5 fun phrases to delight your native friends.

Let’s end the week on a lighter note! Here are some of my fave. (= favourite) phrases, which I regularly use and hear.

1. ‘the nitty-gritty’ “Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty.”
2. ‘Higgledy-piggeldy’ “The storeroom is all higgledy-piggeldy at the moment, we are seriously going to have to sort it out”.
3. ‘Tickety-boo’. “How are you doing”? “Tickety-boo, thank you, and you?”
4. ‘Swings & roundabouts’. “Whichever way we do it, it’s swings and roundabouts.”
5. ‘Tata!’ “See you later”, ”Aye, tata!”

on a lighter note (um zu etw Erfreulicherem übergehen), the nitty gritty (das Wesentliche), “Let’s get down to the nitty gritty” (Kommen wir zur Sache), higgledy-piggeldy (drunter & drüber), tickety-boo (in bester Ordnung), swings & roundabouts (Es ist gehupft wie gesprungen), tata (Tschüss), Aye (Scotland/Northern England) (Ja)