Top 10 BRITISH INSULTS | RUDE, CREATIVE and VERY FUNNY!

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Learn the top 10 most creative British insults in this brand new English lesson. I teach you some very funny insults that British people use on each other. Enjoy!
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@FoxFighter-HellBringer Год назад

One Gordon Ramsay would use sometimes was calling people a muppet. I love it. 😂

@gianlucac.8944 4 года назад

In Italy sometimes you hear: "He is out as a balcony" meaning out of his mind

@webrambler88 4 года назад

Fuori come un balcone😁... I learnt that from a nice song by Povia (by the way why is the title Immigrazia and not Immigrazione??)

@arjaygee 4 года назад

Great expression!

@vittosphonecollection4134 4 года назад

Mai sentito giuro

@amiraali412 4 года назад

Love this

@donnar4261 2 года назад

We say in Spain "he's like a goat". Imagine it, goats jump randomly and their face is like...out of their mind

@williamfarr8807 Год назад

Growing up in Texas back the 1970s, a friend of mine use to say vitiations of "He's just got one oar (or paddle) in the water" or "That guy doesn't have both his oars in the water". Another common one is "He's not playing with a full deck".

@TheAtreyeeShill 3 года назад

"... Now please go out and insult" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rbarnett3200 3 года назад

"You look like an accident in an abattoir" is perhaps my favourite insult I've heard. The other great one was "I got a birth certificate, your parents got an apology slip from Durex". The more creative the insult, the more heroic you are as a person. Be creative people, you'll win friends

@shadowysea 3 года назад

"When you were born the doctor slapped your mother" (as opposed to slapping the baby to make it cry/intake breath)

@steelpanther9568 Год назад

Or you can always use “you look like you’ve fallen from an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down”, Or “I was going to take the Micky out of you, but it looks like Mother-nature beaten me to it”, 🇬🇧😎👍🏼

@edgaraquino2324 Год назад

At R Barnett - the Durex is a good one!😂thanks!

@edgaraquino2324 Год назад

@@shadowysea good one, very funny! 😊

@Admirable_Tomorrow Год назад

I usually hear "a few fries short of a Happy Meal" in place of the "two sandwiches" phrase. Thank you for this video!

@empoweredlips Год назад

Another one is, "They're not playing with a full deck [of cards]," and "her cheese done slid off her cracker."

@azzlingtonmcazzle9544 Год назад

British here - growing up, heard "face like a slapped arse" to say something looked pissed off more often than ugly, but it works either way 😂

@talscorner3696 2 года назад

Our equivalent of "Mad as a box of frogs" is "crazy as a horse", at least in my neck of Italy

@christopherwharton6022 8 месяцев назад

In America we say “bat sh-t crazy.”

@mamymimma 4 года назад

I fell in love with "the bulldog chewing a wasp" 😄

@iwonakuzminska8709 4 года назад

#me too

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@fastwalker2163 4 года назад

me too :)

@shadowysea 3 года назад

The version I'm more familiar with is 'A bulldog licking piss off of a thistle'

@bartonbrevis3831 Год назад

Mmm ... spicy sky raisins!

@arjaygee 4 года назад

American equivalent of "two sandwiches short of a picnic" : two bricks shy of a load. "Not the sharpest tool in the shed" is used in the US, as is "not the brightest crayon in the box."

@Stinger913 4 года назад

Never heard of the bricks one. I thought of “he lost his marbles”.

@darlahays2471 4 года назад

A few fries short of a Happy Meal is one I have heard

@tjstraw1 2 года назад

A couple cans short of a six-pack as well.

@ellynmacgregor8210 2 года назад

My favorite (which I heard in a Disney TV cartoon) is "A couple of tacos short of a combination plate."

@DxModel219 2 года назад

yah but American insults are not funny ....

