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167 days of foggy, foggy dew can't claim all the credit for beautiful
English
complexions ( Elizabeth Arden advertising slogan )
A Great Day For The
Irish
( Judy Garland song )
Abide with me ( hymn traditionally sung at the
English
football Cup Final )
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An
Irish
screwdriver
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As
Irish
as Paddy's pig
Be the best ( British Army advertising slogan )
Before you make up your mind, open it (
Irish
Independent advertising slogan )
Beyond Our Ken ( BBC comedy radio series )
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Beyond petroleum ( BP advertising slogan )
Brendan the Navigator ( Nickname of
Irish
monk Brendan )
British Bulldog ( Nickname of boxer Brian London )
British Steel, British mettle ( British Steel advertising slogan )
British racing green
Buy British
Charge of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Computer says no ( A catchphrase from Little
Britain
)
Desperate Dan ( a cowboy strongman character in the British comic The Dandy )
Don't you just love being in control? ( British Gas advertising slogan )
Fast Freddie ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff -
English
cricketer )
Fat Chav ( Nickname of
Irish
footballer Lee Boylan )
Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man
Field Marshall ( the highest rank in the British Army )
Fly the flag ( British Airways advertising slogan )
Forward with
Britain
( Daily Mirror advertising slogan )
Fred Flintstone ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff -
English
cricketer )
Go to work on an egg ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
God save the Queen
Happiness is egg shaped ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Hollywood North ( Nickname of Vancouver British Columbia )
Hongkong City ( Nickname of Richmond British Columbia )
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside ( British Music Hall song )
I am the only gay in the village ( A catchphrase from Little
Britain
)
I want that one ( A catchphrase from Little
Britain
)
I'm a laydee ( A catchphrase from Little
Britain
)
I'm backing
Britain
Intercity makes the going easy ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Irish
coffee
It's Smart to be Square ( British Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan )
It's good to talk ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Its for Yoo-hoo! ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Join the professionals ( British Army advertising slogan )
Keep a stiff upper lip
King of Spain ( Nickname of Ashley Giles -
English
cricketer )
Let the train take the strain ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Luck of the
Irish
Make someone happy with a phone call ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Mrs. Mop ( traditional
English
name for a cleaning woman )
No wonder the
English
have kept cool for 192 years ( Gordon's Gin advertising slogan )
Number 10 Downing Street ( address of the British Prime Minister )
Paddy Pantsdown ( Nickname of
English
politician Paddy Ashdown )
Pommy bashing ( Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the
English
)
Primal fear ( Neurosis therapy and British rock band )
Rubber johnny ( a British slang term for a condom )
Somebody somewhere wants a letter from you ( British Post Office advertising slogan )
The Beast of Bolsover ( Nickname of
English
politician Dennis Skinner )
The Boy David ( Nickname of
English
politician David Steel )
The British Museum ( tourist attraction in London England )
The British disease
The Brittas Empire ( BBC comedy television series )
The Chingford Strangler ( Nickname of
English
politician Norman Tebbit )
The
English
disease
The
English
summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm
The Garden County ( nickname of the
English
county of Hampshire )
The Garden of England ( Nickname of the
English
counties of Kent and Worcestershire )
The Gaza Strip ( Nickname of Surrey British Columbia )
The Only Way Is Essex ( British reality television series )
The Sash My Father Wore (
Irish
traditional song )
The
Scottish
play
The
Welsh
Wizard ( Nickname of David Lloyd George )
The
Welsh
Wizard ( Nickname of Ryan Giggs )
The best of British
The best of British luck
The empire on which the sun never sets
The glorious twelfth ( of August - the start of the British grouse shooting season )
The queen's
English
The sun never sets on the British Empire
The world's favourite airline ( British Airways advertising slogan )
This is the age of the train ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Typhoo puts the T in Britain, the T that stands for taste ( Typhoo Tea advertising slogan )
Was there a lion on your egg this morning? ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
We never forget you have a choice ( British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan )
We'll take good care of you ( British Airways advertising slogan )
We're getting there ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Welsh
on
When
Irish
eyes are smiling
Winter drawers on ( old British euphemistic joke )
Won't make a pom tiddly ( Swan Light advertising slogan )
Yeah but, no but ( A catchphrase from Little
Britain
)
Yeah, I know ( A catchphrase from Little
Britain
)
You can rely on the lion ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
You watch, we listen ( British Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan )