7 American Phrases That Completely Baffle Brits

It's not surprising that contemporary slang sometimes becomes a lasting phrase, but often it stays in its original nation. Every place has shortcuts that are incomprehensible to outsiders. Laurence Brown looks at some American phrases that we all know, but puzzle other English-speaking countries. You might not realize how weird they are. There's a 90-second skippable ad at 2:50. 

The converse video is here, about British phrases that baffle Americans. I was baffled by none of them.