Unofficial units of measurement

[SmallTown]

Size of a fag packet

 

[borgelite]

Built like a Brick S H I T house

 

[borgelite]

Hard as nails

 

[SmallTown]

Rougher than a badger rs

 

[bear66]

Typical Boro

 

[Teesste]

A babies arm

 

[Borotommo]

As high as a kite, or as high as a high fox

 

[Randy]

Or **** all

A personal fave. I use it at least once every other day at the moment.

 

[borgelite]

Daft as a brush

 

[Norman_Conquest]

The big light - Put the big light on for me.

 

[zzzzz]

Clowns pocket

 

[spanishman]

A gimmie.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Good scoop

 

[Youngie]

Tramps Hat

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Poignée or to me and you, a handfull.

 

[chickenrunner]

Working on a rolling mill main drive with a colleague:

Him - "'ave a look at the bacon snaffler..............."
Me - "bacon snaffler!??!..........."
Him - "yeah, the ammeter"

 

[Osboro]

“In a minute” an indefinite period of time
not to be confused with
” Ill think about it” meaning , never.

 

[Osboro]

My favourite , regarding height, is miniscus, the height a liquid can stand above the edge of a cup or glass before dribbling. Ideal when using terms like “ he has a certain height to his intelligence”…..

 

[Smoggle]

Can of coke with a kittens head.

 

[SmallTown]

As wet as an otters pocket.