Sentences 048: Popping Out, Kicking Up, Taking Tthe Biscuit

I'll just pop out to the grocery shoptore.

Can I bring youget something for you?

Technically the original sentence is grammatically correct, but this is the more common phrasing.

My legs kickstart acting up when I walk more than a mile.

I think I understood what you were trying to say, but "kick up" is more used to describe things being blown and such.

For example:

The sandstorm kicked up the dust that had settled by the side of the road.

My dad's bad-tempered, but yesterday he took the biscuit: He exploded during dinner and disappeared for two hours.

I've never heard the expression "to take the biscuit" before but it might be from another dialect.