Irish Sayings

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

to someone who committed some small fault


'Tis only a stepmother would blame you.'


of a tall, large woman


That's a fine doorful of a woman.


of a gossiper


She has a tongue that would clip a hedge.


of a poor, thin creature


The breath is only just in and out of him, and the grass doesn't know of him walking over it.


of a coarse, ill-mannered person using poor language


What would you expect out of a pig but a grunt?


on trying to change a stubborn person's mind


You might as well be whistling jigs to a milestone


of very bad music


Aw, that's the tune the old cow died of.


of one who overstays their welcome


If that man went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening.


of a talkative person


That man would talk the teeth out of a saw.


of a person who paid too much for a cow


He bought every hair in her tail.


of a clever thief


He'd steal the sugar out of your punch.


said of a woman who had made a bad marriage


She burnt her coal and did not warm herself.


of bad aim in shooting


He wouldn't hit a hole in a ladder.


of an impish child


That one suffers from a double dose of original sin.


of an unfortunate one


He is always in the field when luck is on the road.


of very wet weather


It's a fine day for young ducks.


of someone who always plans carefully


If he's not fishing he's mending his nets.

[StormCrazyIowan]

LMAO, I have heard quite a few of these from my gramma!