British things you can ever say so if
you simply want to improve your English
vocabulary or if you want to learn some
expressions to annoy Americans with
because they won’t understand it then
these expressions are still very
commonly used they’re not old-fashioned
so you can still use them and it sounds
great you’re talking to a friend your
friend wants to ask what are you doing
today
and you want to say I had just the small
things I’m going to buy food I’m going
to wash my hair I’m going to post a
letter those small things you can say ah
just bits and bobs bits and bobs
literally means small things you can
also say what are you doing today bits
and bobs or odds and sods
it just means those little things
nothing really important if you’re
getting married today you’re not doing
bits and bobs or odds and sods that’s a
big thing unless it’s your six marriage
that year maybe for you it’s odds and
sods so it could be small actions but it
you’re at your friend’s house you’re so
hungry you really want to eat something
big a pizza donuts I’m talking real food
but in their fridge there’s only ketchup
mustard half an onion this is not real
food so in this situation to answer the
question do you have any food not really
just bits and bobs just odds and sods
the ketchup the mustard the mayonnaise
the half an onion those are not big
things they’re just small things bits
and bobs or odds and sods question one
tell me in the comments what’s in your
and if they have no food you might get
very angry in this case your friend
might say don’t get angry in a very
British way we’d say this don’t throw a
wobbly it’s fine to throw a wobbly means
to do this you’re very loud you’re
shouting you’re aggressive you’re
throwing things
what no pizza what kind of friend are
you you’re throwing a wobbly if your
friend wants to be more specific and say
stop being aggressive we would change
that word to sure T to be sure to with
someone means to be aggressive with them
to be confrontational with them
stop being so sure T we can go out for
pizza we’ll put pineapple don’t throw a
wobbly we will not put pineapple on the
pizza question number two for the
comments tell me when was the last time
you threw a wobbly when was the last
time someone got shirty with you you
know those times when you have so much
work to do you have to finish that essay
you have to finish that report that bit
but then you find those videos of cats
getting brain freeze and you’ve wasted
an hour of your time when you’re wasting
time you’re doing nothing productive
this is when we say to faff around or to
faff about or to Fanny around or to
Fanny about you can mix them it doesn’t
matter they all mean the same thing but
of course the sentence would be he’s
faffing around
he’s fannying about I’ve bee I’ve just
been faffing around for the last hour
watching cat videos question 3 for the
comments what do you like to do when you
faff around if it’s your birthday and
your friend says oh no I forgot your
birthday but then they didn’t really
forget your birthday they were just
joking in the British Way we would
change joking
to wind up I’m just winding you up I
didn’t forget your birthday I got you a
puppy so wind-up means two T’s to play a
joke on someone to make fun of them a
little bit in a friendly way however it
does have a negative meaning too so be
careful with the context for example if
someone annoys you you could say she
really winds me up again this means they
annoy you and her so be careful of the
context that is bad she annoys you this
one is kind of good friendly jokey I’m
just winding you up I’m teasing you I’m
joking with you so be careful of the
context question 4 for the comments who
winds you up in the bad way and when was
the last time you wound someone up or
someone wound you up wound is the past
tense let me know in the comments and
finally these two have a plan to get
married they’re very much in love but
that plan goes wrong when you have a
plan and you think everything will be
great but then something happens and the
plan goes wrong that plan or this
relationship went pear-shaped and this
applies to any plan so for example you
have a holiday plan and for some reason
you can’t do the holiday the holiday
plans went pear-shaped so finally
question 5 in the comments tell me when
was the last time your plan or your
relationship went pear-shaped and why I
want to hear about it tell me in the
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