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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

I’m not sure if this was done before. But I said in work today. “As mad as a bag of cats” and people looked at me like they haven’t heard it before?

What are some other common Irish phrases a famous one in work is “if it had hair you’d get it in”

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By *ermbiMan
43 weeks ago

Ballyshannon

They would get in where a draught wouldn't

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
43 weeks ago

The West

Breeding would come out in the eye of a cat!

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By *anon17Man
43 weeks ago

mayo

Tits on a bull is more use than that lad

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

About as useful as a chocolate teacup

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By *ubadubdubWoman
43 weeks ago

Hereabouts

"I’m not sure if this was done before. But I said in work today. “As mad as a bag of cats” and people looked at me like they haven’t heard it before?

What are some other common Irish phrases a famous one in work is “if it had hair you’d get it in” "

Is it not 'as mad as a box of frogs'

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree is one I hear a lot

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

Can't come down the chimney without catching onto some soot.

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

I’m always told mad as a box of frogs

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By *rialbyfire1235Man
43 weeks ago

South KK

‘He’d peel an orange in his pocket’

‘I will, yeah’

‘Well wear’

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Fall into s*it come out smelling of roses

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By *orYourThighsOnlyMan
43 weeks ago

Midlands

That lads as useful as tits on a boar.

There’s always time for tae.

That shagger.

That yolk.

That ungrateful aul heifer.

That lad got d snip now he’s a bullock.

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

"Can't come down the chimney without catching onto some soot."

Never heard that one before. Its a good one

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

Níl aon tinteán Mar the thinteán féin

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By *indenMan
43 weeks ago

Naas which is South West of Dublin

Amadán……

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Get up on a cracked plate

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By *osyRedLipsWoman
43 weeks ago

Kildare

My family have a million and one sayings here's few off the top of my head

He's so mean he'd ate the sandwiches at his own wake

She's like a Honda 50 nice to ride but you wouldn't want to be seen on it

Flat out like a badger on the M50

Fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

That man's so lazy if there was work in the bed he'd sleep on the floor

As busy as a Tom cat with ten mickeys

Well she didn't lick it off the ground

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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

Is it not 'as mad as a box of frogs'

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree is one I hear a lot"

I have heard both. Hahaha I suppose it’s down to where you grew up

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

Kicky mare kicky foal

He would mind mice at a crossroads in the fog

His arse must get jealous of his mouth for the amount of shite he talks

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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

"My family have a million and one sayings here's few off the top of my head

He's so mean he'd ate the sandwiches at his own wake

She's like a Honda 50 nice to ride but you wouldn't want to be seen on it

Flat out like a badger on the M50

Fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

That man's so lazy if there was work in the bed he'd sleep on the floor

As busy as a Tom cat with ten mickeys

Well she didn't lick it off the ground "

I have heard some of these they are brilliant

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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

"I’m always told mad as a box of frogs "

There’s also as mad as a wet hen. Lots of madness apparently

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By *tomikMan
43 weeks ago

Derry / Donegal

A measurement in the weirdest way...

A drop of carpet

A ween a grass

A load a toys

A fierce amount of play

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By *utdooryoneMan
43 weeks ago

Over there

Us Scottish beat your Irish sayings...

"Yer erse is oot the windae"

"Gie it laldy"

"Awa’ an boil yer heid"

"Geein me the boak"

"I'm fair pickled"

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

"Us Scottish beat your Irish sayings...

"Yer erse is oot the windae"

"Gie it laldy"

"Awa’ an boil yer heid"

"Geein me the boak"

"I'm fair pickled""

What he said

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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

"Kicky mare kicky foal

He would mind mice at a crossroads in the fog

His arse must get jealous of his mouth for the amount of shite he talks"

What does the mind mice one mean hahaha I can’t figure it out

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

"Kicky mare kicky foal

He would mind mice at a crossroads in the fog

His arse must get jealous of his mouth for the amount of shite he talks

What does the mind mice one mean hahaha I can’t figure it out "

It means their very mean money wise

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By *eeking_sensuality77Woman
43 weeks ago

Athlone

Flat out like an egg on a pan

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By *otass and scorpioCouple
43 weeks ago

limerick cork tipperary clare waterford

I wouldn’t get up oh her/him to get over a wall

I wouldn’t ride her/him into battle

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By *ozzlesMan
43 weeks ago

galway

She was so ugly the tears ran down the back of her head

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By *ozzlesMan
43 weeks ago

galway

If I had a warehouse full of Fanny's I wouldn't let him look in the window

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
43 weeks ago

Home

Breeding would break out on the back of a hatchet

Black cat black kitten

As tick as bottled shit

The tide wouldn't take her/him out

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By *arajeanCouple
43 weeks ago

mayo

A face that would stop a clock

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By *rRiosMan
43 weeks ago

dublin

He’d fall into a barrel of tits and come out sucking his thumb

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By *ulu00Woman
43 weeks ago

Donegal

Youre like a dog with two dicks

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By *amsevenMan
43 weeks ago

cork

You didn't lick it off a stone

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Kettle calling the pot black arse

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By *s LollyWoman
43 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Wouldn't get a kick in a cowshed

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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

"Kettle calling the pot black arse"

Got in trouble in work for that one.

