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supersuezy24 | 23:44 Thu 17th Feb 2011 | Phrases & Sayings
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Who is Reilly and why is his life so good?
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Really sad I know, but I have a daft book about things like this. It is a reference to a song in the 1880's describing a bloke called O'Reilly - working class immigrant who always claimed to be on the verge of hitting the big time, making himself and everyone around rich in the process. I know --
00:08 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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So he was rich then? Or just had schemes to do so?
00:10 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Don't know- stoopid book didn't tell me that.
00:11 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Just kept claiming to be on the verge, does that mean he was a bad driver, that's the only way I park, sorry, getting sleepy and daft.
00:13 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Haha thanks for letting me know anyway x
00:13 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Probably was Haha if he even had a car Haha
00:15 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ril1.htm for a detailed answer from a noted etymologist.
07:32 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Thanks Quizmonster :)
17:24 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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Cassell's Slang Dict. gives the source as the song 'My Name is Kelly' as listed in QuizMonsters reply link.
21:08 Fri 18th Feb 2011

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