarahpagett9191]

Actually it's more germanic

[@yedead1]

@@alicemilne1444 There's no such thing as "ancient British" either, there is "old English".

[@alicemilne1444]

@@yedead1 Linguistically, Ancient British was Common Brythonic, which was the ancestor of Old Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish and probably Pictish.

[@evelynproulx1853]

🤣🤣🤣 Just love your example! A lighthouse in the desert, an inflatable dartboard! Love it! You made my day, thanks!

[@lancepenman5471]

"If your brains were made of dynamite you couldnt blow your hat off."

[@johamlett27]

If brains were gunpowder you wouldn’t have enough to blow your nose

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

I was taught that, if brains were dynamite you wouldn't have enough to blow your own nose.

[@richardfurness7556]

"If you had another brain cell it would be lonely."

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Or your nose .. from Canada. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@TehJumpingJawa]

@@oddpoppetesq.3467 Haha, that tickled me pink.

[@deanmitchell4233]

The lift doesn't go to the top floor...the lights are on but there's nobody home.. are my faves...

[@andrewbowman4611]

One of the main differences in UK and US language is us Brits are more irreverent and absurd, surreal even, in our entire outlook. That's a generalisation, certainly, but it's true for the most part. In the US, it seems to be much more on-the-nose, literal and blunt. I've certainly experienced a lack of understanding when it comes to the use of metaphor or other figures of speech. Admittedly, that's on social media, but there are other American KZbinrs I watch who struggle with so-called British-isms, like calling people 'love' or 'duck' as a term of endearment; e.g. "y'alright, love?" or "cheers, me duck" ('cheers' in this context being an expression of gratitude: see also 'ta'.)

[@puressenceuk35]

Yep, they are all super well known and common

[@davesilkstone6912]

Just checked this to make sure that I was remembering this correctly. "big Girls Blouse" comes for a 1960's British sitcom called 'Nearest and Dearest'

[@ellesee7079]

A big girls blouse is not comparing a man to a woman, but rather an item of clothing, usually made from a flimsy type of material, therefore not much substance - wimpy! Also, we wouldn't usually use these to someone's face, more likely when we are talking to friends about someone, but not exclusively. By the way, your brother is mad as a box of frogs! 😆

[@martinwilliams5154]

Absolutely. It's the blouse which is the weak and spineless object, when compared with a man's shirt, not the girl.

[@riversong3447]

The bulldog chewing a wasp isn't about being ugly. Its about having an angry look on your face or looking miserable.

[@racheldicker5611]

The slapped arse and bulldog one means someone is in a bad mood where I come from

[@iangordon5354]

An American one I once read (I think in a Robert Heinlein story) that was instantly understandable was “X had a face like the North end of a Southbound mule”

[@richardgiles9547]

That is brilliant. Well done the Yanks

[@davesilkstone6912]

"Mad as a box of frogs" a real one. I work in IT support and a number of years ago we had competitions to fit words or phrases into out calls and that was one of them :D

[@robng15]

Especially when the error was between the chair and the keyboard, or a chair/keyboard interface error.

[@deborahconner2006]

Yes these are things we say all the time

[@countesscable]

Yes, ‘Mad as a Hatter’ is certainly used in my generation. An impossible task is ‘Like trying to empty the ocean with an eggcup’ or ‘Like trying to herd cats’ or ‘trying to get eels into a bucket’ Southerners are considered soft for varying reasons: milder climate-not like harsh Northern Winters, being affluent/pampered etc. never heard of Northern Monkeys though.

[@adriancompton2110]

That’s because us southerners are too soft to say it to your face😄

[@countesscable]

@@adriancompton2110 don’t worry, I’m a Southerner, but not soft 😀

[@cheman579]

Yeah I live in Yorkshire and have some friends from London and have never been called a Northern monkey (maybe because I'm half Caribbean so they just don't want to go near that word lol) but I've called plenty of people Southern Softies

[@jamessykes8176]

Pull your socks up means to improve your work or behaviour. My favourite variation of this is, “You can't tell him to pull his socks up if he doesn't wear any."

[@ianhennah2355]

A face for radio is one of my favourites

[@jgreen5820]

Mad as a box of frogs - yep, that is used quite often! All of these phrases are used, good video.

[@vincentryals2478]

Yes, I hear all these insults all the time. In Yorkshire to suggest that somebody is a bit thick we would use "soft under the cap" and "his/her head buttons up at the back"

[@auldfouter8661]

Does the " head buttons up the back " come from the way old dolls were made? Possibly a head full of straw.

