Funny Irish Sayings
Ireland has a saying for everything, and most of them are ruder than your granny would admit. Here are the funniest Irish sayings on slang.ie, sent in from all over the country, with what they actually mean.
As rare as rocking horse shitTipperary +1
Extremely rare, something that is all but impossible to encounter.
A good Westlife song, that's as rare as rocking horse shit.
Uppinahape, like the man who married the fat womanTipperary
Description of feeling out of sorts especially on a monday morning.
Well willie how you, sure I'm up in a hape like the man who married the fat woman
Sick as a plane to lourdesCork +2
Extremely hungover.
I'm as sick as a plane to lourdes
The Gardaí wouldn't ask me thatWexford
A retort to someone being excessively nosey.
The Gardaí wouldn't ask me that
A big lad when he's out, like an ass's toolTipperary
Someone who acts the big man or tries to look important when out in public.
Look at yer man. Yeah, a big lad when he's out, like an ass's tool.
Shot with a ball of their own shyte!Waterford
This phrase is used to describe a person or people who have done something so terrible that they deserve to be hit by a projectile made exclusively of their…
Us poor taxpayers will be paying for years because the builders and bankers made a hames of our economy. They should be shot with a ball of their own shyte, the lot of em!
If he went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening!Sligo
He is known to overstay his welcome.
Ah no yer mothers not comin over again. If she went to a wedding she's stay for the christening!
A cup of tay will crown yaWexford
A cup of tea will refresh or revive you.
A cup of tay will crown ya sure.
If there was work in the bed, ya'd sleep on the floor!Galway
A rebuke for someone who is extremely lazy.
If there was work in the bed, ya'd sleep on the floor!
Away with the fairiesLongford +2
Describes someone who is not quite with it, somewhat vague or confused, as if a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Yer man's away with the fairies!
I'd ate a cow between two bread vans!Tipperary
An emphatic expression of extreme hunger.
I'd ate a cow between two bread vans!
Were you born in a field?Waterford
A sarcastic expression used to ask someone (normally a younger person) if they would close the door behind them.
Mam: "Would you ever close the door, were you born in a field or something?"
Son: "Nah mah, it was ardkeen and dey haves automatic doors!"You'd swear it was a f**kin arctic truck she was drivingKerry
Said of a poor driver who cannot negotiate a narrow street, as if manoeuvring an enormous vehicle.
There's loads of space its not an arctic truck she's driving!
Its like a deaf dog...its hard to callMeath
When a game of football or hurling is very close and its hard to decide who will win or else in discussion about a dodgy decision made by a referee... This…
Mick(shouting): Jaysus ref, that's a free in...
Hayes: "Hard to know now, its like a deaf dog, its hard to call..."Sick as a small hospitalLimerick +4
Extremely nauseous, typically after heavy drinking.
I'm sick as a small hospital after last night.
Ya wouldn't see that on the radio!Wexford
Used to describe something extraordinary or classic.
Jimmy's after turnin over the Leyland abroad in the 10acre! Jaysus you wouldn't see that on the radio!
I'd ate the hind leg of the lamb of GodKilkenny +1
One is extremely hungry.
Oh jasus I'm so hungry I'd ate the hund leg of the lamb of god.
Ye'd argue over the colour of shiteLongford
People who would argue about absolutely anything, even the most mundane.
Jaysus lads, ye'd argue over the colour of shite!
All fur coat and no knickersDublin
Appearing sophisticated or impressive on the surface but lacking real substance underneath.
That one is all fur coat and no knickers.
I could ate the beard of MosesAntrim
I am extremely hungry.
Will the dinner be long Ma? I could ate the beard of Moses