Quite a lot of few of our UK sayings come from the navy. Could not swing a cat in here Freeze the balls off a brass monkey Squared away Above board All at sea Aloof At loggerheads Chock-a-block Clean bill of health Close quarters Cut and run Devil to pay Dressing down Dutch courage Fall foul of/foul up Figurehead Fits the bill Footloose Gripe Hand over fist Hard-up In the offing Junk Over the barrel Overbearing Pipe down Skyscraper Slush fund Taken aback Taking turns Toe the line True colours Turn a blind eye Under the weather Windfall
Dev turned a blind eye and Tuna was taken aback as trev took mick hard up over a barrel. Monny had some Dutch courage and told trev to toe the line. Trev was feeling under the weather and claimed micks breath was overbearing and his gripe was valid. Mick said you’ve shown your true colours now trev. Mick burst into tears and said he’d had enough of this junk and that everyone was taking turns slagging him. Pipe down paddy shouted Baz as the simpleton took another dressing down. Mick was all at sea now, the Poundings were coming in hand over fist. They’ll be devil to pay squealed the pape as he decided to cut and run and jumped overboard The end
Do Needed a piss so put heat and kettle on,usually get up about 6 in anyroads though bad habit looking at one's phone.
More to the point @Mick O'Toon you were up early this morning thinking about the term "hello sailor"?
What was the term for dragging a sailor under the ship from side to the other?I saw it in the Brando version of Mutiny on the Bounty with a young Mike Balwin appearing.
