These are just some of the sayings that will probably leave you scratching your head if you’re not from Scotland.
We asked people to suggest words and phrases you’ll only understand if you grew up in Scotland, and we received hundreds of suggestions.
Below are just some of the sayings that prove what a rich language Scots speakers have at their disposal, from insults to friendly invitations.
How many of these do you recognise?
9. By a bawhair
A baw hair is a very small distance, or hair's breadth. It literally means ball hair, or pubic hair. This saying was suggested by Mikey Alan McKinnon | Getty Images Photo: Fox Photos
10. Awa ben the room
Ben is a way of saying through the house to the inner room, so this is how someone might tell a visitor to come on in and not just stand at the door. The phrase was suggested by Ginny Wilson. | Getty Images Photo: General Photographic Agency
11. It's humming
This could apply to cheese, socks or rotten fish. As Sharon Lightfoot explains, calling something humming is another way of saying it's smelly. | Getty Images Photo: Three Lions
12. Fur coat and nae knickers
This phrase, suggested by Neil Robertson, is another way of saying that someone, or something, looks impressive on the surface but has little substance to back up that appearance | Getty Images Photo: Hulton Archive