Slang to English Dictionary
Abergavenny -- penny
Adam and Eve -- leave
ain't it a treat -- street
alderman's eyes -- flies
alderman's nail -- tail
alive or dead -- head
all afloat -- coat
alligator -- later
almond rocks -- socks
Andy Cain -- rain
Andy McGinn -- chin
Andy McNish -- fish
apple and banana -- piano
apple pie -- sky
apple pies -- eyes
apple pips -- lips
apples and pears -- stairs
April fools -- tools, stools
April showers -- flowers
army and navy -- gravy
army rocks -- socks
arty roller -- collar
Auntie Ella -- umbrella
Auntie Nellie -- belly
awful pun -- fun
babbling brook -- cook, crook
baby's cries -- eyes
bacon and eggs -- legs
bag of fruit -- suit
baker's dozen -- cousin
ball and bat -- hat
ball and chalk -- walk
ball of lead -- walk
balmy breeze -- cheese
Band of Hope -- soap
bark and growl -- trowel
Barnaby Rudge -- judge
Barnet Fair -- hair
Barney McGuire -- fire
barrel of fat -- hat
basin of gravy -- baby
Battle of Waterloo -- stew
bear's paw -- saw
bees and honey -- money
ben flake -- steak
bended knees -- cheese
big bun -- one
big dope -- rope
big hastle -- castle
birch broom -- room
biscuits and cheese -- knees
black and blue -- two
black and white -- night
blackbird and thrush -- brush
blue moon -- spoon
blue o'clock -- two o'clock
Bo-Peep -- sleep
boat race -- face
Bob's my pal -- girl
Bonnie Dundee -- flea
bonny fair -- hair
borrow and beg -- egg
Botany Bay -- hit the hay (go to bed), run away
bottle of water -- daughter
bow and arrow -- sparrow
bowl of chalk -- talk
bowl the hoop -- soup
box of toys -- noise
boy in blue -- stew
boys on ice -- lice
brass band -- hand
brass tacks -- facts
bread and butter -- gutter
bread and cheese -- sneeze
bride and groom -- broom, room
Brighton sands -- hands
broken mug -- hug
brothers and sisters -- whiskers
Brown Bess -- yes
brown hat -- cat
Brown Joe -- no
Brussels sprout -- Boy Scout
bubble and squeak -- Greek, speak
bucket afloat -- coat
bucket and pail -- jail
bugs and fleas -- knees
bull's aunts -- pants
bullock's liver -- river
bumblebee -- tree
Burdett Coutts -- boots
Burton on Trent -- rent
bushel and peck -- neck
Bushy Park -- lark
butcher's hook -- look
by the peck -- neck
cabbage tree -- flee
Cain and Abel -- table
calico yard -- a guard
call a cop -- stop
Camera Cuss -- bus
Cape of Good Hope -- soap
Captain Cook -- book, look
Captain Hook -- look
careless tal -- stick of chalk
carving knife -- wife
cash and carry -- marry
castle rag -- flag
cat and mouse -- house
center lead -- forehead
chain and crank -- bank
Chalk Farm -- arm, harm
channel fleet -- street
Charlie Chalk -- talk
Charlie Dilke -- milk
Charlie Hope -- soap
Charlie Horner -- corner
Charlie Howard -- coward
Charlie Rocks -- socks
Charlie Roller -- dollar
charming wife -- knife
cheerful giver -- liver
cheese and kisses -- missus
Cheltenham bold -- cold
cherry ace -- face
cherry hog -- dog
cherubim -- swim
Chesapeake shad -- not bad
chevy chase -- face
chews and molasses -- glasses
china plate -- mate
chip and chase -- face
chitney pace -- face
chop sticks -- six
Chopper -- copper
Christmas card -- a guard
Christmas Eve -- believe
chunk of beef -- chief
chunk of wood -- no good
clean your plate -- ate
clever mike -- bike
clickety click -- sixty-six
clink and blank -- bank
clothes peg -- leg
clothes peg -- leg
coals and coke -- broke
Cobar shower -- flower
Cockney rhyme -- chime
collar and tie -- lie
Colney Hatch -- match
Conan Doyle -- boil
corns and bunions -- onions
cough and sneeze -- cheese
country cousin -- dozen
cow and calf -- laugh, half
