OUr footy coach last year always used to say 'cheese and kisses' when talking about his fiance. I found a list of common slang if anyone is interested.
bag of fruit – "suit", as in suit and tie
barry - a "shocker", a poor performance, from the Australian crooner and actor Barry Crocker.
billy lids - "kids". Also tin lids or, more rarely, saucepan lids. Tin Lids was used by Jimmy Barnes' four children as their recording name.
Blundstone (boot) - "ute", utility vehicle, a tradesman's vehicle, from a popular brand of workman's boots.
Burke and Wills - "dills", from the Australian explorers Burke and Wills who died in the Outback, as in "Don't be a Burke." This is a backformation into rhyming slang, as "Don't be a Burke" should really be "Don't be a berk", a borrowing of British rhyming slang berk.
butcher's (hook) - "crook", ill, unwell; also, a "look".
captain - a "look" or to "look", from Captain James Cook, as in "Having a good Captain's, are ya?"
Charley Wheeler - "sheila", Australian slang for a woman. After the famous Australian painter w:Charles Wheeler.
cheese and kisses - "missus", wife
china plate - "mate", friend, compatriot
'comic cuts or comics - the "guts"; no longer in common use.
Dad n Dave - shave. From the famous comic characters created by Steele Rudd.
Dapto dog - a "wog", an Australian of Mediterranean or eastern European descent.
Darby and Joan - "all alone"
dead horse or race horse – "tomato sauce"
dig in the grave – shave
dog and bone - "telephone".
dog's eye - a "pie", as in "I'll 'ave a dog's eye 'n' dead 'orse."
dog's eye with dead horse - a meat pie with tomato sauce
dropkick (and punt) – a stupid person, (originally a despicable person, a "****"). Referring to two types of kick used in various codes of football.
Eau-de-Cologne - "phone" - after a deoderant that was popular in the 60s and 70s, often shortened to 'oadie'.
Edgar Britt - a "****", after the name of a famous Australian jockey.
Fiddly-did - "quid" - after a one pound note. Not used since decimal currency introduced in 1966
frog and toad - "road", usually in the phrase "hit the frog 'n 'toad" (that is depart)
Gary Ablett - "tablet" - after the dead 17yo girl who ended up in Gary Ablett's bed.
ginger (ale) - "tail", as in "Get off me ginger!" (stop following me), or "a swift kick up the ginger".
Harold Holt or Harry Holt - salt (no longer commonly used but is still understood by most Australians); to disappear, to bolt, to depart quickly (as in to do a/the Harold (Holt)); referring to the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming at a beach in 1967
Jack - to "jack" someone, to take the last of everything, over everyone. To "jack" someone is not a nice or considerate thing to do, "jacks" take great pleasure is "jacking".
Onkaparinga - "finger", after place in South Australia and blanket manufacturer
optic, optic nerve - a "perve", leering look, as in "Eh, china, have an optic at that sheila!"
Oxford scholar - a "dollar"
Pat (Malone) - "on one's own", as in "left him on his Pat Malone".
polly waffle - brothel. From the proprietary name of a chocolate bar.
pork pie, porky pie or porkies - "lie", typically a white lie, as in "When I looked into it I realised the whole story was a porky pie". Originally British.
red hots - the "trots", that is, trotting horse races or Diarrhea.
Reg Grundy's - "undies", underpants, from Reg Grundy, well known Australian television producer, sometimes also "Reginalds".
rock and roll - the "dole", unemployment benefits, social security payments, as in "He won't work in an iron lung as long as he can get on the rock 'n' roll."
Ronny Coote - having a "root".
rubbity or rubbity-dub - a "pub"
sausage roll – "goal", as in scoring point(s) for the team.
scotch tape - to "rape", generally used in shortened form "scotch"
swing and a miss - "****", from American baseball terminology, as in "Time for a swing and a miss."
tea leaf - "thief".
Tin Tank - "Bank".
trouble and strife – "wife", as in "I can't come out I gotta stay home with the trouble and strife."
Wallaby Ted - 'rooted' (Roo-Ted), tired from strenuous activity
Wally Grout - "shout", to buy a round of drinks, from the Australian cricketer by that name, as in "It’s your Wally". Depending on context, it could also mean "stout" or "snout".
Warwick Farm - "arm", from the racecourse in Sydney, Australia, as in "He grabbed her by the Warwick Farms".
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