Shite or a heartburn

phr.

Heard in Cork

Uncertainty whether one's stomach discomfort is due to needing the lavatory or indigestion.

I dont know is it a shite or a heartburn I have.

Posh English

I cannot decide whether this gastric discomfort is due to needing the lavatory or mere indigestion.

Related terms

• Shite in the bucketSomeone who isn't physically able to shite normally.
• Shite out of a wellyA person said to be so indiscriminate they would eat virtually anything, even the shite…
• Cud ya give a shiteA dismissive challenge questioning whether anyone cares about a matter.
• 7 shades of shiteA severe beating.
• A hat of shiteOf no consequence whatever.
• A shite in a swing swongA state of feeling out of sorts, often from a hangover.