Pick'n winners

v.

Heard in Tipperary

To pick one's nose.

Are ya pick'n for winners?

Posh English

Are you engaged in nasal excavation?

Related terms

• Big enough to pick shamrockExtremely small in stature.
• Crow ta pickHave to speak to, argue with, ask a difficult question, sort out.
• Run up me arse and pick daisiesAn emphatic expression used to tell someone to go away.
• As far as your noseA rather stupid person who lacks common sense.
• Brown noseAn excessive sycophant or a blatant flatterer of figures in authority.
• Cut de noseTo ignore someone or treat them with deliberate rudeness.