mustar gan ghustal

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “muster without belongings”

Phrase

mustar gan ghustal

  1. delusions of grandeur, all show and no go

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
  2. ^ “mustar gan gustal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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