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Just Tom. said:
My mother is English, but I’m pretty sure I have heard other Americans use that expression too. Maybe it is a regional thing here. Means to get along great, usually with someone you just met.
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We say it without thinking but its a bit daft.


Get Along Like A House On Fire​

Definition​

If you get along/on like a house on fire with someone, you quickly become friends and like each other.

Origin​

When a house is on fire, it burns quickly and vigorously. The phrase uses this metaphor to denote a quick establishment of a close friendship between two people.

One of the earliest uses of the phrase dates back to 1741 in the History of Frederick II by Thomas Carlyle.

Synonyms of the expression include:

- Get along famously.
- get on well.
- Be friendly.
- Be compatible.
 
Just Tom. said:
🤣🤣 you just can’t help it, can you - no Yank would say that, either..
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Sorry bud

But it is the English language and we are masters at it 😂 😂 😂

it can get harder to understand.


Daft Apeth​

A Northern (specifically lancastrian) term for a fool, roughly equivalent to the modern term 'muppet'

not really and insult, almost a term of endearment

Pronounced like 'a-peth' (longish A)

Origin: Shortening of a daft 'alfpenny.

put kettle on, yer daft apeth.
 
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Johnnythefox said:
Now it will get complicated 🤣🤣🤣
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There was a 5-year period of my life when the only English I spoke was with Brits, Scots, Irish, and South Africans. It was definitely too complicated for me to figure out in that time. I never did understand the various slang terms used to denote folks from different regions…
 
Just Tom. said:
My mother is English, but I’m pretty sure I have heard other Americans use that expression too. Maybe it is a regional thing here. Means to get along great, usually with someone you just met.
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I would have thought that you guys would run like hell away from each other like you would run from a burning house. 🤣

Glad you made a friend.
 
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