Irish Slang - General Slang Slang Terms, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language - Irish Phrases

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An Auction

"you heading down to the roup tomorrow night?" 

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'mockin is 'catchin ...if you lie it will be like crying wolf.lying=karma

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an expression encouraging the listener to air on the side of lesser haste. in English "Now hang on a minute" e.g. "houl yer horses boys, dont be payin up yet, sure we dont even know if there's a bar in this hotel"

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Staying away from home, usually a child - e.g. "He's been on gur since Saturday"

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Meaning - "I do not believe a word you just said"

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When you try to show off and it backfires this is used by your comrades as a form of 'in your face' retort

Specific English translation is 'Tough luck old chap'

See also 'Up your Dick' &'That'll tighten ye'

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To Be Afraid

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Having a very poor tolerance level. The word threshold is the part of the door frame that you step over. In times gone by it was the peice of wood that went accross the doorway to stop the straw or hay (thresh) from spilling out of the house, long before carpets were used. Hence the word 'threshold'

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Destroyed