@gwillis01 Год назад

As an American, I would rather say. "You're so chicken!!" to a cowardly man. A chicken is a symbol of timidity in America

@stephenswistchew7720 11 месяцев назад

You have a lot of timid fat people that need two trips over the thresh hold to get into the house 😂😂😂😂😂 she likes chicken so much people go to colonel sanders to lick her fingers 😂😂😂😂😂we were so poor my mum used to take us to popeyes just to lick the steam of the windows 😂😂😂😂😂 add your own to the list

@kmsmail489 Год назад

Here in the US the saying 'he is a few cards short of a full deck' is a phrase that means the same thing as the 2 sandwhichs short of a picnic .

@MsGbergh Год назад

That makes more sense, as there is no 'correct' number of sandwiches for a picnic. You need a full deck of cards to play most games though.

@StewyAdamRules 2 года назад

You could say someone is a few blanks short of a blank and put almost any combination of words in there, it’s quite a versatile phrase.

@pierre9694 4 года назад

3:36 In Belgium, we say "Il n'a pas toutes ses frites dans le même paquet" meaning "He doesn't have all his chips (fries) in the same bag."

@sarahsmiths550 4 года назад

HSDev Lol 😂

@johnphelps7519 Год назад

Also "A few chips short of a full bag" in the U.S.

@goldenretriever6261 Год назад

How about in Flemish?

@MeMe-dy9hy Год назад

@@goldenretriever6261 in northeast england we say daft as a brush.

@miadodson1938 Год назад

I lived in the South of England and never heard that one about the "Northern Monkies, Southern Softies" But I wasn't allowed to be around people who used that sorts of slangs, because my mother was and still is a huge snob. People called the area we lived in "Nob's Hill". I learned a lot of slangs after I left school and moved away from Wiltshire, like "two bobs short of a quid", "Light are on but nobody is home" "Dressd up like a Christmas tree", and loads more.

@YasamanJoaquin 4 года назад

Haha, you Brits are really hilarious 😂😂 Very creative insults 👌👌

@ismneek Год назад

You need to see the roadman insults, and here is an example you melt

@emiliecouillard8917 4 года назад

About "crazy as a box of frogs", I thought about what I would say in French ( Canadian French from the province of Quebec). And we have an expression that says :" Fou comme un balai" which translates to "crazy as a broom".

@acedragon1456 4 года назад

A sciencey version of "2 sandwiches short of a picnic" would be "a neuron short a synapse"

@bigtone1348 Год назад

My favourite has always been 'the lights are on, the door is open, but nobody's home'

@immasuredamoya 4 года назад

Two sandwiches short of a picnic in Spanish is: "le falta un hervor" which means she/he lacks of a bit of boiling i.e. that person "is not completely done (boiled)". Pretty similar in concept, 'cause it also means the person felt short in something and this something is also related with food ;)

@raymondgarafano8604 2 года назад

Frankly I love the british, used to watch all the British comedy on public t.v. Say hi To Rumpole!

@palavraescritanarede 4 года назад

In Brazilian Portuguese there's a mean expression to say someone is ugly : " He, she, the baby, the boy,, the girl, your girlfriend, your mother, that woman, etc... ( You specify the person ) IS INSIDE OUT! ..."Ele, ela ( etc) está pelo avesso".

@lisalaurel1352 4 года назад

Two sandwiches short of a picnic in German: nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben (lit.: 'to not have all cups in the cupboard')

@birgith4127 3 года назад

Yes, I was thinking of the same!

@bittorrentsdownload 3 года назад

The German expression is also very popular but if you straighten things out, then you can bring everything together under a hat (Alles unter einen Hut bringen) :)

@rociomartinez4641 3 года назад

In Spanish is: le falta un tornillo (he's missing a screw)

@nordveld Год назад

@@rociomartinez4641 In German: "Bei dem ist eine Schraube locker" - he has a screw loose 😁

@Fitness178to 4 года назад

German (meaning: crazy) "He hasn't got all cups in the cupboard."

