Gone to Carrick with a sailor

phr.

Heard in Waterford

I don't know where the person (usu. a woman) you are looking for.

Where's me mother? She's gone to Carrick with a sailor.

Posh English

Wherever is my mother? She has departed for Carrick in the company of a mariner.

Related terms

• A word in CarrickNotice, interest, outcry etc. usually in the negative I.e. not a word in carrick.
• Not a word in CarrickAn expression indicating that something is being done discreetly or kept quiet.
• Mouldy like a bag of bon bonsSpoiled or rotten, especially sweets that have gone off. A catchphrase from…
• GoneA curt request, only slightly less polite than please.
• Gone for the bainneCompletely broken, finished or beyond repair.
• Gone fuck yerself!An emphatic expression of contempt equivalent to go away and stop bothering me.