Hows yer bollix

exp.

Heard in Waterford

An irreverent and informal greeting roughly equivalent to asking how someone is keeping.

In use

Well you absolute header, how's yer bollix taking the strain of the new job?

Posh English

Well you splendid lunatic, how are your personal endowments bearing the strain of the new occupation?

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