@MrAndrii11 4 года назад

a year ago Lucy made a video on the same topic and she used the idiom in a slightly different way "to be ONE sandwich short of a picnic" plus she explained this idiom with the word "stupid" not "crazy", I think it's important to mention everything in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels they used "southern fairies"

@estherkim6895 4 года назад

The “two sandwiches short of a picnic” would be understood here in the US. We have a lot of similar sayings and some people get quite creative with them but it’s always understood due to context.

@anneott7796 Год назад

Yep. Also "a couple bricks short of a load."

@chrisgood525 Год назад

I’ve heard “A taco short of a combo plate”, but it seems derivative to me. But what do I know, I may not be playing with a full deck.

@g8ymw Год назад

Another British version is "One can short of a six pack

@say_hello_sarah9792 Год назад

I've heard a few fries short of a happy meal

@g8ymw Год назад

@@say_hello_sarah9792 I think that may be American. I heard Colonel Jack O'Neill come out with this on Stargate SG-1 when he and Tealc were stuck in a time loop

@Batmanstabbingadog Год назад

2:49 “Now I know I’m insulting you but I don’t wanna be rude to women”

@mikaylaedelstein1115 4 года назад

"Now please, go on and insult" I loved that! Haha, thank you for the great lesson, I'm always looking for insults with no swear words (I don't want to say these), they are the best!

@Eeyesablous 4 года назад

In Poland when someone isn't quite sane then it is said that someone has an uneven ceiling :)

@analauracoloccini290 4 года назад

In Argentina instead of "two sandwiches short of a picnic" we say "he's missing a couple of players" (as in a football team)

@spriggansiedeutsch6817 4 года назад

I quite enjoyed “Mean Tom.” 😄

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

Hehe do you think I should bring him back?

@spriggansiedeutsch6817 4 года назад

Eat Sleep Dream English Absolutely!

@lazser47 4 года назад

Eat Sleep Dream English oh yes! Please do! It was such a fresh and funny take on learning the Brit culture. Also, quite apt to this video.

@prosto-inna 4 года назад

Amazing video! That's the part of language you always struggle with the most, isn't it? These are not just idioms, these are slang-idioms! Crazy! Thanks a lot Tom!

@lindadeters8685 Год назад

It’s always fun to learn new idioms. Thanks.

@ED-es2qv 3 года назад

I like “he’s not the sharpest crayon in the box, but one of the most colorful.”

@shaunleonard3878 4 года назад

This was as interesting as watching paint dry. 😆

@NellaMars 4 года назад

My favourite insult to say in german, if someone is stupid, is: " Er ist nicht der saftigste Apfel am Baum" ~ He's not the juiciest apple on the tree

@daniipieper2486 4 года назад

Jaaaaaaaa!!!

@leandra4268 4 года назад

Never heard of it.. 😅 It'd say "not the lightest lightbulb"

@micheleprofeta7614 Год назад

“You’re not the brightest crayon in the box”. “You’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer.” “The elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top.” “You’re not the brightest bulb on the tree. (Christmas tree)”

@randorific333 4 года назад

Thanks for these. "Dead from the neck up" had me LOLing!

@petarnovakovich240 Год назад

We also use "needs a check up from the neck up"

@jasonwoodruff6931 4 года назад

He/she is a few fries short of a happy meal

@noeljohnson6867 4 года назад

My favorites here in Montana, Not the brightest crayon in the box, His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top, and she's one cat short (as in one cat short of being crazy).

@emiliecouillard8917 4 года назад

Hahahah ! I love the cat one 😂

@RaymondRead-gu3kv Год назад

In South Africa we talk in Afrikaans saying “sy varkies is nie almal tuis nie!” which means in English, he does not have all his little pigs at home. Another one is , “ the lights are on but nobody is at home!”

