“blinder”or something that’s exceptionally good. Can also be “bonza” or “beaut.”
Better than a ham sandwich. Better than a kick up the backside
Something that is better than nothing. Even if you are paid peanuts – a pay rate that usually attracts monkeys – it’s better than a kick up the backside. You’d prefer a “fair whack.” As things become more worthwhile, they may even be better than a ham sandwich.
Buckley’s chance
William Buckley was Australia’s very own Robinson Crusoe, a man who escaped a convict ship during the first attempt to settle Melbourne in 1803. Three decades later, colonials returned to find a tattooed, two-meter tall, long-bearded man with half Aboriginal children who spoke tribal tongue. He picked up English within days.
