Some Aussie slang

Warrigal

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Can you guess the meaning of these words or phrases?

My stomach thinks my throat is cut.
I could eat the bum out of an elephant.

The dinner menu - mystery bags, dog's eyes, bum nuts, a beaut pav and your choice of plonk, Adam's ale or a cold slab.
 

A few of those are used here in the UK, the ones I haven't heard of are mystery bags, dog's eyes, bum nuts but will make a guess at the first two being rhyming slang for snags (sausages) and pies?
 
How about these words/phrases to do with cars and motoring. Any clues

Bingle, Booze bus, Clocked, Hoon, Rice burner, Temporary Australian, Toorak Tractor

Answers to the first set

My stomach thinks my throat is cut.
I could eat the bum out of an elephant.
Both indicate ravenous hunger.
The dinner menu - mystery bags, dog's eyes,
Both are rhyming slang. Mystery bags are indeed sausages AKA snags and dog's eyes are meat pies.

bum nuts are eggs, sometimes referred to as cackleberries
a beaut pav is a dessert known as a pavlova
and your choice of plonk is your chosen bottle of wine,
Adam's ale is water or a cold slab is a chilled carton of tinnies (beer cans).
 
I know two Adams Ale and the choice of plonk

A Bonzer Sheila is a term I find attractive.

Anyone one know what a Ute is?
 
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How about these words/phrases to do with cars and motoring. Any clues

Bingle, Booze bus, Clocked, Hoon, Rice burner, Temporary Australian, Toorak Tractor

Answers to the first set

My stomach thinks my throat is cut.
I could eat the bum out of an elephant.
Both indicate ravenous hunger.
The dinner menu - mystery bags, dog's eyes,
Both are rhyming slang. Mystery bags are indeed sausages AKA snags and dog's eyes are meat pies.

bum nuts are eggs, sometimes referred to as cackleberries
a beaut pav is a dessert known as a pavlova
and your choice of plonk is your chosen bottle of wine,
Adam's ale is water or a cold slab is a chilled carton of tinnies (beer cans).

All I got right was the "eat the bum out of an elephant" and "choice of plonk".
 
Answers to the motoring set

Bingle - a minor car accident
Booze bus - mobile random breath testing vehicle
Clocked - in motoring terms clocked means being caught speeding. There are various other meanings
Hoon - one who drives a car in a reckless manner, a show off, usually young
Rice burner - Japanese-made car or motor bike
Temporary Australian - anyone, driving erratically on the road endangering their own life, motorcyclist
Toorak Tractor - urban 4WD that never sees off road conditions
 

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