Flitters

n.

Heard in Dublin, Tipperary and Waterford

In bits (can be used to describe something broken or an upset stomach).

The vase was in flitters" "My stomach is in flitters

Posh English

The vase lay in a thousand fragments; my stomach is likewise in turmoil.

Same phrase, other counties

• Tipperary
• Waterford

Related terms

• In bitsUgly or in a bad way. Also: not feeling great after a heavy night.
• Pink bitsEngaging in sexual intercourse.
• The dogs dangly bitsSomething excellent or first-rate.
• Thrupenny bitsRhyming slang for a woman's breasts.
• Top bitsA woman's breasts.