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Have you any sayings from your area?

PANDDDKP

And what do they actually mean?

For instance; He's for the birds - means he's a spacer, but what does 'for the birds' actually mean?

He's stone mad. (nuts)
He's living in cloud cuckoo land.. (spacer)

What's yours?

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harry Bailey esq

I've to head out to grab new spark plugs,we'll head off for a spin afterwards-Im buying some narcotics,and i intend to visit and share them with you.
Spark plugs - Drugs.

schizo1014

"He's a bit of a bollocks but he's sound"

I dunno if I heard this anywhere other than in Donegal

Another one I hear is "He would drink p!ss from a tramps sock"

sligojoek

He'd drink porter out of a sweaty wellington.

Rhys Essien

'My throat is as dry as a nun's knickers' meaning I'm mad for a few pints.
Might of saw it here a while back.

Beasty

Yorkshire born 'n Yorkshire bred
Strong in't arm 'n thick in't head

Miss Demeanour

Ciaran_B wrote: »

"Little kickers wear big knickers."

Don't know what it means.

You sure it's not "fridge pickers wear big knickers" ?

petrolcan

Esel wrote: »

Cant/Shelta, Polish or just typo(s)?

Steesh = crikey/blimey

Narty = nutty/mad

Sham = bloke/man

Suspect it is very local to the town I grew up in as I've never heard it outside of it.

petrolcan

Haven't seen it mentioned but 'looks like a cat dragged through a whin bush backwards' is a favourite of mine.

Also, 'up the high hole of the elephant's arse' is a response I would get from my father when I would ask where something is that he would never know the answer to. Generally it would begin with ' as your great aunt Rose used to say.....'

Great aunt Rose used to say an awful lot of stuff.

my3cents

Like a cow handling a musket.

Clumsy

sligojoek

I used to work with a smart-arse. Whenever anyone would ask him where something was, he'd answer - "Hangin' out o' me lip. Look. " and point at his bottom lip.

One evening as I was going home, he called me back in and asked me "How far would you be gone if I didn't call you back?" I threw my eyes to heaven and said "Farther away from a fool than I am now."

DEFTLEFTHAND

Had a Galway guy referring to me as scan earlier on.

Any Galwegians on here know what that means?

exaisle

We had a horse that ran in a race...ridden by the late Anthony Powell. The horse ran badly (turned out it had a lung infection) and Anthony explained to us that it had been a fast-run race by saying "Jaysus lads...they went like sh1t off a shovel....." Anybody who's mucked out a stable will understand exactly what he meant....

My mother had "back and forth like a sh1te on a swing swong"....and "if you saw cowsh1te, you'd long for a pancake...."

Finally, another one from the racetrack...my friend and I went to Downpatrick races many years ago and the first person we encountered was a "lady" of at least 60 years wearing a white top, white leather(ette) miniskirt and thigh-high boots (FMB's). We looked at each other in amazement and my friend muttered "...the things ye'd see when you wouldn't have yer gun...."

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When translated, "Young pilot, old airplane." is for when the man is younger than the woman.
A "young buffalo" is what we'd call like a boy-racer.

Totofan99

He'd/She'd steal it out of your eye.
To describe someone who's light-fingered.

Cortina_MK_IV

Light-fingered = Steal your eyeball and come back for the lashes.
Sponger = Live in one of your ears and set the other one out in flats.

ArnoldJRimmer

'If there was work in the bed, he'd sleep on the floor' A lazy person

'When the small head gets hard, the big head gets soft' To describe a lad who was infatuated with his new girlfriend

Atari Jaguar

"Any news?" "Divil the bit" - not really

I'm gapsing with the droot - thirsty

If there was work in the bed he'd sleep on the floor - lazy bastard

They've the humour of a bag of cats - generally bad humoured

They've a face like a slapped arse - they look angry or unamused

You wouldn't get up on them to climb a wall - not attractive

They'd take the sight out of your eyes - I don't know if it's exclusive to someone who's a thief but I'd use it to describe a sponger personally

They wouldn't give you the steam off their piss - extremely cheap person

They're awful mayne - as above

They'd step over you on the street - if you needed help they'd never offer any

_Brian

He's like a donkeys tool - a big fella when he's out !

DEFTLEFTHAND

They call travellers Boolas where I'm from. For eg 'My house was burgled by a fcking Boola.'

I'm not sure if I'm spelling it correctly. If anybody recs it please correct me.

Montgolfier

He has a mouth like a torn welton (Wellington).

Meaning he may pass on everything you told him.

He'd peel an orange in his pocket with boxing gloves!

Meaning. He's not one for sharing.

PopTarts

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Had a Galway guy referring to me as scan earlier on.

Any Galwegians on here know what that means?

It's just "mate" really.

Filmer Paradise

'He wouldn't lie straight in his bed' (Untrustworthy)

As full as an egg. (Drunk)

my3cents

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

'He wouldn't lie straight in his bed' (Untrustworthy)

Reminds me of an old saying of Confucius, "Man who shags on side of hill is not on level".

wakka12

Thoie wrote: »

I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking. (Do you expect me to believe that)
She'd mind mice at the crossroads. (Cute hoor)
That fella says more than his prayers. (Don't believe that guy)
Time to go ha-boo. (Bed time)

theyre really cute sayings

HalloweenJack

I remember boss, cat and quare being words that people at college struggled with.

Knacker always meant Traveller to me but it seems to become what I'd call scumbag as you move from Wicklow into South Dublin and pikey is used for Travellers.