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

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get along out of that

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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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An Auction

"you heading down to the roup tomorrow night?" 

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

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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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yet another term meaning eejit but describing a person of not much use. e.g. "that useless sooskin couldn't pour shit from a shoe if the instructions were on the heel"

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Destroyed

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i wouldnt go near you if u paid me to

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pain in the ass