Cockney Rhyming English: English Vocabulary List

(Cockney rhyming slang) to believe something

"I don't Adam and Eve."

"You'll never Adam and Eve his wild stories about winning the lottery."

a staircase; a set of steps for going from one floor to another

"Go up the apples and pears."

"Be careful on the apples and pears, they are quite steep."

(Cockney rhyming slang) hair on the head; a person's hairstyle

"He likes your barnet."

"His barnet was looking shaggy so he booked an appointment at the barber shop."

(Cockney rhyming slang) trouble; a problematic situation or difficulty

"This is Barney Rubble."

"We've got ourselves into a bit of Barney Rubble with this unexpected bill."

(Cockney rhyming slang) cash or currency

"He needs to give me the bees and honey."

"I need to earn some bees and honey before I can afford a new car."

(Cockney rhyming slang) the face

"He punched my boat race."

"She wiped the sweat from her boat race after the intense workout."

(Cockney rhyming slang) having little or no money

"I am boracic now."

"After paying all his debts, he found himself completely boracic for the rest of the month."

(Cockney rhyming slang) a look or glance

"Give it a butcher's."

"Take a quick butcher's at this interesting article before we leave."

(Cockney rhyming slang) something that is untrue, silly, or ridiculous

"That story is cobblers."

"He tried to convince us his alibi was true, but it was all just cobblers."

(Cockney rhyming slang) exhausted or extremely tired

"I am cream crackered."

"After hiking for eight hours straight, I was absolutely cream crackered."

(Cockney rhyming slang) a telephone or phone

"Call me on dog and bone."

"Please use the dog and bone to contact me if there are any urgent issues."

(Cockney rhyming slang) intoxicated from alcohol

"He is elephant's trunk."

"After a few too many drinks at the party, he was completely elephant's trunk."

(Cockney rhyming slang) a road or street

"We live on frog and toad."

"The delivery driver got lost and couldn't find the correct frog and toad."

(Cockney rhyming slang) to go wrong or badly

"Everything started to go Pete Tong after that."

"Everything went Pete Tong when the computer crashed and we lost all our work."

(Cockney rhyming slang) neck; the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders

"His Gregory Peck hurt."

"He checked his Gregory Peck which was rhyming slang for neck before going on stage."

(Cockney rhyming slang) to steal or pinch something

"Someone tried to half-inch my bag."

"The police caught the teenager trying to half-inch a phone from the store shelf when the security alarm started going off."

(Cockney rhyming slang) teeth

"Show your Hampstead Heath."

"The dentist asked the patient to open wide and show their Hampstead Heath."

(Cockney rhyming slang) extremely hungry; starving

"I am Hank Marvin."

"She was Hank Marvin after skipping lunch so she ordered a large pizza for dinner."

(Cockney rhyming slang) by oneself, without company

"He went to the party on his Jack Jones."

"He moved to London and lived on his Jack Jones for two years before making any friends."

(Cockney rhyming slang) a car; an automobile

"He drove a jam jar."

"She drove her old jam jar which was rhyming slang for car to the supermarket every Saturday."

(Cockney rhyming slang) the head, or by extension, the brain

"Use your loaf."

"You need to use your loaf and think logically about this problem."

(Cockney rhyming slang) wife; a man's spouse

"He met his trouble."

"He went home to his trouble and strife using the Cockney rhyming slang for wife."

(Cockney rhyming slang) no longer alive

"The old man is brown bread."

"The news spread quickly that the notorious gangster was finally brown bread."

(Cockney rhyming slang) a problematic situation or difficulty

"This is a bubble."

"We've landed ourselves in a bit of a bubble with this unexpected financial crisis."

(Cockney rhyming slang) an eye, mostly used in the plural

"I have two mince pies."

"He rubbed his sore mince pies after a long night of studying."