Dictionary

your man en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (informal) The expert one does or should turn to.
   • When it comes to DIY, I'm your man.

Forms

your man en · PRON

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see your, man.
2. (Ireland) That man, the man in question.
   • ... from the work of John Gilroy, whose animal cartoons and painful puns are still used to this day, to modern masterpieces such as the surfing ad (which led the Irish singer-songwriter Christy Moore to ponder "how yer man stayed up on that surfboard after fourteen pints of stout"). 2002, Geoff Wallis, Mark Connolly, Margaret Greenwood, The Rough Guide to Dublin, page 122:
   • "What did yer man want?" "Dunno, couldn't understand him." 2008, Andrew Higgins Wyndham, Re-imagining Ireland, page 29:
   • Your man is talking away but it's not dramatically correct to have him just jawing on and on, when there's no movement. 2005, John Doyle, A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age, page 81:
   • No, your man there with the kind of hooded eyes, talking to Tom O'Reilly. That's Frank Purcell, the general secretary. 2004, May O'Brien, Clouds on My Windows: A Dublin Memoir, page 151:

Forms

Coordinates

yer woman · yer wan · your wan · your woman

Translations (1)

ga mo dhuine (that man, the man in question)