Break a crowbar in a bog

n.

Heard in Cavan

A term to describe an unfortunate lad who is liable to break a lot of tools...

Damit aye... shur that lad would break a crowbar in a bog...

Posh English

Damn it all, that unfortunate fellow would manage to fracture a crowbar in a peat marsh.

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