cows and kisses -- missus
cracks-a-cry -- die
crowded space -- suitcase
crown sheet -- seat
crust of bread -- head
cuddle and kiss -- miss (a girl)
cup of tea -- see
currant bun -- sun
cut and carried -- married
cuts and scratches -- matches
Dad and Dave -- shave
daffadown dilly -- silly
Daily Mail -- tail, tale, nail
daily tell the tale -- daily mail
daisy beat -- cheat
daisy roots -- boots
Dan O'Leary -- weary
Darby and Joan -- alone, phone
Davy Crockett -- pocket
Derby Kelly -- belly
Derry and Toms -- bombs
deuce and ace -- face
Dick Turpin -- thirteen
dickory dock -- clock
Dicky bird -- word
Dicky dirt -- shirt
didn't ought ter -- water
dig and dirt -- shirt
dig in the grave -- shave
dilly -- silly
dime a pop -- cop (policeman)
dinky doo -- twenty-two
dip south -- mouth
dirty daughter -- water
Dirty feet -- meat
do as you like -- bike
do your dutiful -- beautiful
dog and bone -- phone
Dolly Varden -- garden
don't be rude -- food
don't know how -- cow
don't make a fuss -- bus
door to door -- four
dot and carried -- married
dot and dash -- moustache
drum and fife -- wife, knife
dry land -- understand
Dublin tricks -- bricks
Duchess of Fife -- wife
Duke of Fife -- knife
Duke of Kent -- rent
Duke of Teck -- a check
Duke of York -- fork
dumb waiter -- elevator
Dunlop tire -- liar
dustbin lid -- kid
Dutch pegs -- legs
Dutch Street -- eat
Dutch treat -- eat
early hours -- flowers
east and south -- mouth
east and west -- best
eau de Cologne -- phone
eavesdropped -- popped
Edna May -- way
eighteen pence -- sense
Enoch Arden -- garden
Errol Flynn -- chin
fal -- gal
false alarm -- arm
fancy sash -- smash
Fanny Blair -- hair
fellow feeling -- ceiling
fiddle and flute -- suit
field of wheat -- street
fig and post -- toast
fillet of veal -- wheel
fire-alarms -- arms
fish bait -- late
fisherman's daughter -- water
five-acre farm -- arm
five to two -- shoe
flaming torch -- porch
flash of light -- a sight
flea and louse -- house
fleas and ants -- pants
fleas and itchers -- pictures
flouder and dab -- cab
flowery dell -- cell
fork and knife -- life
fourth of July -- a tie
France and Spain -- rain
fried eggs -- legs
frog a log -- dog
frog and toad -- road
frog-in-the-throat -- boat
front and rear -- year
full of mirth -- earth
garden gate -- eight
garden -- pardon
garlic and glue -- stew
gates of Rome -- home
gay and hearty -- party
gay and hearty -- party
German band -- hand
German flutes -- boots
Gertie Gitana -- banana
Gertie Lee -- Thirty-three
gimp -- limp
ginger ale -- jail
ginger beer -- engineer, tear
gipsy's warning -- morning
give a cook -- look
give and take -- cake
Glasgow Rangers -- strangers
glass case -- face
glorious sinner -- dinner
gobblety goop -- soup
golliwogs -- dogs
goose and duck -- truck
goose's neck -- check
gooseberry tart -- heart
Gordon and Gotch -- a watch
grape vine -- clothes line
greengage -- the stage
greengages -- wages
grimy and gritty -- pretty
grocery store -- door
Gunga Din -- chin
gypsy's warning -- morning
hair and brain -- a chain
hairy float -- coat
hairy goat -- throat
half-a-dollar -- collar
half-a-lick -- sick
half a peck -- neck
half-an-hour -- flour
half an Oxford scholar -- half-a-dollar
hall and rain -- a train
hammer and nail -- to trail
hammer and tack -- back, track
Hampstead Heath -- teeth
happy hours -- flowers
harbor light -- all right
hard and flat -- hat
Harry Randall -- candle, handle
Harry Tag -- bag
Harry Tate -- late, plate, state
hash-me-gandy -- handy
hat and cap -- clap
head and tail -- jail
hearts of oak -- broke