@frozenbreeze 4 года назад

I just gotta comment about no. 7 it's so hilarious! I'm Chilean and here we have two phrases that I think are priceless! One of them is "Se le arrancaron los duendes para el bosque", which literally means "Their goblins escaped in direction to the woods", and the second one is "Le faltan palos para el puente" which means "To be short on sticks to finish building the bridge". I swear I'm cackling already Hahaha.

@clivegchesterman Год назад

I like "a most unfortunate face only a mother could love" 🤣

@stanlivengood9500 Год назад

Two bricks shy of a load A few fries short of a Happy Meal His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top The light is on but nobody's home

@Alex-oz2cv 4 года назад

I love it!! My favourite video so far! 😂 so funny and useful! Love u Tom!

@nicolaemihai8871 4 года назад

2 sandwiches short of a picnic in romanian:"A nu avea toate tiglele pe casa" ( have not got all the tiles on the house)

@kmsmail489 Год назад

Here in US we use 'The lights are on but nobody is home' means the same thing as your dead from the neck up.

@rmason1357 Год назад

If you say “His cheese slipped off the Cracker” means he’s gone nuts or crazy. There’s also being “dumb as a box of rocks.” We also say “not the sharpest tool in the shed.”

@itsdamoko 4 года назад

One of David Cameron's legacies: You don't need it to be Christmas to know you're sitting next to a turkey!

@alicerossi_ap 4 года назад

😃 👍 I like this one! It's elegantly offensive, the kind of insult I prefer (when I'm not out of anger 😀)

@heelasediqi3340 4 года назад

In Afghanistan people call a mad person "the Jackal " and they say , he had just runaway from mental hospital, or may they say ," can I show u direction right to the mental hospital? "

@queennadya6741 4 года назад

Next, TOP 10 BEAUTIFUL IDIOMS, please? 😊

@MBSRbushcraft 4 года назад

“two sandwiches short of a picnic” would be in Dutch: "Een steekje (een paar steekjes) los hebben": "Having a loose stitch (or: a few loose stictches". We also say: "Niet alle vijf op een rij hebben": "Not having all five on a row".

@dianapohe 4 года назад

In Italian, for number 7 we would say that a person is a few Fridays short 😂

@puteriaisyah9197 Год назад

😂😂😂

@MyLittleEnglishPage 4 года назад

OMG number 9 is brilliant!! I had never heard of that one before, thanks for sharing Tom ;)

@barbwire3507 Год назад

In America we have different accents depending on what state or area you grew up in. There’s Boston, Philly, Texas, Southern, New York, New Englander, Chicago, Minnesota and California accents that all are uniquely different.

@maryrichardson1318 10 месяцев назад

for the sandwiches one, we often say "Two tacos short of a combination platter", or "one brick shy of a full load". If someone is dumb we say "not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, or not the sharpest knife in the drawer". If someone thinks they are "all that" or is full of themselves, we say "well, isn't he just the cutest trick in the magic show?".

@gianlucac.8944 4 года назад

Man, this is awesome! Mean Tom rules! More please

@maryconner71 Год назад

The lights are on, but nobody’s home-out of it, unaware or not very bright

@carolynnmathisen8754 Год назад

Had me howling 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@myriamguns2162 Год назад

The 'armpit' one reminded me of how my American husband was always offended when I used that word and corrected me: 'not armpit but underarm'. I stubbornly maintained that 'armpit' was the correct term while 'underarm' refers to the 'forearm'. What do you think?

@linnaeusshecut3959 Год назад

I've alway heard it as armpit. "Underarm" is more genteel. Consider: underarm deodorant vs. armpit deodorant.

@myriamguns2162 Год назад

@@linnaeusshecut3959 I see your point. But deodorant is usually for the armpits/ underarms so no need to specify really. I'm glad you agree on 'armpits' as an appropriate term. 😊

@truthmatters-jt5up Год назад

"Gone 'round the bend" means lost touch, lost it, a bit crazy. It used to be very common, but I don't think younger ppl know it so much. More intense is-- Mad as a hatter, Looney Tunes, bats in the belfy -- crazy. Also older phrases.

