The Sydney Morning Herald today provided a small glossary of Aussie slang. Of those, I’ve really only ever heard “like a shag on a rock”, “flat out like a lizard drinking”, and “put the hard word on” before.
The Sydney Morning Herald today provided a small glossary of Aussie slang. Of those, I’ve really only ever heard “like a shag on a rock”, “flat out like a lizard drinking”, and “put the hard word on” before.
Claire
January 30, 2004 — 6:06 pm
Bah! All these Aussie slang lists read like conversation in a remote outback town in 1913. I think it’s all a bit romanticised. Though I must admit I use the ‘Arthur or Martha’ one a fair bit 🙂