Best Irish turn of phrase (2 Viewers)

[Jerry Twig]

That's a load of me bollix

Topped by 'Ask me bollix'

 

[Jerry Twig]

He is in his hoop

 

[hydromancer]

Fiscal solvency

 

[Jerry Twig]

Fiscal solvency

I pulled it out of my arse

 

[JohnnyRaz]

'where de crow et de man' - laoisish for the middle of nowhere.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

We bet them out de gate

Hon Limerick, ta fuck

Ah that's desperate altogether

A half and half, please

He's some man for one man

Ah sure you know yourself

I could go on all day. I fucking love the way Irish people speak.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Get up the yard

 

[washingcattle]

10 o'clock and not a child in the house washed

I heard is as

10 o'clock and not a child nor a pot washed in the house.

I have never heard that phrase used.

Divil de bit. Is how I heard that.


My English aquaintences can't get over the phrase

"Was it any use ?" In reference to films or bands and such.

Also fierce as an adjective especially in usage like "It was fierce mild out"

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

"Was it any use ?" In reference to films or bands and such.

I like that one. I wouldn't have thought of it as Irish though. Nice one.

 

[Jim Daniels]

State of yer man - fuckin head on 'im

 

[Jim Daniels]

Ah, me oul' segosha

 

[Jim Daniels]

Brutal... meaning awful

 

[pete]

Head the ball.

 

[nooleen]

beef to the heel like a mullingar heifer

 

[nooleen]

jays i'd plant her dirty so i would

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Great drying out there

 

[Jill Hives]

My head is like a bag of smashed crabs. Or my head is like a melted welly. Granted, I think these are more George Mcfly than purely Irish.

 

[shidheat]

caught rapi'

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Brutal... meaning awful

I like 'deadly'

Mostly because I like wilfully misreading newspaper headlines.

Deadly Air Crash In San Francisco

Deadly Shooting On Highway

 

[shidheat]

ask me rasher/hole/hoop/ring/bolix/etc