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By *owdyBoobyMan
43 weeks ago

limerick

Ride her like you stole her

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By *ome_wild_girlWoman
43 weeks ago

Antrim Town

Didnt come down the Bann (or insert local river) in a bubble

Have a tit or a wit

Away and take a powder

Shoot the boots of ya

Heard all these as a child and never actually thought about what was being said at the time but looking back some are quite strange.

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By *uriousVoyeurMan
43 weeks ago

Northside

He was that ugly when he was born,the doctor slapped his mother instead of his arse!!

She's that ugly,if I'd a garden full of Mickey's I wouldn't let her look over the wall!

He's so mean,if he owned Switzerland he wouldn't give you a slide!

Just a few of me Dad's oldies

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By *iggy200Man
43 weeks ago

beside the seaside

If if if well if shite was black pudding there would be no starvation in the world

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By *traight sligoguy67Man
43 weeks ago

sligo

He'd give an aspirin a headache

An answering machine would hang up on him

A sniper wouldn't take him out

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

he/she could eat an apple through a letterbox

he/she wouldn't work if they were plugged in

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By *ewcouplesdCouple
43 weeks ago

Dublin

Lift your feet they will fall themselves.

I wouldnt get up on him/her to get over a wall

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By *ewcouplesdCouple
43 weeks ago

Dublin

"My family have a million and one sayings here's few off the top of my head

He's so mean he'd ate the sandwiches at his own wake

She's like a Honda 50 nice to ride but you wouldn't want to be seen on it

Flat out like a badger on the M50

Fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

That man's so lazy if there was work in the bed he'd sleep on the floor

As busy as a Tom cat with ten mickeys

Well she didn't lick it off the ground "

Very good Rosy

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By *ast_jjMan
43 weeks ago

Dublin and London

I don't know whether to comb me hair or wind me watch.

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

Not so dusty if I I was well shook

If he was on fire I wouldn’t piss on him

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By *readnbutter30Couple
43 weeks ago

portlaoise

A bout as useful as a ashtray on a motorbike

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By *reyingbeardMan
43 weeks ago

city

Shut your mouth & eat your dinner

If you fall off that wall & break your legs, don't come running to me crying

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By *rRiosMan
43 weeks ago

dublin

A twist of the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… a shite does fall far from the arse

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
43 weeks ago

ya didn't pick that one up off the grass on the side of the road..

a rolling stone gatherers no moss

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By *ixie and dixie2022Couple
43 weeks ago

villiage

No need to bring a fool with you as there’s always a spare one about

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By *ensualandslow321Man
43 weeks ago

Tullamore

He'd ate his dinner through a tennis racquet

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By *osyRedLipsWoman
43 weeks ago

Kildare

He'd get up on a gust of wind

She's tear up the floor looking for pipe..

She has a face on her that would turn a funeral up a side street

She'd ate you without salt

So mean he'd eat a orange in his pocket

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

"He'd get up on a gust of wind

She's tear up the floor looking for pipe..

She has a face on her that would turn a funeral up a side street

She'd ate you without salt

So mean he'd eat a orange in his pocket

never heard some of those

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

He's so tight he has a fork in the sugar bowl

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By (user no longer on site) OP
43 weeks ago

"I don't know whether to comb me hair or wind me watch. "

Sometimes I’m slow on the startup. What does this mean.

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By *panishRebelMan
43 weeks ago

Alicante Spain, and Cork City Ireland

He's a tongue that would 0eel paint off a wall.....

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By *ipmannMan
42 weeks ago

Cahir

If you fall you'll break your leg so don't come running to me when it happens..

Shut your mouth and eat your dinner..

That wan!

The other fella..

Sure you know yourself..

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By *ulu00Woman
42 weeks ago

Donegal

He'll be some pup when his tail grows

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By *elfastSteamWhistleMan
42 weeks ago

bangor

A face that would turn milk

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By *ast_jjMan
42 weeks ago

Dublin and London

"I don't know whether to comb me hair or wind me watch.

Sometimes I’m slow on the startup. What does this mean."
It means I don't know what to with myself.

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By *onderingpurposeMan
42 weeks ago

Belfast

She would suck off a low flying crow

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By *oo32Man
42 weeks ago

tipperary

On ounce of breeding is worth a ton of feeding

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By *arks DesireWoman
42 weeks ago

Limerick Dublin Cork Galway Tipperary Clare..

"Face on ya that would turn milk sour"

"Flat out like a lizard on a motorway"

"Plenty road frontage on that one"

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

She'd give you a horn that would bate a dead ass out of a bog

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
42 weeks ago

if they had the Measles wouldn't give ya a spot..

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