From the October 11, 2020, Chicago Tribune "A trip to Britain comes with linguistic surprises" by Rick Steves.
Okay, go ahead and have a "chin-wag" with the English.
Oscar Wilde once said that the English "have really everything in common with America nowadays -- except, of course, language."
There are many British expressions which might not be clearly evident as to what they are talking about to us Americans.
Okay, "chin-wag" means to have a chat.
Rick Steves remembers once checking into a small-town B&B as a teenager and having the landlady ask him: "And what time would you like to be knocked up in the morning?" Her husband then added, "Would a fry at half-eight be suitable?"
Confusing? especially about getting knocked up and then a fry? Hunh??
The next morning he got a knock on the door at 8 a.m. and a huge British breakfast a half hour later.
--RoadShagger
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