Chaos Descending wrote:

captcalhoun wrote:

...'taking the mickey' is an English phrase meaning the same as 'taking the piss'.
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Which doesn't help most Americans because 'taking the piss' is ALSO an "English" phrase.
AMERICANS: "to take the mickey" and "to take the piss" both mean "to pull one's leg".
There ya go. 
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