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Sure It’ll Be Grand

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by Vernaq • 75 items

A field guide to the phrases Irish colleagues use every day — where “grand” can mean five different things and “we’ll see how we go” rarely means what you think it does.

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A small bit
A little.
Ah here
An expression of disbelief or frustration.
Ah yeah
Agreement, often while thinking.
Any craic?
What’s new?
Away with you
I don’t believe you.
Deadly
Really good.
Don’t be worrying about that
That problem is not important right now.
Don’t mind that
Ignore it.
Fair play
Well done.
Give it a lash
Try it and see what happens.
Give us a shout
Let me know.
Grand
Fine, acceptable, or vaguely approved.
Happy days
Everything worked out well.
He hasn’t a notion
He has no idea.
He’s sound out
Someone is particularly helpful.
Hold on a sec
Wait for a moment.
I might
Maybe, but probably not.
I will yeah
I absolutely will not do that.
I’d say
Probably.
I’ll chance it
I’ll try and see if it works.
I’ll have a look
I will investigate later.
I’ll sort it
I will fix the issue.
I’m only after...
I just did something.
I’m wrecked
I’m very tired.
In a minute
At some undefined time in the future.
It’ll sort itself out
Hopefully the problem resolves itself.
It’s a bit of a mess
Something is significantly broken.
It’s no harm
It might be useful.
It’s only a small thing
It may not actually be small.
Just there now
Very soon.
No panic
There’s no urgent problem.
No rush
There is actually some rush.
Not a bother
No problem at all.
Not ideal
This is actually quite bad.
Not the worst
It could definitely be worse.
Notions
Acting above yourself or getting fancy ideas.
Right away now
Immediately.
Right so
The conversation is ending.
Right so anyway
Time to change the subject.
Sorted
The problem is solved.
Sound
Nice, helpful or reliable.
Sure go on
Fine, do it.
Sure it’ll be grand
This might work, hopefully.
Sure listen
A preface before giving an opinion.
Sure look
There’s nothing we can really do about it.
That’ll do
Good enough.
That’s a bit mad
That seems unreasonable.
That’s a bold strategy
That idea seems risky.
That’s a job
That task will take effort.
That’s brutal
That’s very bad.
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