heaven -- seven, eleven
heavenly bliss -- kiss
heavenly plan -- man
heavens above -- love
here and there -- chair
hickory dock -- clock
hickory nut -- cut
high seas -- knees
high-stepper -- pepper
hit or miss -- kiss
hit the deep -- sleep
hobbledehoy -- boy
Hobson's choice -- voice
hook of mutton -- button
hoot and holler -- dollar
hop toad -- road
hopscotch -- watch
horse and cart -- heart
hot and cold -- gold
Hounslow Heath -- teeth
how absurd -- bird
how-d'ye-do -- shoe, stew
howdy-do -- shoe
hundred and worst -- hundred and first
hurricane deck -- neck
husband and wife -- knife
I declare -- chair
I desire -- a fire
I don't care -- chair
I suppose -- nose
I'll be there -- chair
I'm afloat -- coat, boat
I'm feeling queasy -- easy
if and and -- band
in the brain -- pain
inky smudge -- judge
Irish lasses -- glasses
Irish rose -- nose
iron hoop -- soup
iron tank -- bank
Isabella -- umbrella
Isle of France -- a dance
Isle of Wight -- right
itch and scratch -- match (fire)
ivory band -- hand
ivory float -- coat
ivory-pearl -- girl
J. Arthur Rank -- bank
Jack and Jill -- hill
Jack-in-the-box -- socks
Jack Malone -- alone
Jack Randle -- candle
Jack Scratch -- match (fire)
Jack Sprat -- fat
Jack's alive -- five
jackdaw -- jaw
jam-tart -- sweetheart
Jem Mace -- face
Jenny Lea -- flea, key
Jerry Diddle -- fiddle
Jerry McGinn -- chin
jig and prance -- dance
Jim Brown -- town
Jimmy Hope -- soap
Jimmy Low -- go slow
Jimmy Skinner -- dinner
Joan of Arc -- shark
Joe Blake -- cake, snake, steak
Joe Brown -- town
Joe Goss -- boss
Joe Hook -- crook, book
Joe Mark -- shark
Joe Rocks -- socks
Joe Rook -- crook
John Hop -- cop
Johnnie Cotton -- rotten
Johnnie Horner -- corner
Johnnie Raw -- saw
Johnnie Rousers -- trousers
Johnnie Russell -- hustle
Johnnie Rutter -- butter
Jollopp -- stop
Jonah's whale -- tail
joy of my life -- wife
Joynson Hicks -- six
jug and pail -- jail
jumped and leapt -- slept
just as I feared -- beard
Kate Karney -- army
Kelly Ned -- head
Kennington Lane -- pain
kettle on the hob -- Bob (name)
kick and prance -- dance
kidney pies -- eyes
kidney punch -- lunch
kidstake -- fake
Kilkenny -- penny
king death -- breath
King Lear -- ear
lambs fry -- a tie
Lancashire lasses -- glasses
lard and pail -- jail
Larry Happy -- sappy
last card in the pack -- a snack, back
lath and plaster -- master
laughed and sang -- slang
lay me in the gutter -- butter
lean and fat -- hat
lean and lake -- steak
lean and linger -- finger
lean and lurch -- church
left in the lurch -- church
leg rope -- hope
lickety quicks -- tricks
light and dark -- park
Lilian Gish -- fish
Lilly and Skinner -- dinner
linen draper -- paper
lion's lair -- chair
little boys -- noise
load of hay -- day
loaf of bread -- head
London fog -- dog
Long Acre -- baker
longers and lingers -- fingers
loop the loop -- soup
lump of bread -- head
lump of ice -- advice
lump of lead -- head
lump of school -- fool
macaroni -- pony
MacIntire and Heath -- teeth
mad mile -- smile
Maggie Mahone -- telephone
maids adorning -- morning
Maidstone jailer -- tailor
make a wish -- fish
Malcolm Scott -- hot
mammy and pappy -- happy
man and wife -- knife
marble and granite -- planet
Mark Foy -- boy
Martin-Le-Grand -- hand
Mary Ann -- hand
Mary Blane -- train, rain
me and you -- menu
Melbourne pier -- ear
Mick O'Dwyer -- fire
miller's daughter -- water
mince pie -- eye
misbehave -- shave
moan and wail -- jail
mocking bird -- word
Molly O'Morgan -- organ
monkey's tail -- nail
mortar and trowel -- towel
mother and daughter -- water
Mother Hubbard -- cupboard
