British English idioms or sayings for surprise

[5jj]

What the dickens!

Indeed. Thanks for that; it reminded me that what the f... should have been on my last post.

[Tdol]

Crikey- you've got a bit of a north and south, Fivejedjon.

[5jj]

Crikey- you've got a bit of a north and south, Fivejedjon.

F... off, Tdol (uttered with a jocular, slightly dismissive intonation).

[Tdol]

Strewth

[5jj]

Well I'll go to the back of our stairs.

Dated northern English expression

[Barb_D]

(Excuse me, what does the "north and south" comment mean?)

[5jj]

(Excuse me, what does the "north and south" comment mean?)

Cockney rhyming slang. Mouth

When Tdol accuses me of having a bit of a mouth, he is suggesting that I have a rich and colourful range of expressions, including some that might not appeal to the faint-hearted.

True cockney rhyming slang changes constantly – so that the uninitiated do not know what is being talked about. However, some expressions have become part of the informal language of some BrE speakers. I cannot say whether true cockneys still use these. Examples include:

titfer – hat (tit for tat)
plates – feet (plates of meat)
skin and blister – sister
trouble and strife - wife

I've just found this:What is Cockney rhyming slang?

[timtak]

I don't know which are also US English.

Rude ones in white. Select to view.

Shiver my (me) timbers, flipping eck, flip, friken'/freaking 'eck, cor blimey, don't that just take the biscuit (or other references to the taking of biscuits for bad surprises), you've got to be joking/kidding (me), no shit, I'm flabbergasted/gobsmacked, bollocks!, strike me down, gosh, golly, well I'll be damned, seriously?, you jest, cobblers!, bugger me, sod me.

[yousef4english]

thanks for you all

[birdeen's call]

I don't know which are also US English.

I don't know about the others but you won't hear "bollocks" in the US. I think it simply doesn't exist there.