Royal University of Phnom Penh Core English 302

Institute of Foreign Languages Lecturer: TNG

Department of English Academic Year: 2019-2020

Unit 9: The Sound of Music

Name: Lay Mingthean

Class: M3.5

Cockney rhyming slang

Let’s watch Mind Your Language, Episode 4 (All Through the Night)

What are the meanings of these cockney rhyming slang words/phrases?

1. Mutt and Jeff Deaf

2. Plates of meat Feet
3. Uncle Ned Head
4. Bull and cow Row
5. Trouble and strife Wife
6. Dustbin lid Kid
7. Frog and toad Road
8. Rub-a-dub Pub
9. China plate Mate
10. Uncle Dick Sick
11. Jack the Dandy Brandy
12. Vera Lynn Gin
13. Brahms and Liszt Pissed (drunk)
14. Dicky dirt Shirt
15. Daisy roots Boots
16. Apple and pears Stairs
17. Mince pies Eyes

Mind Your Language is a British comedy television series which premiered on ITV in late
1977. Produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stuart Allen, the show is set in
an adult education college in London and focuses on the English as a Foreign Language class
taught by Mr. Jeremy Brown, portrayed by Barry Evans, who had to deal with a motley crew of
foreign students. Three series were made by LWT between 1977 and 1981, and the show was
briefly revived in 1986 with six of the original cast.

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Here are some more cockney rhyming slang words/phrases. Try to figure out their
meanings. The first letter is already given.

1. Adam and Eve Believe

2. Army and Navy Gravy
3. Bacon and eggs Legs
4. Baked bean Queen
5. Ball and chalk Walk
6. Barnet fair Hair
7. Bees and honey Money
8. Boat race Face
9. Bob hope Soap
10. Bread and cheese Sneeze
11. Brown bread Dead
12. Cock and hen Ten
13. Dog and bone Phone
14. Donkey’s ears Years
15. Elephant’s trunk Drunk
16. Fireman’s hose Nose
17. Jam-jar Car
18. Jack Jones Alone
19. Laugh n a joke Smoke
20. Loop the loop Soup
21. North and south Mouth
22. Oxford scholar Dollar
23. Pig’s ear Beer
24. Potatoes in the mold Cold
25. Roast pork Fork
26. Rosie Lee Tea
27. Skin and blister Sister
28. Tom and dick Stick
29. Uncle Ted BEd
30. Whistle and flute Suit

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