mother of pearl -- girl
mountain passes -- glasses
Mrs. Chant -- aunt
Mrs. Duckett -- bucket
mud in the eye -- tie
mumbley pegs -- leg
Mutt and Jeff -- deaf
mutter and stutter -- butter
mutton pies -- eyes
my mother's away -- the other day
Nancy Lee -- flea
Nancy Prance -- dance
nanny goat -- boat
nap and double -- trouble
nap -- to slap
National debt -- bet
Naughton and Gold -- cold
near and far -- car
near and there -- chair
Ned Kelly -- belly
Ned Skinner -- dinner
needle and thread -- bread
Nellie Blighs -- flies
Neptune's daughter -- water
Nervo and Knox -- socks
nevermored -- bored
new south -- mouth
Newton Heath -- teeth
nickle and dime -- time
night and day -- a play
Noah's ark -- park, dark
north and south -- mouth
not a whit -- hit
o my heaven -- seven
oak and ash -- cash
oak -- joke
oats and chaff -- footpath
ocean pearl -- girl
ocean wave -- shave
old pot and pan -- old man (husband)
Oliver Twist -- fist
on the floor -- poor
one and eight -- plate
one and t'other -- brother, mother
one or the other -- mother
ones and twos -- shoes
Oscar Hocks -- socks
Oscar Joes -- toes
out and in -- chin
Owen Nares -- chairs
Oxford scholar -- dollar, collar
Paddy Quick -- stick, kick
Paddy Rammer -- hammer
Pat and Mike -- bike
Pat Malone -- alone
peaches and pears -- stairs
Peckham Rye -- tie
penny-a-mile -- smile
penny bun -- son, sun
penny locket -- pocket
peppermint rocks -- socks
Phil MacBee -- flea
piccolo and flute -- suit
piccolos and flutes -- boots
pie and one -- son
pig and roast -- toast
pig's face -- lace
pig's fry -- tie
pigs fried -- tied
pillar and post -- ghost
pimple and wart -- quart
pipe your eye -- to cry
pitch and toss -- boss
plain and gravy -- navy
plates of meat -- feet
platters of meat -- feet
pleasure and pain -- rain
plough the deep -- sleep
post and rail -- fairy tail
pot of honey -- money
pot of jelly -- belly
potatoes in the mould -- cold
pride and joy -- boy
pudding and gravy -- navy
pudding and pie -- eye
puff and dart -- start, heart
pull down the shutter -- butter
put in the boot -- shoot
Quaker oat -- coat
raffle and crank -- bank
raspberry tart -- heart
rat and mouse -- house
rattle and clank -- bank
rattle and jar -- car
raughty -- naughty
razz-ma-tazz -- jazz
read and write -- fight
reader and writer -- fighter
red balloon -- moon
ridgy dite -- all right
ripsey rousers -- trousers
roast pork -- fork
rob my pal -- gal
Rob Roy -- boy
Robin Hood -- good
Robinson and Cleaver -- fever
rocks and boulders -- shoulders
roll me in the gutter -- butter
roll me in the dirt -- shirt
rolley roar -- floor
rolling billows -- pillows
Rolls Royce -- voice
roots -- boots
Rory O' Moore -- floor, door
rosebuds --spuds (potatoes)
roses red -- bed
Rosy O'Moore -- door
round and square -- everywhere
round the hay-stack -- round the back
rub-a-dub-dub -- club
rubbity rub -- tub
ruby red -- head
ruby rose -- nose
rumble and shock -- knock
rumpty dollar -- holler
saint and sinner -- dinner
sakes alive -- five
Salford Docks -- rocks
Sam Cory -- story
Sandy MacNab -- cab
Santa's elves -- twelve
satin and silk -- milk
saucepan lid -- kid
sausage and mash -- cash, crash
Saveloy -- boy
Scapa Flow -- to go
Scotch peg -- leg
scream and holler -- dollar
see you later -- alligator
seldom seen -- limousine
Sexton Blake -- cake
shake and shiver -- river
shepherd's plaid -- bad
sherry flips -- lips
shovel and broom -- room
shovel and tank -- bank
sighs and tears -- ears
Silas Hocking -- stocking
silk and top -- cop
silver and gold -- cold
Sinbad the Sailor -- tailor
