your man

English

Alternative forms

• yer man

Pronoun

your man

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see your,‎ man.
2. (Ireland) That man, the man in question.
   • 2002, Geoff Wallis, Mark Connolly, Margaret Greenwood, The Rough Guide to Dublin, page 122:

     ... 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").

   • 2004, May O'Brien, Clouds on My Windows: A Dublin Memoir, page 151:

     No, your man there with the kind of hooded eyes, talking to Tom O'Reilly. That's Frank Purcell, the general secretary.

   • 2005, John Doyle, A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age, page 81:

     Your man is talking away but it's not dramatically correct to have him just jawing on and on, when there's no movement.

   • 2008, Andrew Higgins Wyndham, Re-imagining Ireland, page 29:

     "What did yer man want?" "Dunno, couldn't understand him."

Coordinate terms

• your woman, yer woman, your wan, yer wan

Translations

that man, the man in question

• Irish: mo dhuine

Noun

your man

1. (informal) The expert one does or should turn to.

   When it comes to DIY, I'm your man.