What a dreich day! [What a dull day it is.]
I'm feeling quite drouthy [I am feeling really thirsty.]
That's a right scunner! [That's a real nuisance.]
It's a fair way to Skye from here. [It's quite a distance to
Skye from here.]
The picture still looks squint. [The picture is not looking
plumb on the wall.]
You'd better just caw canny. [You had better be careful.]
It's a sair fecht. [It's a difficult and troubling
situation.]
His face is tripping him. [He is scowling or he is tearful.]
Just play the daft laddie. [Just appear as if you are stupid
or don't know what is going on.]
You're looking a bit peely-wally. [You are looking a trifle
ill or weak.]
That's outwith my remit. [That's not my responsibility.]
It depends on what the high heid yins think. [It depends what
the bosses decide.]
I'll come round (at) the back of eight. [I'll appear at your
home just after eight o-clock.]
I kent his faither. [I knew his father.]
You're standing there like a stookie. [You appear to be
standing like a statue.]
He's a right sweetie-wife. [He's a very gossipy person.]
I didn't mean to cause a stooshie. [I did not mean to cause a
disturbance.]
She was a bit pit oot when I told her. [She was somewhat
angered when I told her.]
I'm swithering whether to go. [I'm undecided.]
Ach, away ye go! [Oh, I do not believe you.]
Whaur dae ye bide? [Where do you live?]
I stay in Dundee. [I live in Dundee.]
I'll see you up the road. [ I will accompany you home.]
I'm going for the messages. [I going to get provisions at the
shops.]
She learnt him some manners. [She taught him how to behave
properly with other people.]
Are you thinking of flitting? [Are you considering moving
from your present house to another.]
She was gey scunnered. [She was disgusted.]
He's cried Dod [pron: doad] after his faither. [The name he
was given at birth was George.]
It's our shy. [The referee at soccer awarded the throw-in
from the touch-line to us.]
He sat on his hunkers. [He squatted down on his rear-end.]
Gie's a shot then! [Give me a turn.]
Ay, right! ... (This is a response expressing disbelief.)
