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[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 48: Sticks out like dog’s balls: It does.
at stick out like a sore thumb, v.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 35: Madwoman’s breakfast/knitting/lunch: In a dreadful mess. Mad women are deemed to be somewhat sloppy by the general populace.
at all over the place like a mad woman’s shit, phr.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 3: About right: Means that the statement/fact is absolutely correct.
at about right, adj.1
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 11: One can be [...] ‘buggered about’ (given a hard time by one’s mates or employer).
at bugger about, v.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 4: Alf: A fool.
at alf, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 11: One can [...] have ‘bugger all’ (nothing) or be told to ‘go to buggery’ (to piss off).
at bugger all, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 18: Dero: A derelict or down-and-outer who is also probably on the ‘turps’ or ‘meths.’.
at down-and-outer, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 29: Hay, Hell and Booligal: The nasty end of the Back of Beyond. Nowhere, or the fag end of the universe [...] Normally uttered thus: ‘I’m buggered if I know where he’s gone, it’s all Hay, Hell and Booligal here, mate.’.
at Hay (and) Hell and Booligal, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 44: A female Salvationist is sometimes called a Sally Anne.
at Sally Ann, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 57: White ant: To destroy another’s character by slanderous and probably truthful gossip normally expressed thus, ‘I was doing all right with the sheila until the bastard white anted me.’.
at white-ant, v.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 57: Wouldn’t know: The start of a number of expressions all of which mean stupidity. Thus [...] ‘wouldn’t know if his arse was on fire’.
at not know if one’s arse was on fire (v.) under arse, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 57: Woop Woop: Where the crows fly backwards or ‘the arse end of nowhere.’.
at arse-end, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 52: Tin arsed: Lucky.
at tin-arsed, adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 5: Arseholed: Has [...] everything to do with losing one’s job [...] Chairmen of Directors do not get arseholed from their jobs; they are sacked.
at arsehole, v.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 5: Arseholed: Has [...] everything to do with losing one’s job (if a bricklayer) or being thrown out of a pub (if one is a lower-order drunk who is arseholed).
at arseholed (adj.) under arsehole, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 17: Crook as Rookwood: Near to death; Rookwood being a cemetery in the city of Sydney.
at crook as Rookwood, adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 28: Happy as a bastard on father’s day: Extremely unhappy.
at ? under happy as..., adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 26: Full as a: The start of many expressions; ‘full as a butcher’s pup’, ‘full as a goog’ and ‘full as a state school’ to name but three.
at full as..., adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 9: All blues [i.e. blue heelers] are regarded by their owners as being ‘as thick as two bricks.’.
at ...two short planks under thick as..., adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 35: Mad as a cut snake: Both crazy and angry.
at ...a cut snake under mad as..., adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 9: All blues [i.e. blue heelers] are regarded by their owners as being ‘as thick as two bricks’ but ‘as game as Ned Kelly.’.
at ...Ned Kelly under game as..., adj.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 12: Bull’s roar: Insulting expression indicating failure, normally on the sporting field. If something doesn’t come within a bull’s roar of something else, it can be judged to have ‘missed by a mile’.
at within an ass’s roar (of) under ass, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 5: Back of Beyond: The interior of Australia, but used in a rather wistful sense as in, ‘Back of Beyond where a man can feel free’, or some such rubbish. Invariably uttered by a city dweller who would die of thirst and heatstroke if he attempted to leave the inner suburbs.
at back of beyond (n.) under back, adv.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 7: Barcoo rot: A form of scurvy caused by the bushworker’s diet of corned beef and damper.
at Barcoo rot (n.) under Barcoo, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 7: Barrack: To encourage one’s team from the sidelines, not always in complimentary terms, e.g., ‘Get in there and fight, you bunch of bloody pansies’.
at barrack, v.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 7: Bastard: [...] a term of affection as in ‘good old bastard.’.
at bastard, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 7: Bastard: [...] a term of affection as in ‘good old bastard.’.
at old bastard (n.) under bastard, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 8: Bazz/Bazza: Originally a cartoon character but now taken to mean your average, knockabout, sub-literate Australian bloke. More or less a fool.
at bazz, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 3: A Bex, a nice cup of tea, a cry and a good lie down: A somewhat archaic phrase, usually directed by a woman friend to a woman sufferer.
at Bex, n.
[Aus] R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 8: Big smoke: A country expression for any large city.
at Big Smoke, n.
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