[@mchiggo24]

My favorite yorkshire one is “he’s/it’s neither use nor ornament” implying that he’s/it’s neither useful nor pretty so not worth keeping around

[@lachlanmain6004]

A personal favourite "couldn't sit the right way round on a toilet"

[@stevewhite9308]

“Face like a welder’s bench!” Is another variant.

[@patriciacarter1147]

We do say mad as a hatter.

[@applecreek]

My favourite is " nuttier than squirrel poop". I'm from East Anglia in England and have all of those sayings many time's.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Who on earth in the UK uses 'poop'?🙄

[@applecreek]

@Seedaripper1973 someone who spends a lot of time with their American family and friends. It's sad you have nothing better to do than post petty remarks.

[@michaeljamesstewart1000]

Most of the cited expressions are also used in Canada.

[@trustmeimaphysiologist]

My personal favourite variation of bulldog chewing a wasp is to have a "face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle"

[@TehJumpingJawa]

If you've not already done so, you should probably watch the 1998 movie Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels. Not only is it an awesome film, but it's also packed with flowery British language & accents.

[@TheMogregory]

Great film! Another one is 'Snatch' also directed by Guy Ritchie. Brilliant cast including Brad Pitt. Britspeech at its best.

[@joyfulzero853]

"I'm surprised he didn't have "As much use as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking competition".

[@DaveBartlett]

"Mad as a hatter" and indeed the Mad Hatter character in Alice in Wonderland, came about because hat makers used to use mercury to stiffen felt in the manufacture of hats. Many would succumb to a certain degree of mercury poisoning which was known to cause neurological damage, having symptoms such as slurred speech, memory loss, and tremors, which led to the 'Mad as a hatter' description.

[@janetnash]

I literally just said the frog one this morning, fondly talking about a very Springy dog !

[@nadeansimmons226]

Most of these phrases are used when joking between friends. Not usually between strangers. Or at least between similar groups of people

[@mskatonic7240]

My favourite one for ugly is 'fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down'.

[@deborahconner2006]

Mad as a box of frogs is one of my favorites

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Or mad as a bucket of owls.

[@nordri9542]

Mad as a bag of spiders

[@grandmaster8316]

Famously when a woman said to Churchill at a party "You're drunk", he said: "My dear you are ugly, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

[@TheWarpseed]

Yep I have used all of these at some point. Some variations- 'Mad as a bag of cats', or one that Aussies use is 'mad as a cut snake'. There is one for a boring and ineffective man- 'A long drink of water' the rest I'm thinking of have swear words in so not fully in the spirit of this list.

[@heliotropezzz333]

In relation to 'a long drink of water', I've heard 'a long streak of piss'.

[@TheWarpseed]

@@heliotropezzz333 Yeah me too, but like i said the list was one without F words etc so didn't think it counted

[@Saint_Dan132]

hello Mr T. A. American. great video. scotland has a lot of insults , i wont even begin to get into it lol far too confusing

[@timglennon6814]

I have used, You’re no oil painting quite a few times.. A big girls blouse. I haven’t heard that say for years. It is an old saying. Not used so much today.

[@ianhennah2355]

All beautiful phrases

[@sammic7492]

All these phrases are in common use with us Brits, another good one is the "ass end of nowhere" for somewhere that doesn't have much going on or remote very similar to number 1

[@andybaker2456]

Except of course as Brits, we would say 'arse'. 😉

[@sammic7492]

@@andybaker2456 I'm a Brit and where I come from we say ass, as arse makes us sound even more like country bumpkins.

[@markthomas2577]

Insults between the North and South of England are not offensive ..... they're just part of cheeky banter and are very common in everyday language and on TV etc reflecting age old stereotypes

[@razor1uk610]

..unless their are a load of drunk football hooligans spoiling for a fight, then they become the start of fighting....

[@doobiedootwo3517]

Yes these are in common use - everyone in UK would understand exactly what they mean. But i have never heardof Northern Monkey (only Monkey Hangers for ppl from Hartlepool of course). Dull as Ditchwater never come across dishwater. A good friend is quite into frogs so for a significant birthday i made her a ‘box of frogs’😂

[@smockboy]

The "Northern Monkey/Southern Softie" thing I've heard a few times - it even pops up in Lock, Stock and Two-Smoking Barrels (though, the Scouse character opts for "Southern Fairy" instead of Southern Softie in that). The Dull as "Dishwater" thing, as I understand it, comes from people mishearing "Dull as Ditchwater", which happens quite a lot. I've heard people say "It's a doggy-dog world" (because they've misheard the phrase "dog-eat-dog world") and "For all intensive purposes" (because they've misheard 'for all intents and purposes"). In linguistics we call that a "mondegreen" - named after the first recorded example; apparently someone unfamiliar with the poem "The Bonnie Earl O' Murray" misheard the line "They hae slain the Earl o' Murray; and laid him on the green" as "They have slain the Earl o' Murray and Lady Mondegreen".

