How to Rhyme Cockney Slang Like a Local

1. Barney rubble = Trouble

Example: “He’s only gone and got himself in a bit of barney rubble.”

2. Jam jar = Car

Example: “We’ll just take the jam jar.”

1. Boat race = Face

Example: “What’s up with your boat?”

2. Barnet fair = Hair

Example: “Nice barnet.”

3. Dog and bone = Phone

Example: “Just reach me on the old dog and bone.”

4. Bubble bath = Laugh

Example: “You’re having a bubble, mate.”

5. Apples and pears = Stairs

Example: “Up the apples and pears for bed.”

6. Brown Bread = Dead

Example: “He was brown bread by the time the old bill got there.” (Old Bill = Police / Cop)

7. Hank Marvin = Starving

Example: “Let’s eat now, I’m Hank Marvin!”

8. Trouble and Strife = Wife

Example: “Nah, I left the trouble and strife at home.”

9. Jimmy Riddle = Piddle (to urinate)

Example: “Just nipping for a Jimmy Riddle” or “Jimmy.”

10. Rub a dub = Pub

Example: “Meet you in the rub a dub.”

11. Frog and toad = Road

Example: “I’ll meet you down the frog and toad.”

12. Two and eight = State

Example: “Don’t get yourself in a two and eight.”

13. Tom dick = Sick

Example: “I’m feeling a bit Tom Dick.”

14. Adam and Eve it = Believe it

Example: “Can you blooming Adam and Eve it?”

15. Bob hope = soap

Example: “Smells like you need a bit of bob hope, mate”

16. Lady Godiver = Fiver (i.e five pounds / dollars / insert currency here)

Example: “It’s only a Lady Godiver — bargain”

17. Jack Jones = on your own

Example: “Look at you all on your Jack Jones” or “on your Jack.”

18. Ruby Murray = Curry

Example: “Meeting the boys for a pint and Ruby Murray.”

19. Butcher’s hook = Look

Example: “Let’s have a butchers, mate.”

20. Loaf of bread = Head

Example: “Why don’t you just use your loaf?”