A simple affair

n.

Heard in Tipperary

A device or contraption that is straightforward and uncomplicated.

In use

Dat yoke at de ploughin match for sawn timber, was a simple affair, for de work id saves ya...

Posh English

That contraption at the ploughing match for sawn timber was a remarkably uncomplicated affair, considering the labour it saves one.

  • Simple asUsed to emphasise the absolute necessity of a task or statement.
  • NeasySimple, straightforward, or easy to accomplish.
  • Bit on da sideA person with whom one is conducting an extramarital affair.
  • LineTo engage in a romantic relationship or an illicit affair with another person.
  • ShebangThe entirety of something; the whole affair.