Up a downpipe

exp.

Heard in Kerry

A disingenuous excuse for a person's whereabouts, typically when one has no idea where they actually are.

In use

Where's my dog... Yera he's up a downpipe.

Posh English

Where is my hound... Oh, he is tucked away up a downpipe.

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