Welcome to everybody interested in the English language and culture.
You will find here information about English culture, everyday habits (based on observing the natives) and, most important of all, about interesting English words/expressions used by native speakers, overheard in real life situations on London streets and in London workplaces.
What does it mean?
You are a soppy date! - used to somebody you know well (a friend, family member) when you mean they are being a little silly, have said something slightly silly, you share your amusement at what they have done/said with them. It is not a critical comment, it is a gentle amusement at what they have done/said when you know they recognise they are being silly. You can also say 'I am a soppy date!' to share amusement at what you have done/said with somebody.
I am at the end of my tether! - A tether is a rope with which a bull, for instance, may be tied to a metal ring fixed in a wall or to a post. The tether is generally of sufficient length to allow the bull to move around but only as far as the tether will allow. The expression "I am at the end of my tether" is used to indicate that one has gone as far as one can in any given situation. It expresses frustration.
To say that someone couldn't punch their way out of a wet paper bag - the implication is that this person is totally incompetent, because quite clearly a wet paper bag would disintegrate if touched.
To say that someone couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery means that they are totally incompetent because if you go to a brewery there is beer there so how could somebody fail to organise a drinking session (piss-up) there. If you drink a lot you want to piss a lot so a drinking session is described as a piss-up. And if you want to say that somebody drinks heavily they could be referred to as a piss-artist (be careful with using it, it is an impolite expression, except when in conversation with close friends).
