Jolly good
"The train turned up on time and the Wi‑Fi even works. Jolly good, mate. Let’s call it a win and grab a cheeky pint."
Jolly well
"I jolly well am not covering your Sunday shift, mate. He started the guilt trip, so I grabbed my coat and legged it before he could waffle."
Dear me
"The waiter dropped the whole Sunday roast and still asked if we wanted pudding. Dear me, that place is cursed, let’s nip to the chippy"
Oh dear
"Oh dear, looks like the train's cancelled again, best stick the kettle on and wait it out."
Tickety-boo
"Boss asked if the rollout’s ready, so I went, tickety-boo. Meanwhile Dave’s drowned the laptop with his cuppa and we’ve nicked Wi‑Fi from next-door kebab shop."
Hunky-dory
"How’s the flatshare? Proper hunky-dory now. Dave’s stopped microwaving fish, the boiler’s behaving, and the biscuit tin keeps refilling like magic."
The bee's knees
"Her new coffee machine is the bee's knees, I want one exactly like it."
The cat's pyjamas
"That little coffee gaff round the station is the cat's pyjamas, mate. Flat white was so good I tipped the barista my last biccie."
Spend a penny
"Hang on, I need to spend a penny before we leg it to the chippy. If I sprint down the High Street like this, I’ll end up on Crimewatch"
Comfort break
"Right, let's take a quick comfort break, back in five and we'll finish the last two slides."
Toff
"That lad rocked up in tweed, ordered a gin flight, and moaned the crisps weren’t artisanal. Total toff vibes, everyone was creasing."
Codswallop
"He reckons he used to play pro football. Mate, that’s codswallop. Saw him at five-a-side last week, he couldn’t hit a barn door."
Twaddle
"Do not believe that twaddle about the moon landing being fake, it is utter rubbish."
Malarkey
"Three forms and a meeting with Accounts just to order toner? Ah here, that’s pure malarkey. I’ll nip to the shop myself."
Gong
"You hear about Mandy? She’s getting a gong at the Palace. About time, she’s been running the charity raffle and wrangling Karen from accounts for 20 years."
Chap
"New chap at work sorted my laptop in two minutes, wouldn’t take a tenner, just said no worries. Proper good chap, bought him a pint after."
Old hat
"He pitched his big new app idea and everyone yawned. Mate, location-based coupons are old hat, we need something fresh for once."
Year dot
"That bloke’s been on the same shift rota since the year dot, mate, and he still moans the tea’s too weak at break."
Donkey's years
"I haven't had a chippy tea in donkey's years. I'm starving, you muppet. Let's nip to the takeaway before it shuts."
Yonks
"Haven’t been to that curry house in yonks, mate. Fancy a proper Friday feed? I’ll ring up and book us a table for eight."
Vim
"You’re full of vim and vigour this morning, aren’t you? I’ve not even had my brew, and you’re belting tunes like it’s karaoke night."
Vim and vigour
"He tackled the flat clean with vim and vigour, hoovering like a maniac, then claimed he was just warming up for the pub."
Gumption
"Starting a business at nineteen takes real gumption."
Nous
"He is clever on paper but he has got no nous, he left the car unlocked outside the shop again."
Whippersnapper
"Back in my day, says Grandad, no whippersnapper would have dared put his trainers on the good sofa."
Codger
"The old codgers down the allotment have opinions on everything from marrows to the state of the nation."
Doolally
"Mum’s gone doolally, I reckon. She’s labelled every tin in the cupboard, then told the neighbours the cat’s training for the marathon."
Higgledy-piggledy
"The market stalls were set up all higgledy-piggledy, you never knew if the next one sold cheese or socks."
Hullabaloo
"The whole street was in a hullabaloo over the badger that had taken up residence under the postbox."
Kerfuffle
"There was a right kerfuffle in Tesco when the self-checkout swallowed my quid, bloke started flapping, and the queue went full tutting mode."
Hoo-ha
"There was a right hoo-ha at the school gates this morning, proper mums-on-a-mission stuff, because some numpty parked in the headteacher’s spot and acted like royalty."
Palaver
"Went to book a table for eight and it’s deposit, pre-order, and Dave’s off meat again. What a palaver, mate, let’s just hit the chippy."
Shenanigans
"The teacher walked back in just in time to catch the full scale of the shenanigans going on at the back."
Flabbergasted
"I was absolutely flabbergasted when they announced my name, I had not prepared a single word and just stood there blinking."
Discombobulated
"The sudden change of plans left everyone discombobulated, half the group went left and the other half stood blinking in the car park."
Flummox
"The riddle flummoxed the entire pub quiz, and the winning team still got it wrong."
Gallivant
"They spent the whole retirement gallivanting across Europe in a camper van, sending us postcards from places we couldn’t pronounce."
Collywobbles
"Got the collywobbles about my interview tomorrow, proper bricking it. You’ll be alright, mate, you always flap then absolutely smash it, now stop pacing and have a brew."
Dicky bow
"Turned up to the do in a proper dicky bow and me nan went, aye, look at you. I said, cheers, now get us a pint."
Cheerio
"Right then, I’m nipping to the corner shop, cheerio. If you bump into Dave, remind him he owes me a tenner and some crisps."
Chin-chin
"Nan’s poured the prosecco, Dave’s on a lukewarm lager, and the kid’s got squash in a wine glass. We clink and go chin-chin."
Blimey
"Blimey, eight quid for a pint and they’ve got the cheek to call it craft. Come on then, let’s sack this off and find a proper boozer"
Crikey
"Crikey, that servo wants ten bucks for a meat pie. Yeah nah, chuck us a snag from Bunnings instead, mate. Fair dinkum, daylight robbery out here."
Bob's your uncle
"Stick the shelves up, two screws each, bit of filler, quick coat of paint and Bob's your uncle, the hallway looks proper sorted."
Not cricket
"You can’t nick my chips and then deny it, mate. That’s not cricket. Own it, or I’m telling the lads and you’re buying the next round."
Belt and braces
"I’ve backed up the files to the cloud and a hard drive, emailed myself a copy too. Bit belt and braces, but I’m not losing that report."
In for a penny
"Booked one night in Brighton but mates want the whole weekend. You’ve already taken Friday off, so in for a penny, in for a pound."