Do you live in London/the UK?
If not its perfectly understandable that you find it hard to believe but some of the phrases are second nature to many Brits.
I grew up hearing/saying "up the apples and pears", "what a berk", "get the dog and bone", "fancy a ruby", "lets have a butchers at that" etc and I'm from Yorkshire (although my Nan was born within the sound of the Bow Bells).
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