Expressions you love

Shameless flip of the 'expressions you hate' thread.

Most of mine are purely nostalgic (and probably rural?), things I hear from older people, which seem to be disappearing.

'By-and-by' [later-on]
e.g. Finish that job and we'll get the dinner by-and-by

''Middle of next week' [very far away, I assume]
e.g. Finish that job or I'll throw I'll throw you into the middle of next week

'Declare into God' [oh jaysus/ I swear]
e.g. I was belting it down the Nenagh Road and, declare unto God, there was the Gard.

'Got dead' [died/ was found dead/ Fuair sé bás]
-Did you hear about Josie Hogan?
-What?
-She was got dead!

What are your favourite expressions? Not necessarily common Irish expressions , but whatever you find memorable or appealing yourselves, perhaps from childhood

Stigura

" Horse it up there, Boss! ".

PirateShampoo

"I'm gonna smash your back door in later"

That one always goes down well.

osarusan

Shitehawk


A sad loss to the Irish vernacular.

Tom Mann Centuria

Put it on the long finger. (To probably, possibly get around to doing something, eventually)

somesoldiers

A spurt in the hand is worth two in the bush

longshanks

Wait, Josie Hogan is dead?

mikemac2

Now we're sucking diesel!

Dirty Dingus McGee

I work like a japanese beaver.

storker

"All fur coat and no knickers"

longshanks

Open bar.

thee glitz

I'll shove this effin pitchfork up yer hole.

Roger Hassenforder

"Your dinner's in the oven love, I'm taking the kids to their granny, we'll stay the night"

Heard it only once.

Ending or breaking a sentence with "says he" or "says I". Only hear it from older generation Irish anymore.

Also, living in London which has a much bigger Indian population. I read on another forum about how they love to play with unusual English words so I sort of engineered the situation where I could shoe-horn the word "bamboozle" into a conversation with a Sri Lankan. His face immediately broke into a huge grin as he replied "no sir, I can assure you there will be no bamboozlement here". Bless

Hector Savage

Deleted User wrote: »

Ending or breaking a sentence with "says he" or "says I". Only hear it from older generation Irish anymore.

Also, living in London which has a much bigger Indian population. I read on another forum about how they love to play with unusual English words so I sort of engineered the situation where I could shoe-horn the word "bamboozle" into a conversation with a Sri Lankan. His face immediately broke into a huge grin as he replied "no sir, I can assure you there will be no bamboozlement here". Bless

I also love the "do the needfull" you hear Indians say

some of my favourites
"To throw the cat amongst the pidgeons"
"shes fond of the fella that runs with the hens"

WesternZulu

To described someone as being "goosed" when they're in an unfortunate situation.

KERSPLAT!

"Go on outta that!"

Stop talking nonsense

"Get outta that garden!"

I don't believe you

Two of my favourites

tailgunner

"I nearly brained myself coming down the stairs."

KERSPLAT!

tailgunner wrote: »

"I nearly brained myself coming down the stairs."

When I was younger my mother used to say "I'll ****ing brain you!" When I did something wrong. She never followed through thankfully.

LordSutch

Alright cock?

Cookin on gas, "now she's sucking diesel" .... as the engine fires up!

_feedback_

Ride me sideways was another one

Tom Mann Centuria

I don't give a flying ****. Or I don't give a flying continental (as a variant). As in, I jolly well don't care.

essgee268

as usefull as a one legged man in an arse kicking competition

...And Justice

Them cúnts are cúnts

Pherekydes

Mutton dressed up as lamb.

Belle E. Flops

Well I declare to Moses!

pickarooney

Bockety
The table is bockety, stick a book under the short leg.

Banjaxed

glynf

You've got to piss with the cock you're given.

sligojoek

"You might as well be reading a donkey his horoscope"

You're wasting your time talking to him.

Hector Bellend

Thanks love that was amazing

Does the pope **** in the woods?


Best line I have ever heard

EDit

"Collar don't match the cuffs" or "curtains don't match the carpet"

"Will I ****e" (Northern English expression meaning "no, I won't be doing that")

Will we go have a look see.

By Jaysus.

I'm bate.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

As dry as Gandhi's slipper.

C'mon so.

fxotoole

"By Odin's beard!!!"

-a term of amazement/excitement

EDit

Remembered another..."you can't polish a turd"

Daledge

"Yeah, no, I'll do it now in a few minutes"

Winterlong

"The Cuffs and the Collar don't match. "

And any sentence that has the word 'Gallivanting' in it gets a double thumbs up from me.

Sam Kade

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Shameless flip of the 'expressions you hate' thread.

Most of mine are purely nostalgic (and probably rural?), things I hear from older people, which seem to be disappearing.

'By-and-by' [later-on]
e.g. Finish that job and we'll get the dinner by-and-by

''Middle of next week' [very far away, I assume]
e.g. Finish that job or I'll throw I'll throw you into the middle of next week

'Declare into God' [oh jaysus/ I swear]
e.g. I was belting it down the Nenagh Road and, declare unto God, there was the Gard.

'Got dead' [died/ was found dead/ Fuair s
-Did you hear about Josie Hogan?
-What?
-She was got dead!

What are your favourite expressions? Not necessarily common Irish expressions , but whatever you find memorable or appealing yourselves, perhaps from childhood

I haven't heard anyone say that since the 70's, the real meaning is in the future, I'll see you bye and bye

sligojoek

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Shameless flip of the 'expressions you hate' thread.

Most of mine are purely nostalgic (and probably rural?), things I hear from older people, which seem to be disappearing.

'By-and-by' [later-on]
e.g. Finish that job and we'll get the dinner by-and-by

''Middle of next week' [very far away, I assume]
e.g. Finish that job or I'll throw I'll throw you into the middle of next week

'Declare into God' [oh jaysus/ I swear]
e.g. I was belting it down the Nenagh Road and, declare unto God, there was the Gard.

'Got dead' [died/ was found dead/ Fuair sé bás]
-Did you hear about Josie Hogan?
-What?
-She was got dead!

What are your favourite expressions? Not necessarily common Irish expressions , but whatever you find memorable or appealing yourselves, perhaps from childhood

"You can say that again"
I was in Nenagh for a few days last month and I never saw as many checkpoints. I was stopped 5 times and breathalysed 3 times.

sadie1502

osarusan wrote: »

Shitehawk


A sad loss to the Irish vernacular.

I love that saying always use it. Dunno what it means though. A ****ehawk of a day.

SEPT 23 1989

get up the yard

keano_afc

"Like looking for a pube in an afro".


More hirsute take on the "needle in a haystack" analogy.

sligojoek

An african in a coalshed trying to find a blackhead on his ar$e

emeldc

When reminiscing over someone who has died after a long illness;

"He went quick in the end"

Muckie

Stall the digger!

fxotoole

Not so much an expression, as a very Irish habit of identifying people by way of a physical trait

e.g. "You know your wan Mary with the gammy leg?"

Ms2011

"ye laid down & enjoyed it now sit up & mind it"

Anyone complaining about having kids:P

Technophobe

Ah, will you whisht...

Please desist from talking

glynf

Head like a well slapped arse.

Beanntraigheach

Hoor's melt.

Gob- insults:
Gobsh1te, Gobdaw, Gobaloon, Gobtard, etc.

I'd ate a farmer's arse through a blackthorn hedge. (I'm starving)

Cee-Jay-Cee

fxotoole wrote: »

"By Odin's beard!!!"

-a term of amazement/excitement

Really??? you searched google for old sayings and that was the best you could come up with :rolleyes:

I'd safely say no one alive has ever actually said that.