@melissaj1965 Год назад

I use "not an oil painting" all the time. Also "he's no Greek god". "Slice short of a loaf". There are a few different ones here in Australia.

@gwillis01 Год назад

If I wanted to say someone was crazy and did not appear to have all the usual thinking skills, I as an American could theoretically say [ He's ( or She's ) not playing with a full deck ] Deck as in deck of cards. He's not playing with a full deck means he does not appear to have all the usual thinking skills

@maryannlyons5695 4 года назад

So funny! Can’t wait for the book release

@myworld-sp3xr 4 года назад

Now please go out and insult😂😂😂 I like this one 😂

@rebeccasimantov5476 4 года назад

I remember many years ago seeing a movie called "Hockey Night" and the main actor famously said: "Welcome to the armpit of North America"...referring to a little hick town in Canada...

@jaime-johnhughes9088 4 года назад

Gotta face like a slapped arse, new favourite!

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

LOLS! That is a funny one huh!

@asiatasanova4127 4 года назад

Two sandwiches short of a picnic, one of my favourites from now on)) There are lots of expressions meaning 'crazy' in Russian, some of them are mentioned in the comments below. I thought of this one - без царя в голове, which literally means (there's) no tsar in their head

@gwillis01 Год назад

I would rather say "He's got a screw loose". for "he's crazy "

@elisamastromarino7123 4 года назад

I like "big girl's blouse".😄 We say, "you Nancy boy!" And "bulldogs face chewing a wasp" just made it to the USA. Thanks Tom! 🤣😂😄😅

@AustinTheWeenieTickler 2 года назад

My list of insults: -Matress -Melt -Spherical fucker -Gruntarse -Wheel -Chopped Grapefruit -Cubed Car

@bunyanschild 2 месяца назад

Not playing with a full deck = a couple sandwiches short of a picnic

@andrewvelonis5940 Год назад

In the US, "dull as dishwater" refers to a speech or lecture, not a person.

@andreanatsuminadeau5608 8 месяцев назад

For "not the sharpest tool in the box" a Quebec politician once used "Pas le pogo le plus degelé de la boite" meaning "Not the most unfrozen pogo (wich is a sort of corn dog we keep in the freezer until we're ready to heat and eat them) in the box" wich was hilarious. I always thought the sandwichs thing was link to calling someone a basket case wich also mean "crazy".

@gemmaazz Год назад

"NOT the brightest bulb in the chandelier."

@67angie 4 года назад

A very stupid or slow-thinking person can also be called: Someone who isn't the "full quid" or someone who is "one brick short of a load". These are funny expressions, too 😉

@joshuastclair7725 3 года назад

A penny short of a pound

@ChiMasterMedia 4 года назад

Woolwich is the armpit of London 🤣

@greybeardgamer2067 Год назад

I have heard "Two roller-coasters short of an amusement park", and I took it to mean "This person is no fun".

@baskervillebee6097 4 года назад

"On your bike!" When do you use this phrase? When someone annoys you? Sending someone away? "Dumb as a sack of wet mice."

@petarnovakovich240 Год назад

"on yer bike" is telling them to go away.

@baskervillebee6097 Год назад

@@petarnovakovich240 On an old episode of Chef, someone yelled it in French.

@brandonhughes179 Год назад

In the American South, for crazy/stupid we might say "an apple short of a bushel"

@Mjhank 4 года назад

Hahahahaha so mean, mate!!! You're the best boss! 🎉 😂😂😂😂

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

Hehe glad you enjoyed Mario 👍🏼

@Tony_Malini 4 года назад

Now I love your channel more 🤣🤣

@birgith4127 3 года назад

In German: Der/ Die hat nicht alle Latten am Zaun. (He or She hasn´t got all the slats on the fence.) means someone is crazy.

