1. A tongue-in-cheek, humorous term used to refer to an Irish person, originally used sarcastically to suggest they are “hardly Irish” at all—typically playing on accent or behaviour in a joking, ironic way.
2. By stereotype, often imagined as someone who drives an old Toyota or Volkswagen, wears a GAA jersey most days, and is frequently found in groups around Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
“ He reckons he’s not like the rest of them, but rocking up to Coogee in an old E60 BMW with a county jersey and a crew beside him—hardly”
“Walk past Big Dave in the morning time and you’ll spot a group of hardlies—county jerseys on, leaning against a couple of old VWs, carrying on like they own the place.”
12 step recovery jargon referring to someone new who talks about how great life is, now that they'resober. Usually meaning that the person is out of touch with reality.
The new guy seems pretty happy for a dude who has no job, no money and no family. He must be on a pink cloud.