A lot of British slang and idioms seem quite vulgar...
It's just older, I think. Like someone else mentioned, there's been a massive pussification of language. So an older more entrenched version, like in Europe, is more likely to stick around.
Also, there are almost certainly vulgar American idioms that seem perfectly normal to us, but strange to foreigners.
It's just older, I think. Like someone else mentioned, there's been a massive pussification of language. So an older more entrenched version, like in Europe, is more likely to stick around.
Also, there are almost certainly vulgar American idioms that seem perfectly normal to us, but strange to foreigners.