help on Brit speak

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., lrcjestes at e... wrote:
> Hi guys...this is to all you Brits:
> 
> Is the expression:  "I'm just the hired hand"  something you guys 
> would say?  The context is a person commenting that they are just 
an 
> employee and don't know the reasons behind certain work place 
> decisions.  If there is a better, more British way of saying this 
I'd 
> appreciate the suggestion.
> 
> thanks 
> carole

We wouldn't say that. Most likely would be "don't ask me, I just work 
here" or "what would I know, I only work here."


Wotan