@katoukanga9488 4 года назад

Dumb as a box of rocks! In French it's con comme une manche à balai or dumb as a broomstick🤣🤣🤣

@webrambler88 4 года назад

Oui😂 !

@stevemack7110 Год назад

A few bricks shy of a full load. The lights are on but nobody's home.

@WhiteSpatula 4 года назад

I like to use insults (and compliments as well) in the «blank» as «blank» format. Dumb as a box of rocks. High as a giraffe on stilts. Cold as a witch’s tit in a brass bra. Sharp as a tack. Fit as a fiddle. Smooth as a baby’s backside. Hot as fish grease (“hot” here in the Louisiana sense meaning hot-tempered, angry, pissed, etc.). Hairy as Benny Hill’s palms. Busy as River Dancers on ice. Flat as a pirate’s dream (a sunken chest). The possibilities are as endless as plumbing. Cheers! -Phill, Las Vegas

@skmcc9252 3 года назад

In Australia I've heard the expression - "'He's got a roo loose in the top paddock'' which basically means you're mentally unstable. However, the irony of thinking that the British expression, "a big girl's blouse'' is now actually politically incorrect, makes you a bit of ''a big girl's blouse'' :0)

@browngirl9746 4 года назад

I'm from Singapore. I would say "Mad as a hatter" .... Could we see more of mean Tom? 😀

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

Hehe did you like mean Tom?

@browngirl9746 4 года назад

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish yes, he's an absolute riot 😂

@Drusille 4 года назад

In catalonia we say : he's short of one little summer ( Li falta un estiuet) to say he/she left his/her mom womb too soon and he's not the sharpest tool of the box. We also say he's short if one boiling (like veggies not cooked enough). We say someone is crazy as a goat ( estar com una cabra), and the worst place is the ass of the world (el cul del món)

@marianoscotti8899 2 года назад

Please, go out and insult !😄😄😄😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@Buffalo_Bills_1964 4 года назад

A couple of fry’s short of a Happy Meal...

@kranci90 3 года назад

For a crazy person we say: He was hit with a wet sock. He is missing a board in his head. The crow drank his mind.

@MsGbergh Год назад

Mad as a hatter has a sad origin. Where does the expression Mad Hatter come from? The phrase “mad as a hatter” actually comes from Mad Hatter disease, better known as mercury poisoning. In the 19th century, fur treated with mercury was used to make felt hats. Hatters were confined in small spaces and breathed toxic mercury fumes, resulting in “mad” or irrational behavior.

@JoColours 4 года назад

Nice one, Tom. For anyone who likes the '"Two sandwiches short of a picknick", go and listen to Queen's I'm going slightly mad. In the Netherlands it's 'Een klap van de molenwiek gekregen'. This means 'He got hit by a windmill sail'. :)

@dangolden7200 Год назад

How about, "As thick as two already quite thick planks, glued together with stupid glue.".

@almagjoka2333 2 года назад

Albania :you put my words in one ear and take the mm out from the other “meaning-never listen

@satuhakkinen2476 Год назад

In Finnish we discribe someone being crazy by saying that someone hasn't all the moomins in the valley.

@cobden28whittehnam7 9 месяцев назад

I'm from the north-east of England but have lived on the south coast for almost sixty years. Before I came down south to live we always used to refer to southerners as 'snobs' and whilst this isn't entirely true - it's more a social class thing rather than anything to do with where you're born- when you come across a snobbish southerner it's very hurtful to be on the receiving end.

@dinakarmampilly5601 4 года назад

Super awesome. ..teacher. ...👍👍👍

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

🕺🏼my pleasure mate

@andrewvelonis5940 Год назад

Years ago, I was playing a card game with some nieces and nephews. Everything came out wonky. So I stopped and looked through the cards. It turned out, we weren't playing with a full deck!