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Favorite Expressions/Phrases

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  • 21-11-2012 9:09pm
    #1
    CillianL
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭


    I seen a thread a while ago about hate worthy expressions such as 'in fairness' etc

    So I wondered has an opposite one ever been posted?
    If not does anyone have any expressions that made them laugh out loud when they heard them?

    Some of my favorites are

    My uncle on describing immigrants he doesn't like:
    'They wouldn't work to warm themselves!'

    Another two from a friend of mine were:
    'its as useful as a chocolate teapot'

    On telling lies:
    Jaysus you'd make Lance Armstrong look honest!


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    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    On lazy people:
    "If work was in bed he'd sleep on the floor!"


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    EdanHewittt
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭EdanHewittt


    Some Buachaill

    On describing anyone who rises above the average 'normal' behavior in any situation.
    Irish alternative to "some boy", where 'Buachaill' means boy.

    "Look at him with his six wives, he's some buachaill"


    Source:

    http://www.slang.ie/index.php?county=Dublin&entry=Some+Buachaill&letter=S

    Best phrase, evaaaaaaaaaaar


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    #4
    reap-a-rat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭reap-a-rat


    On riding someone who's had a few kids - "tis like throwing a hot dog down a well"


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    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,791 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    He'd be behind you going through a revolving door and he'd still come out in front of you...


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    Giselle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    Mad granny watching a poodle get sexy with the leg of the table: That dog would get up on a cracked saucer!


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    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    On having a shit: Just going to drop off the kids to the pool.


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    #8
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    'A mouth as dry as Gandhi's flip-flop/a nun's cunt'

    and

    'He's some man for one man'


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    Setun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭Setun


    My favourite would probably be "give it to me straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pears."


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    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    CillianL wrote: »
    My uncle on describing immigrants he doesn't like:
    'They wouldn't work to warm themselves!'

    Ha ha. Funny because it's true. ;)


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    #11
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    '' Now then '' ...( followed by a long pause )


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    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    I like

    "Its a long road without some cnut flogging strawberries".

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    "You've a face like a bulldog lickin' piss off a nettle."
    "Wouldn't get up on er to get over a wall."
    "Face like a camel chewin' a wham bar."


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    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    I would ate a mile of her shiite to see where she came from.


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    #15
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    I would ate a mile of her shiite to see where she came from.

    I would ate a mile of her shiite to get near her.


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.


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    #17
    Procrastastudy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭Procrastastudy


    Remember you have to get behind someone before stabbing them in the back.


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    Oscars Well.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Oscars Well.


    I wouldn't ride her into battle!


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    Procrastastudy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭Procrastastudy


    two cans short of a six pack


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    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    "She had a gee on her like a stab wound in a gorilla's back!"


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    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    Oscars Well. wrote: »
    I wouldn't ride her into battle!

    Semtex wouldn't shift her.

    She wouldn't get a dart in Tara Street.


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    Procrastastudy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭Procrastastudy


    I realise this may be heightening the tone beyond the normal knob jokes and toilet humour but:

    'quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit'


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    Oscars Well.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Oscars Well.


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    Semtex wouldn't shift her.

    She wouldn't get a dart in Tara Street.

    She has a face like a melted welly :pac:


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    #24
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    I would ate a mile of her shiite to get near her.

    We should share the challenge and let her pick, I will be taking my battery operated toothbrush with mint toothpaste.


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    #25
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Heard an old lad once say "Jaysus, 'tisn't rocket surgery!"


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    confuseddotcom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭confuseddotcom


    Ya couldn't bate it wit a shtick!

    He'd be more use in a picture frame.

    Are ya waitin' for another shade of green?!?


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    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    We should share the challenge and let her pick, I will be taking my battery operated toothbrush with mint toothpaste.

    Sure, I'll give you a hear start. She's not that hot anyway.


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    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    Sure, I'll give you a hear start. She's not that hot anyway.

    If she finds out your deaf, I think I will just walk the trail and say stupid things in such a way you will hear them as being intelligent and agree,

    give me your hand (molly, that is what I would like her name to be if you have no objections).


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    #29
    Conchir
    Registered Users Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Conchir


    Hard at work, or hardly working?


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    #30
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Swings and Roundabouts.

    Apply it to anything, the more complex the more rewarding. It's a more versatile form of "That would be an ecumenical matter".


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    shooter69
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭shooter69


    A sniper wouldnt take her out ...


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