sing a ballad -- salad
six months' hard -- card
skein of thread -- bed
skin and blister -- sister
sky rocket -- pocket
skyscraper -- newspaper
slick and sleeth -- teeth
slip in the gutter -- butter
smack in the eye -- pie
smart and simple -- dimple
smear and smudge -- judge
snake in the grass -- looking-glass
snow and rain -- train
soaks -- folks
soap and water -- daughter
soldier bold -- a cold
son and daughter -- water
song of the thrush -- brush
sorry and sad -- bad
soup and gravy -- navy
south of France -- dance
south of the equator -- elevator
spic and span -- plan
spinning top -- cop
squad, halt -- salt
squatter's daughter -- water
stammer and stutter -- butter
stand at ease -- fleas, cheese
stand from under -- thunder
stay put -- foot
steak and kidney pie -- eye
steam packet -- jacket
steam tug -- bug
Steele Rudds -- spuds (potatoes)
Steve Hart -- start
stew pot -- hot
stewed prune -- tune
stick slingers -- fingers
stomach ache -- cake
stop thief -- beef
storm and strife -- wife
string and top -- cop
striped and plaid -- mad
struggle and strain -- train
struggle and strife -- wife
stump the chalk -- walk
sugar and honey -- money
sugar and spice -- nice
Sunday best -- vest
sunny south -- mouth
swallow and sigh -- collar and tie
take a fright -- night
tar and feather -- weather
tears and cheers -- ears
telephone -- alone
tent peg -- egg
there first -- thirst
these and those -- nose, toes, clothes
thick and dense -- expense
thick and thin -- chin
this and that -- hat
three quarters of a peck -- neck
throw me in the dirt -- shirt
tiddler's bait -- late
Tilbury Docks -- socks
time to start -- smart
tin-tack -- fact
tin tank -- bank
ting-a-ling -- ring (on ringer)
tip and tap -- cap
Tod Sloan -- alone
Tom and funny -- money
tom cat -- doormat
Tom Mix -- six
Tom Noddy -- body
Tom Right -- night
Tom Sawyer -- lawyer
Tom Tug -- bug
tomahawk -- walk
tomfoolery -- jewellery
Tommy Rocks -- socks
Tommy Roller -- Collar
Tommy Toy -- boy
too Irish stew -- too true
too much pride -- ride
top of Rome -- home
total wreck -- check
traffic cop -- top
train wreck -- neck
trap and mouse -- house
trot and pace -- face
trouble and strife -- wife
true till death -- breath
tumble and trip -- lip
turtle dove -- glove
twist and twirl -- girl
twixt and tween -- queen
two-thirty -- dirty
typewriter -- fighter
Uncle Ben -- ten
Uncle Dick -- sick
Uncle Fred -- bread
Uncle Ned -- bed
Uncle Willy -- chilly
Uncle Willy -- silly
uncles and aunts -- pants
unders and beneath -- teeth
up and down -- town
upper deck -- neck
uppers and beneath -- teeth
Vanity Fair -- chair
Vicar of Bray -- tray
Walter Joyce -- voice
war and strife -- wife
warriors bold -- cold
Warwick farms -- arms
wedding band -- hand
Wee Georgie Wood -- good
weeping willow -- pillow
West Ham Reserves -- nerves
Westminster abbey -- shabby
whale and gale -- jail
what a mess -- dress
what am -- ham
wheedle and whine -- nine
whip and lash -- moustache
whip and slash -- moustache
whistle and flute -- suit
white knight -- light
who's to blame -- name
whoopdedee -- three
Wilkie Bard -- card
William Powell -- towel
Willy Lee -- flea
windjammer -- hammer
winds do whirl -- girl
worry and strife -- wife
yellow silk -- milk
yet to be -- free (without cost)
Yorkshire tyke -- Mike (name)
you and me -- flea
you little cheat -- beat
you must -- crust
you're fired -- tired
yours and ours -- flowers
Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.
(from Rick Walton's Fun Stuff)
Last updated: October 25, 2002
Copyright 2001 © Rick Walton. All rights reserved.
