Cockney Rhyming Slang
You take a pair of associated words where the
second word rhymes with the word you intend to say, then use the first word of the associated pair to indicate the word you originally intended to say.
Adam and Eve – believe
apples and pears – stairs
Aunt Joanna – piano
Baked Bean – Queen
bees and honey – money
Brown Bread – dead
Bubble Bath – Laugh
china plate – mate (friend)
Cock and Hen – ten
dog and bone – phone
Irish pig – wig
Isle of Wight – tights
north and south – mouth
Round the Houses – trousers
trouble and strife – wife