Away with the fairies

n.

Heard in Longford and Meath

Describes someone who is not quite with it, somewhat vague or confused, as if a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

Yer man's away with the fairies!

Posh English

That gentleman is utterly detached from reality.

Related terms

• Away with de fairiesIn a world of one's own. Daydreaming.
• She's a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic!To be somewhat lacking in intelligence or quite scatterbrained.
• Not the full shillingNot fully sane or not thinking straight; a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
• Gone with the fairiesMad or insane.
• Go away outta that!An expression telling someone to go away and stop annoying one.
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