Irish expressions you dont hear any more

UCDVet

Top O' The Morning To Ye!

Been in Ireland a long time - never heard it.

miamee

Get the boat.

Curly Judge

"The innate genius of the Irish nation"

Lawrence1895

...will ye?

...even my mother says...

:mad:

repsol

Do you like my new Beemer?

Would you like a loan?

I'm going skiing.

See you in the tent in Galway.

I'm buying a ****load of gaffs in Bulgaria this weekend.

Isn't Anne Doyle a ride.

igorbiscan

"tis up me hole picking daisies" :pac:

Bad Santa

You're claimed.

GiveMeStrength

May the divil light ya

May you die roaring

Lovely really

kfallon

igorbiscan wrote: »

"tis up me hole picking daisies" :pac:

Gettin' browned off

delaad

"Ah, shur the Man who made time made plenty of it"

"Cat melogin", as in extremely "cat"

"Knickers Monica"

"You'll have that...in all small towns...and built-up areas"

J Bourke

"Watch yer house!" in football

123 LC

cinch

''that homework last night was cinch''

also i don't see the word 'eejit' being used as often at all

Butterfly25

123 LC wrote: »

also i don't see the word 'eejit' being used as often at all

I say eejit alot when i'm trying to be polite

corktina

"I'm not THAT sort of girl"

Bluefang

"The Economic Fundamentals Are Sound". (by ****ehawk politicians).


"Give you a straightener" as in an arranged fight between two men.

"Your dinner's poured out !" (used by Dublin Mammies years gone by).

"He got a good clipping" as in a "beatin down at the Garda station.

chughes

"Was that your Solara I saw outside the VD clinic?".

magma69

Calling a porn flick a "blue movie".

housetypeb

what a gom= moron

Chin Stroker

emzolita wrote: »

Rapid, pronounced "rapih", meaning, something was great.

This is a great thread.

Replaced these days with "Savage" or "Amazeballs", depending on what part of Dublin you're from

Moll'll fix it

housetypeb wrote: »

what a gom= moron

Long time too since I heard the word WALLY to describe a moron.

Also the word 'peg' instead of throw as in 'peg that over to me, will you'

nicolaed

In this topic i can't see any Irish expressions.
Maybe this site will help [FONT=new times roman, times](Irish-English terms and phrases)[/FONT]

Chin Stroker

igorbiscan wrote: »

"tis up me hole picking daisies" :pac:

Where the hell did that even come from?!

Ted_YNWA

Well holy God !!!

Chin Stroker

pickarooney wrote: »

Your ass is grass - some serious threat I never quite worked out

"your ass is grass and im a lawnmower"

Its from some 80s (90s?) film.

RWCNT

Chin Stroker wrote: »

"your ass is grass and im a lawnmower"

Its from some 80s (90s?) film.

Surely that phrase isn't Irish?

SmilingLurker

Pegging stones (from my in laws)

Quare fellow ( my grandmother)

Getting the messages

Chin Stroker

RWCNT wrote: »

Surely that phrase isn't Irish?

No its not, as said above; its from a 80s/90s film

Larkin00

"Hows your Ma ? Is your Da working ?"

Chin Stroker

Larkin00 wrote: »

"Hows your Ma ? Is your Da working ?"

:D:D

Bree23

Blackguard , pronounced more like blaggard. Never hear that anymore!

Calling some one a rip, as in "you little rip!" . Horrible expression!


You don't hear people describing things etc as "common" (common as muck) as much anymore..

"I'll get the wooden spoon!"