[@melissat6890]

Yep these are common phrases in the UK

[@stumccabe]

I'll add a couple" "thick as a brick" and "as thick as two short planks", meaning stupid.

[@MP-jy5ic]

Or thick as pig s**t 😅

[@roblake3350]

We always used Northern Monkey / Southern Fairy (not very PC these days). In fact our pub quiz team name is 2 Northern Monkeys and a Southern Fairy. As with a lot of the terms in this video they aren’t properly offensive - could be mildly offensive it said with malice, but often the sort of thing you might call / say to a mate in jest.

[@ruk2023--]

These are the type of insults used to describe people who aren't with you for the most part. It's more normal to hear insults like "well done nobhead" (nob = penis) to someone who messes up. Or "alright bellend" when greeting a close personal friend.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Knob=penis. Nob= a member of the gentry. Someone who comes from the aristocracy, such a Duke or Duchess, or a Lord or Lady.

[@Alan-lt6us]

The art of picturesque speech, paints a mental image hehe

[@gayleallan27]

I worked in a call centre in Scotland years ago, you would overhear some great stuff. Someone was talking to a customer who jokingly said she was a bit thick that day and without a thought the call centre employee said " that's OK, every village needs an idiot" I nearly fell out of my seat laughing.

[@Bambitheman45]

While working in a Scottish call centre someone adapted one of mine... A sandwich short of a picnic. To "Sorry Hen, does ya need a sandwich fer a picnic..." Another particularly Scottish one is "Yer thicker than yer grannies mince. "

[@kaishowing]

Variation on #9 "Face like a Bulldog licking piss off a nettle!" Loving the reactions! 😃

[@Jamieclark192]

Chewing a wasp implies a person is moody/grumpy not ugly!

[@fayesouthall6604]

Its temporary isn’t it

[@clare7538]

Idi like "if brains were taxed you'd get a rebate!!!

[@doddsy2978]

The north - south divide is not so offensive. Remember, our whole culture revolves around banter, especially in the military/vet circles. My variation on the north/south thing is to call someone from the south a ‘shandy drinking southerner’. Shandy is a beer with lemonade in it and the phrase, obviously insinuates that the person is not big, hard or strong enough to drink proper beer. This, of course, is an insult that all British servicemen/vets can throw at any American, certainly in my experience. 😊

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Re: Sandwich short of a picnic. You should listen to Queen's "I think I'm going slightly mad". Some great ones on that.

[@sunnyshine2215]

Do another video, there are others out there and so many great ones not mentioned in this video 😂

[@ferrarifilly]

My Grandpa used to say, "He's got short arms and long pockets."

[@Cheezsoup]

My favourite phrase meaning ugly is "face like a bag of spanners".

[@monkee1969]

spotty face - face like a welders bench or a painters radio

[@Cheezsoup]

@@monkee1969 Similar to that last one is " XXX like a plasterer's radio". XXX=car at a dogging site. XXX=face of a woman of loose morals

[@vahvahdisco]

‘Big girl’s blouse’ was used a lot in the 70’s & 80’s where I live in NW England. I tend to use the Lancashire word ‘Nesh’ - ‘He’s so nesh ! He can’t stand the cold as much as most people !’

[@piecewisefunctioneer]

You've got a face only a mother could tolerate 😂😂

[@Sandysand701]

I quite like: as mad as a March Hare, (means a Hare in mating season) or a penny short of a pound, like crabs in a bucket, (meaning folk will pull you down to save/help them selves) It's so obvious even a blind man can see it (self explanatory) This one is more of a saying: In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. ( meaning someone with half a brain is more clever than the others) And finally, It's like the blind leading the blind (meaning the leader has no Idea ether)

[@stumccabe]

"She's no oil painting" - I'm pretty sure I've heard that said in an old American movie, maybe from the 1930s or 1940s. "Wimp" is definitely from America and I think "not the sharpest tool in the box" was originally American too.

[@anneedwards664]

Yes, they are all common. I've probably used them all - especially mad as a box of frogs!

