Not a hate

exp.

Heard in Cavan and Longford

Not a bit, nothing at all.

In use

Dersh not a hate a grub in the presses

Posh English

There is not a single morsel of nourishment to be found in those cupboards.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Dam a hateA response meaning there is no news or nothing happening.
  • Divil de hateNone at all. Not a bit.
  • HateHeat, warmth, or thermal radiation.
  • Hate from the bogPeat or turf for the fire. The phrase has no connection whatsoever to racism.
  • Hate thatAn expression of sympathy meaning one would not like to be in that situation.
  • Hate that bally showerMild disapproval of one's neighbours or a certain group of locals.