Well that takes the jaffa

exp.

Heard in Cavan

An expression of surprise or disbelief.

In use

Jimmy: "Did you hear the bullock got out of the field last night cause the wind blew the gate open." Mark: "Well that just takes the jaffa."

Posh English

Jimmy inquired whether I had heard that the bullock escaped from the field the previous night because the wind had blown the gate open. Mark replied that it really was most astonishing.