[@nickgrazier3373]

I actually think my favourite is “as much use as tits on a goldfish” (imagine that in your minds eye) that one nearly killed me walking on a pavement (sidewalk) in Liverpool next to a bust road and my mate said this to another mate I nearly fell into to road, if the first mate hadn’t grabbed me I would have been rabbit road kill.

[@libradragon934]

As much use as a chocolate tea spoon!

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

I just laughed so hard picturing a goldfish with tits 😂

[@whitedrguy6503]

You can also use the term, as useful as tits on a bull.

[@raylumley5019]

@@libradragon934 As much use as a knitted condom.

[@iggzistentialism8458]

"Mad as a bag of badgers" is also sometimes used.

[@HyperDaveUK]

I don't know who says Armpit for a place, I only know Arse End, but also to mean its far away as well as not being good as the rest of a place.

[@garyskinner2422]

My fav , he's a wave short of a shipwreck!!

[@johamlett27]

I’ve got a friend who lives in the south west who’s originally from London. I’m always calling him a southern softie 😂

[@user-su5ts9jo6c]

I just love your reaction

[@sandrab9088]

I have lived in the south of England all my pretty long life and I have never heard the phrase of northern monkey and I would never say it either.

[@andybaker2456]

Same here. Never in my life have I heard anyone call a northerner a Northern Monkey!

[@Jackdog011]

Remember that we have been using this language, Old English, Middle English and modern English over 1000 years so there has been plenty of time to evolve many ways of insulting people. Its' great.

[@timglennon6814]

I’m happy to be a Northern monkey, than a Southern softie. Monkeys are intelligent creatures.

[@josefschiltz2192]

There's a couple of squirrels loose in the attic.

[@auldfouter8661]

The old Scots version was " no the full shilling " for someone not all there. Probably now politically incorrect too.

[@queenbabylonia4594]

A face like they’ve sucked on a lemon.. when a person purses their lips in anger, normally with a scowling stare. And similar to the 2 sandwiches…. The lights are on but no one’s in….. the lift doesn’t go all the way to the top. 🤣

[@rdwulf6289]

More likely to say arsehole of England than armpit.

[@neilgayleard3842]

Or arse end of nowhere.

[@lisbetsoda4874]

But that must depend on the level of vulgarity you are willing to say.

[@suekey8072]

Yes these are all in common parlance I’ve used them all… many times 😂

[@ivorphillips7826]

I would say this selection of mild insults is quiet London-centric. Different regions and dialects will have variations on such themes as all the other suggestions in the comments attest. Where I am from it would be 'Mad as a bucket of frogs' and more likely applied to a strange situation rather than a person. My favourite ugly insult: 'Looks like someone set fire to their face and put it out with a shovel'

[@malcolmhouston7932]

I've never heard 2 or 3 of them so I think you are right about the Regional aspects.

[@karenphillips2092]

Heard all, used most & I'm from the Midlands so I don't think they're London centric, my mums favourite was 'sixpence short of a shilling'.. Lol

[@cazb3729]

Literally used the bulldog one yesterday at work 🤣

[@michael_177]

Tyler if you dont know anything about the north/south divide in the UK, you can check out Jay Foremans video on it

[@x_violette_x7713]

9:35 Or my personal favourite, ‘the lights are on but nobody’s home’ 💡😶

[@GSD-hd1yh]

Best one I heard to describe both ugly, arrogant and stupid was "Encephalous excuse for a butchers slop apron". Yet another one for ugly is Face like a bag of spanners. Some have specific connotations, such as "Beer Goggles". This suggests that you are looking at something through the bottom of two beer glasses after you have drunk the alcohol. In other words, being drunk makes someone look more attractive. "Have you seen this munter over here? Hang on, I need my beer goggles for this one".

[@GSD-hd1yh]

One I haven't heard for 50 years meaning crazy - Bathing in moonlight (meaning Lunatic behaviour)

[@stephenr6427]

another great one is you have a face for radio

[@sukikerridge6453]

I love how you were offended when he said, "America is the armpit of the world" ha-ha! Yes, we still use all of these and many more. I'm not sure if this was meant as an insult but I have never forgot when I was 17 at the swimming baths a lad said to me "do you want a family allowance book pet?" In the UK at that time when you had a child you received a child benefit called family allowance and you got a 'family allowance book' so in essence he was asking if I wanted to have a child with him!!! I've never forgot it and I kept well away from him....🤨🤨

[@robertlisternicholls]

No oil painting is usually used as a response. So is someone calls you ugly, you reply by saying you're no oil painting yourself.