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get someone's Irish upTo anger or annoy someone.Rate it:

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irish setterbreed of dogRate it:

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crier famine sur un tas de bléTo cry out for what one has in plenty.Rate it:

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feast or famineA situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.Rate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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a dumb priest never got a parish(Irish) Those who fail to speak up fail to get what they want.Rate it:

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nearly never bulled a cow(Irish) Near enough is not good enough.Rate it:

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beat banaghanAn Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable.Rate it:

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black rideranother name for "Famine", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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blow-inIrish term for a tourist.Rate it:

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cock of the walkW:The Pogues - w:The Irish Rover.Rate it:

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where there's muck there's brass(UK, Irish) There is money to be made in unpleasant dirty jobs.Rate it:

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