“I’ll miss you like a sore thumb”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: common Belfast saying
Category Archives: Belfast Janks
090713012
“You’re as funny as a Mass card”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: common Belfast saying
090713011
“Can your ma sew? (headbutts), Get her to stitch that!”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: local talk, fighting words
090713010
“You’ve got a face like a bulldog chewing a bumblebee”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: her granny would say this to her when she was throwing a temper tantrum
090713009
Spanish: Eres más malo que un dolor
English: You’re worse than the pain
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: common insult from the South of Spain, Cordova
090713008
Spanish: Cada vez que hablas sube el pan
English: Every time you talk, the price of bread goes up
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: common insult from the South of Spain, Cordova
090713007
Translation from Spanish: “You’re as slow as the body’s horse”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: common insult from the South of Spain, Cordova
090713006
“If I had a head like that, I’d have it circumcised”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: told to him by Joe Harnick, a Jewish guy in Los Angeles
090713005
“You’re as useful as a chocolate teapot”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: local talk
090713004
“Your mom goes to the restaurant, gets a menu, looks at it for a while, and says, “OK.””
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: heard from friend in Heidelberg, Germany