Stall the ball lads

phr.

Heard in Carlow and Dublin

An appeal to wait a moment or pause proceedings.

In use

Stall the ball lads while I run ta da shop for some fags.

Posh English

Hold your horses, chaps, whilst I pop down to the shops.

  • Stall the ballAn appeal to wait, pause, or hold on a moment.
  • Stall de ballAn exhortation to wait or hold up, equivalent to "stall" or "hold your horses".
  • StallAn instruction to halt, pause, or wait a moment.
  • Stall upTo wait, halt, or pause for a brief moment.
  • Stall itAn instruction to wait, pause, or halt one's current movement.
  • Over the bar is the place for it ladsIn Gaelic football, the instruction that the ball must go over the crossbar for a point.