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26-03-2023, 12:08 PM
Was on BBC1HD 10AM Politics London.
For Chinese Students
An Artist was on
he takes them around the East End
He was angry at the London Mayor
who ignores it.
["Apples and pears" (stairs)
To the Cockney, the phrase "steps and stairs" describes the idea of gradation. Every good costermonger has skill in displaying the front of his stall. The selected samples of fruit and vegetables are expertly graded in "steps and stairs". Apples and pears, when in season, are common on each barrow and, when polished, create an arresting display.
"Army and navy" (gravy)
As gravy was plentiful at mealtimes in both services.
"Basin of gravy" (baby)
Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.
"Bees and honey" (money)
As bees are the epitome of work, work produces money, the possession of which is sweet.
"Borrow and beg" (egg)
A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period.
"Bottle and stopper" (copper)
Policeman. There are a possible pair of inferences: to bottle meaning to enclose and a stopper meaning one who holds another back from a course of action.
"Box of toys" (noise)
As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made.
"Can't keep still" (treadmill)
Since people sentenced to that 19th century punishment could not keep still for a second.
"Clever mike" (bike)
Influenced by the extreme displays that adolescents are inclined to perform on a bicycle, especially when showing off.
"Coals and coke" (broke)
Since both coal and coke used to be supplied in large blocks that had to be broken down before their use.
"Coat and badge" (cadge)
Sometimes known as "Doggett's" as watermen who possessed the Doggett Coat and Badge could charge higher fares than those without.
"Collar and cuff" (puff)
An effeminate man, suggestive either by their neatness of dress, or by "powder puff".
"Cop a flower pot" (cop it hot)
To get into serious trouble. Suggested by the effect of a flower pot dropped from a window above on to someone below.
"Crowded space" (suitcase)
Which was often stolen during packed railway stations in the holiday season.
"Cut and carried" (married)
Applying only to the wife who is cut off from the parental support and carried (provided for) by her husband.
"Cuts and scratches" (matches)]
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang
For Chinese Students
An Artist was on
he takes them around the East End
He was angry at the London Mayor
who ignores it.
["Apples and pears" (stairs)
To the Cockney, the phrase "steps and stairs" describes the idea of gradation. Every good costermonger has skill in displaying the front of his stall. The selected samples of fruit and vegetables are expertly graded in "steps and stairs". Apples and pears, when in season, are common on each barrow and, when polished, create an arresting display.
"Army and navy" (gravy)
As gravy was plentiful at mealtimes in both services.
"Basin of gravy" (baby)
Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.
"Bees and honey" (money)
As bees are the epitome of work, work produces money, the possession of which is sweet.
"Borrow and beg" (egg)
A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period.
"Bottle and stopper" (copper)
Policeman. There are a possible pair of inferences: to bottle meaning to enclose and a stopper meaning one who holds another back from a course of action.
"Box of toys" (noise)
As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made.
"Can't keep still" (treadmill)
Since people sentenced to that 19th century punishment could not keep still for a second.
"Clever mike" (bike)
Influenced by the extreme displays that adolescents are inclined to perform on a bicycle, especially when showing off.
"Coals and coke" (broke)
Since both coal and coke used to be supplied in large blocks that had to be broken down before their use.
"Coat and badge" (cadge)
Sometimes known as "Doggett's" as watermen who possessed the Doggett Coat and Badge could charge higher fares than those without.
"Collar and cuff" (puff)
An effeminate man, suggestive either by their neatness of dress, or by "powder puff".
"Cop a flower pot" (cop it hot)
To get into serious trouble. Suggested by the effect of a flower pot dropped from a window above on to someone below.
"Crowded space" (suitcase)
Which was often stolen during packed railway stations in the holiday season.
"Cut and carried" (married)
Applying only to the wife who is cut off from the parental support and carried (provided for) by her husband.
"Cuts and scratches" (matches)]
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang