To strain the spuds

v.

Heard in Meath and Kerry

To urinate.

In use

Stall the Car now while I strain the spuds." "Hold on while I strain the spuds!

Posh English

Halt the motor carriage forthwith, for I must decant the potatoes, as it were, against that hedge!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Kerry (not in the dictionary)