The Irishman Slang Decoded: Your Guide to the Vig, School, and Candy

This is not the opening scene of "The Irishman."

I Heard You Paint Houses

Here’s Frank Sheeran in I Heard You Paint Houses, recounting his first conversation with Jimmy Hoffa (played by Al Pacino in The Irishman):

“The first words Jimmy ever spoke to me were ‘I heard you paint houses.’ The paint is the blood that supposedly gets on the wall or the floor when you shoot somebody.”

Hoffa’s line, “I heard you paint houses,” is in the trailer for the film.

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The Irishman Slang Explained: Your Guide to the Vig, Candy, Going to School, and Painting Houses