Bob's yer uncle!

Did that come from a longer version?

'Bob's yer uncle, Fanny's yer aunt'

I think it was often used to confirm that something had been repaired or done properly and to someone else's satisfaction, a sort of recognition factor that it was back the way you it used to be and you'd recognise it as such and not really remember that it had been broken in the first place.

There's another one which I guess came from the longer saying:

'Not on your aunt Fanny' and also 'Not on you Nelly' both of which were used as the equivalent of 'no way' and meaning you wouldn't do that to a close and dearly loved relative (perhaps...?)

This may count as weird to most Frenchmen, Barga: a Légion �Étrangère-ism that the US Army would translate as "get off your ass": se démerder, just about always used in the imperative, démerdes-toi, démerdez-vous.

Really popular saying often used by everybody in France. (means "do it yourself, and don't bother me"). But don't say it to your boss.
Quite close from "Bouges ton cul !" "Move your ass" that means "act !"

We have "Get your ass in gear". :D :driving: :rollhappy

Aaahh, yes - AIG!

Here's one that's related and goes around the shipping fraternity. Meaning-wise it's the state that precedes and precipitates the 'get your AIG' instruction. It abbreviates to TIBAMIN, which translates as 'thumb in bum and mind in neutral!'

As a tech support rep - we had lots of PICNIC errors.

Problem's In Chair, Not In Computer

also

get the lead out

use your head for something besides a hat rack

get your head out of the sand

Get your head out of your ass!

I will stomp a mudhole in your ass and walk it dry!

You got beat like a red-headed stepchild.

Tore up from the floor up.

it sounds like another popular saying in your area would be "ah, fuck the curfew, let's burn some cars."

Here's an nice medieval English one: 'He was hoist by his own petard' meaning he stuffed himself on that one - 'scored an own goal' having a similar meaning.

Heh, petard itself is etymologically pretty rude!

Interesting (some might say disturbing!) how farting seems to creep into my contributions all too often, whether consciously or sub-consciously - must be some Freudian reason for it all I suppose....

I always understood that to be hoist by one's own petard was to be run up one's own flagpole, as it were.

In fact its closer to being a suicide bomber!

My mother always says, "Oh! Banana Oil!" instead of "Fuuuck!" Must be a Canook thing. She also cheers the soup: "C'mon, soup! Rah, rah, soup!" which is supposed to encourage it to get hot faster. She sings this while pointing her big wooden spoon at the pot. Like a diving rod.

Clearly, my problems are genetic.