Sweet Fanny Adams In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Sweet Fanny Adams", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Lym Nguyen

2020-08-18 11:08

Meaning of Sweet Fanny Adams

Synonyms:

not a sausage , sweet FA , not/nothing much

Sweet Fanny Adams British old-fashioned informal

Nothing

I know sweet fanny Adams about my new classmate.

I have sweet fanny Adams to regret when quitting that boring job.

Alan : What are you thinking ? Linda : Sweet fanny Adams

Other phrases about:

diddly squat

This expression means anything.

the answer's a lemon

This phrase is a derisive answer to an inappropriate, unreasonable, or stupid question

Origin of Sweet Fanny Adams

The slang originated from a murder in the UK in 1867. The victim is an 8-year-old girl whose name is Fanny Adams. Everyone living in England at the time would have known the name of 'sweet' Fanny Adams. With gruesome humor, her name came to be used by sailors in the British Royal Navy as a term to refer to a type of unpleasant tinned meat they were often served. The current meaning emerged in the 20th century. Sweet Fanny Adams has often shortened to sweet FA in the speech, which is interpreted to be a euphemism for sweet "fuck-all".