Thread: Silliness Aussie terms: What do you think they mean?
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Old 03-26-2010, 12:40 PM   #120
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Originally Posted by Polyglot27 View Post
The first time I heard someone say "We're havin' chook fer tea to-die." I thought a friend called Chook was coming to 4 o'clock tea and then have something terrible happen to him, when it was only a harmless phrase meaning we're having chicken for "dinner".
Since then I've heard some colourful Aussie expressions like:

Flapping like a Queensland dunny door
Spread all over the place like a mad woman's custard.

Maybe someone should start a thread on colourful Aussie expressions and have us guess when they are used.
don't you think this one is confusing enough?
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