Nice turn of phrase you've heard

marley1

He is so lazy he would ****e in the bed and kick it out with his foot

Marz66

DubInMeath wrote: »

He broke his nose with his mouth.

Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón.

Slainte na bhfear agus go maire na mná go deo!
Cheers / Health to the men and may the women live forever!

Nearly never bulled a cow.

To a couple getting married/moving in together:
May your roof never fall in
And those beneath it never fall out.

Gwynplaine

"He wouldn't see his heart on a clean plate"
"You could call the Queen your aunt"
"He hasn't the hands to wipe his arse"

Filmer Paradise

For those of you out there looking for love, always remember these wise & profound words of wisdom.....

There's a bucket for every arse.;)

ScoobyDosent

"He'd crawl 5 miles on his hands and knees over broken glass to sniff the wheels of the van that brought her knickers to the dry cleaners ."

johnayo

If you cant be with the one you love, Love the one your with.

No good being the richest man in the graveyard.

Jayferg

A wise man carries his coat on a good day

Hal3000

From Chernobyl series

Every lie we tell inncurs a debt to the truth, and sooner or later that debt is paid....

jimbobaloobob

Get busy living or get busy dying. Thats God damn right!

pure.conya

he'd be a horse of a man, if he had a stump of a tail and could $h1te walkin

dartboardio

Penny wise pound foolish (as said by my granny often)

Mutton dressed as lamb.

coolshannagh28

A horn that could poke rats out of a corn stack.

sligojoek

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

A horn that could poke rats out of a corn stack.

Or bayte a donkey out of a field of carrots.

sligojoek

I did the work of ten men today. Nine dead and one dying.

adgib

To someone wearing cheap perfume or aftershave, you smell like the inside of a whores handbag

Roger Hassenforder

"You cant ride two horses with one arsė"

If someone is trying to do too much

flazio

Jeez that wan has more "baes" then the Wild Atlantic Way

the_pen_turner

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

"You cant ride two horses with one arsė"

If someone is trying to do too much

i hear that more in a mean stingy kind of context. when someone is hogging something or not letting others use it

Roger Hassenforder

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i hear that more in a mean stingy kind of context. when someone is hogging something or not letting others use it

Thats a "shît or get off the pot"


I use it to get out of work with my boss; if hes giving me another project and im already up to my tits. As in what does he want me to drop to do this latest assignment, cant do everything.

Keyzer

He'd put years on a ming vase...

Mehaffey1

An electrician finishing a job the apprentice was struggling with and the senior turns to us and says 'That there boys is the difference between a futer and a fitter'

storker

From my parents' day...

"Like a snot on a bramble" (Something that looks out of place, out on a limb or other precarious position)

"A dumb priest never got a parish" (If you want something, ask for it)

"He has a bit of a want, God love him" (Someone who, while not barking mad or dangerous, gives an impression of eccentricity or of hovering around lower norms of intelligence)

ShlugEireann

Don't know if there's a similar thread for annoying phrases but why does everyone call it hollyers now.

"you going on your hollyers?"

"Good time on your hollyers?"

setanta1000

"The name's O'Connor not Onassis" -> we are not flush with cash! (only really works if your name is O'Connor)
"A few cards short of a full deck" -> mentally challenged
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" -> old sailing term allegedly

Deebles McBeebles

She'd put a horn on a snowman in August.

irishgrover

"take it easy, and you get it constant" - my late granny (born in 1890's, lived into her 90's)

TheBoyConor

referring to a pregnant woman as being "stuffed" .

DrPhilG

setanta1000 wrote: »

"A few cards short of a full deck" -> mentally challenged

A few cans short of a 6-pack

A few rebel members short of a splinter group

IAMAMORON

Your as thick as shít in the neck of a bottle...

Beechwoodspark

ShlugEireann wrote: »

Don't know if there's a similar thread for annoying phrases but why does everyone call it hollyers now.

"you going on your hollyers?"

"Good time on your hollyers?"

Even more annoying is hollybops