And the same expression was used in Oz to mean the same thing, McGrath.

Rog, there was a famous exchange in the Oz Parliament when Bill Hayden commented, of Ian Sinclair, "He'd steal the pennies off dead men's eyes.

I find it interesting that, among the examples listed so far, it's only the expressions which rely on regional dialects from the UK that are not commonplace in Oz.

Cheers, Rowan