Spanner Man

A construction worker who lack's the skill set to do the job they have turned up at a site to do but will please the management by playing with the managers spanner

fuck me look who's turned up it's that matt Welford from Stoke it won't be long before he's playing with the bosses Spanner # Spanner man

by Phil Blade November 14, 2024

swing a spanner

To work as a mechanic or mechanics apprentice. Not to be confused with the useless fuckwits in admin who like to use the saying to describe writing with a pen.

Ask Bob to fix your car, he can swing a spanner properly

by King Tony December 17, 2020

Spanner in the Planner

Imagine you have a large, intricate plan. One little issue causes the entire thing to come crashing down. You got a Spanner in the Planner.

Person 1: Dude, all my friends were gonna come over for this massive party, but one of them accidentally brought the wrong shit.
Person 2: That just threw a Spanner in the Planner, eh?

by JamesnLollify September 27, 2024

dockyard spanner

A hammer. Suggests that workers in the dockyard are heavy handed and use brute force and wrong tools to achieve desired outcome, regardless of collateral damage caused.

"Pass me that dockyard spanner, would you, old fruit? I need to jolly well tap this nail in."

by Shackleford Hurtmore February 12, 2013

Spanner job

UK: Used to describe the fifty pence piece due to its seven sided design and its resembelence to a nut*.

*As in nut and bolt.

Customer: Barman! can I have change for the cig machine.
Barman: How much do y' need?
Customer: A couple of spanner jobs should sort it, ta!

by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004

slept like a bag of spanners

Slang for having a crap nights sleep

Bloke: 'I slept like a bag of spanners last night'

Bird: ' How does a bag of spanners sleep like?'

Bloke: 'Lumpy!'

Bloke: 'I slept like a bag of spanners last night'

Bird: ' How does a bag of spanners sleep like?'

Bloke: 'Lumpy!'

by inniiit March 13, 2014

chinese spanner

A mechanics nickname for a hammer

Oi mate can ya chuck me the Chinese spanner this bolts stuck

by Aussie_mechanic June 12, 2018