Idioms

1. Taking the piss
Taking the Mickey
Extracting the Michael
All these (and more) mean teasing you, ribbing you, joshing with you

2. Winding you up means deliberately goading you into a reaction

3. Throwing your toys out of the pram
Spitting out your dummy
These mean behaving childishly

4. WUM means Wind Up Merchant (see2)

Anyone care to add to the list of idioms we use on here?


Here's some more for those who are confused!


http://www.ef.co.uk/english-resources/english-idioms/

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Bugger Me!........Confusion....A term I seem to be using more often the older I get Ruthio....

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What about.. 'You havin a laugh'? Or does that come under a different category?!!

I could never utter the words.. Taking the pea eye double ess!!

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An invitation to disaster?

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Shove a sock in it ... be quiet.

Give it a rest ... meaning stop droning on and rehashing the same argument.

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It's PISS woman, PISS!!!

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I was going to say .. unsafe to say if you're young, fit and sexy.

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But particularly hard to say for someone with a lisp who's only ordering a pizza.

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You disgust me! Wash your mouth out!!

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You sound like Malcolm!!!
I belong in the real world, get real!!