BRITISH HUMOUR

would be funny.” ~ Oxford English Dictionary on Sarcasm

Sarcasm -

a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.

It's rude. It is a put-down, and often unkind. BUT It can be a beautiful and impressive thing. If you're willing to move on from everyday sarcasm to something bigger and better, you will find it an art.

don't know what makes you so dumb but it really

works.

I like you. People say I've got no taste, but I like you.

I'm impressed, I've never met such a small mind inside such a big head before.

I don't think you are a fool, but what's my opinion compared to that of thousands of others.

Now we know why some animals eat their own children.

what is meant
The use of words to convey the opposite

of their literal meaning

A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea

Father: I don’t know, I’m still paying for it.
I am

becoming increasingly worried that there isn’t enough anxiety in my life.

I have this nagging fear that everyone is out to make me paranoid.

the same word or on the similar sense or sound

of different words.

She: You see, darling, this hat costs only twenty dollars. Good buy.
He: Yes, good bye, twenty dollars.

- Have you ever seen a man-eating tiger?
- No, but I have seen a man eating herring.

a man-eating tiger – тигр-людоед
a man eating herring – человек, который ест селёдку

a tree in front of your house.
- Oh, Johnny, don’t!

You know my father hates young men hanging about the house.

to hang – 1. повесить; to hang about - болтаться

When William joined the army, he disliked the phrase ‘fire at will’

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.

fire at will – одиночный огонь

get swapped. This happens accidentally in slips of the tongue

мои слёзы)

A lack of pies (A pack of lies)

Недостаток пирогов

(сплошная ложь)

Soap in your hole (Hope in your soul)

Мыло в твоей норе (надежда в твоей душе)

Plaster man (Master plan)

Штукатур (руководить планом)

you've come to the wrong place. You want the psychiatrist

next door"
"Yes, I know, but your light was on"

librarian gave her a book and she left.
The next

day the chicken walked into a library again and said: "Buk, buk, buk"
The librarian gave her three books and she left.
The next day the chicken walked into a library again and said: "Buk, buk, buk, buk, buk"
The librarian gave her five books and she left, but the librarian decided to follow her because she had never known of a chicken who was such an avid reader. She followed the chicken to her home and watched her give the books to a frog who was ill in bed. The frog said: " Redit, redit, redit, redit..."

Buk - ко-ко-ко; Redit – ква-ква-ква

them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his

eyes are glazed. The other man pulls out his phone and calls emergency services and gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator in a calm, soothing voice replies: “Take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the hunter says, “OK, now what?”

The world’s greatest joke