Get the giodar on!

exp.

Heard in Mayo

Hurry up; an Erris expression derived from the Irish word for haste.

In use

Get the giodar on ye or we'll be late for Mass!

Posh English

Apply some haste, sir, or we shall be tardy for divine service!

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