Pile of shite

phr.

Heard in Kilkenny and Cork

Something of extremely poor quality; absolute rubbish.

In use

Turn that television off, the whole thing is a pile of shite!

Posh English

Switch off that television set, as the entire production is absolute rubbish!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Pile a shiteThe Cork hurling team, or any discussion concerning them.
  • ShiteExcrement; also rubbish or of poor quality.
  • Shite in the bucketSomeone who isn't physically able to shite normally.
  • Shite out of a wellyA person said to be so indiscriminate they would eat virtually anything, even the shite…
  • Talkin shiteSpeaking nonsense or rubbish in someone's opinion.
  • Not worth a shiteUtterly useless, broken, or of thoroughly inferior quality.