People visiting Scotland can often find it a little difficult to understand the various strong accents they'll find and the unique sayings everyone uses.
Scots and Doric, Glaswegian sayings and Edinburgh expressions, all across the country it can make it difficult to keep up.
Scots love language and wordplay, and if you really want to have the most fun possible you'll want to join in.
To help you get started here are just some of our favourite Scottish sayings and classic expressions.
Whether it be telling a joke, offering a toast or giving out a wee bit of advice, it won't be long before you fit right in – just please don't try to mimic the accent.
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• Aye Right - Translation: Yeah, right. A phrase used when you don't believe something that you are told.
• Yer aff yer heid – Translation: You’re off your head – a little bit daft.
• Pure dead brilliant – Translation: Really good.
• Whit’s fur ye’ll no go past ye - Translation: Whatever is meant to happen to you, will happen to you. Whatever will be, will be.
• Don’t be a wee clipe - Translation: Don’t be a little tell-tale.
• Awa' an bile yer heid - Translation: In English is "Away and boil your head". Means Get lost.
• Haud yer wheesht - Translation: Be quiet.
• Hou's it gaun? - Translation: How are you doing?
• Yer a chancer -Translation: You're pushing your luck.
• Beggars cannae be choosers - Translation: If you ask for something you should not question what you are given.
• Taps aff - Translation: T-shirts off. To remove one's shirt due to the slightest hint of sunshine. And we mean literally the slightest hint.
• Geein me the boak - Translation: That makes me feel sick.
• Ye goan to the dancin'? - Translation: Are you going to the nightclub?
• Yer gettin' skelped - Translation: You're going to get slapped.
• Yer bum’s oot the windae/Yer arse is parsley – Translation: You’re talking rubbish.
• I'm goin tae the pictures - Translation: I'm going to the cinema.
• Yer at it - Translation: You're talking nonsense/Your'e acting like an idiot.
• Ah dinnae ken - Translation: I don't know.
• She's a bonnie lass - Translation: She's a beautiful girl.
• Mad wae it - Translation: Being very drunk.
• Yer clatty/Yer mingin' - Translation: You're dirty/disgusting.
• Ma heid’s mince – Translation: My head’s mixed up.
• Yer oot yer face – Translation: You’re very drunk.
• No ah umnae – Translation: No I'm not.
• Noo jist haud on! – Translation: Now just hold it, slow down, take your time.
• It wis hoachin' - Translation: It was busy.
• Dinna fash yersel – A Doric expression that means don’t trouble yourself.
• Speak o’ the Devil - Translation: Used when you have been talking about someone and they appear.
• Up to high doh - Translation: All worked up/all riled up.
•You're on a shoogly peg – Translation: A Scots term meaning you're on your last warning (shaky peg).
•Mony a mickle maks a muckle – Translation: This famous expression translates as "lots of little amounts make a much larger one".
•Fair trauchled – Translation: A Doric phrase for exhaustion.
•It's blowin' a hoolie ootside! – Translation: This means it's very windy outside.
• They are theHeid-bummer/High Heid Yin – Translation: you might here Scots refer to their boss as this.
• G ie’s a bosie – Translation: A Doric expression which translates as "give us a hug".
• Coorie in – Translation: Snuggle up
• That's Barry – Translation: No, you aren't referring to a person called Barry, in Edinburgh you're saying something is good.
• Heid straight through at that Circle – Translation: If you're in Dundee, and someone mentions a Circle they are usually referring to a roundabout.
•Gie it laldy – Translation: Give it a bit of gusto
• It’s fair dreich ootside! – Translation: The weather is 'minging' (basically wet and cold)
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