He is full of blarney. From LearnThat.org. [www.wiktionary.org]
Noun : a lot of blarney about why he was broke. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object), verb (used without object) : He blarneys his boss with the most shameless compliments. From Dictionary.com.
Usually the expression blarney is applied to flattery designed to gain a favor. From Wordnik.com. [Blarney Stone] Reference
At least one Irish blogger, Suzy Byrne, stepped forward to call blarney on that. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
She will use "blarney" as a science in an artful way. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The Irish have a perfect word to describe what's happening in Ulster - 'blarney'. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Michael had just inherited a touch of the blarney. From Wordnik.com. [Lawman Lover]
This is the sawdust blarney of the carnival midway. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Cookie File from Karl Lehenbauer Part 6] Reference
The belles they may blarney, the boys they may bluff. From Wordnik.com. [Come Back Paddy Reilly] Reference
Macklin was laying on the blarney charm with a trowel. From Wordnik.com. [Hi-Ya!] Reference
Strauss can match Gorbachev's bluster and blarney any day. From Wordnik.com. [How To Help Gorbachev] Reference
If the Yanks believe his blarney, they must be bloody barmy. From Wordnik.com. [The New Morning Dew] Reference
He does affect both brogue and blarney when he thinks proper. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Do they "just believe high-quality, self-justifying blarney?". From Wordnik.com. ["Immoral Hazard"] Reference
The Guinness tap may be broken, but the blarney tap works fine. From Wordnik.com. [When Irish Guys Are Beguiling] Reference
The blarney to put yourself over, and the ability to back it up. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Chief] Reference
Another Boer laying down his arms, beguiled by Buller's blarney!. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
"If only that blarney hunting party doesn't come back too soon.". From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Chair]
"I'm afraid that you have kissed the blarney stone, Mr. Muldoon.". From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
He declined my offer with the usual mixture of humor and blarney. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
People who talk blarney are saying things they do not mean. From Wordnik.com. [Blarney Stone] Reference
"What," said Joan from the shelter of his arm, "is a blarney stone?". From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
I can see he believes it, like he believes all the blarney he utters. From Wordnik.com. [Priest in Kilvarnet] Reference
"No, I'm not," put in Patience, "but I've heard of the blarney stone.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
If expectations have been lowered by media blarney, so much the better. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Kuttner: Obama's Challenge, Part I: The Rhetoric] Reference
Did they swallow Bush's blarney about an impending actuarial apocalypse?. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Curry: Republicans Still Set the Agenda] Reference
Don't you ever start in making a mistake about Slavin -- blarney and all. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
In the highfalutin blarney of the Gilded Age, this made her an "opera singer.". From Wordnik.com. [Maybe Mamie, Maybe Not] Reference
He tried to separate the blarney from the facts between the two strong leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Giago: Bury My Hertz at Wounded Knee] Reference
Neither Barney's blarney nor Schumer's schmooze was any avail before an outraged public. From Wordnik.com. [William K. Black: Why is Obama Championing Bush's Financial Wrecking Crew?] Reference
I am actually part Irish, and I have often been accused of having a certain gift for blarney. From Wordnik.com. [Presidents Remarks American Ireland Foundation Dinner] Reference
The usual blarney from the usual sources by ardee D. on Saturday, Jul 29, 2006 at 11: 58: 41 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Delay declares Democrats' first instinct is to Cut and Run] Reference
There is a saying that Newfoundlanders require a pinch of salt and blarney in their political mix. From Wordnik.com. [Principles and Approaches] Reference
To gain an Irishman's generosity, you cannot use a better instrument than meat, drink, and blarney. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
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