PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
The last act forms an anticlimax, béim síos atá sa ghníomh deiridh.
During the last few days, le cúpla lá anuas, le laethanta beaga anuas.
To defend sth. to the last gasp, rud a chosaint go dtí an sprioc.
The last item on the agenda, an rud deireanach ar an gclár.
The Last Judgment, an Breithiúnas Deireannach.
Let the shoemaker stick to his last, is namhaid an cheird gan í a fhoghlaim.
The last two, the two last, an dá cheann dheireanacha.
The Last Day, lá dheireadh an tsaoil.
She was the last to arrive, ba í ba dhéanaí a tháinig.
The last but one, the second last, an ceann roimh an gceann deireanach.
You should be the last to say it, tusa is lú is cóir é a rá.
That's the last thing that's worrying me, sin é an chuid is lú de mo bhuaireamh.
In the last resort, as a last resource, mar bheart in am na héigne.
To have the last word, an focal scoir a bheith agat.
He has said the last word on the matter, tá deireadh ráite faoin scéal lena chuid caintesean.
The last word in hats, hata den fhaisean is nua.
The last of the year, lá cinn bhliana.
A matter of the last importance, cúrsa mórthábhachtach.
The night before last, arú aréir.
I have not seen him for the last four days, ní bhfuaireas aon radharc air le ceithre lá.
We shall never hear the last of it, ní chloisfimid a dheireadh choíche.
That is the last I saw of him, ní fhaca mé riamh ó shin é.
This is the last of it, seo é a dheireadh.
To, till, the last, go dtí an deireadh.
The supplies will not last out two months, ní mhairfidh an stór an dá mhí.
The Government will not last a year, ní chuirfidh an Rialtas isteach an bhliain; ní mhairfidh an Rialtas bliain.
My overcoat will last the winter out, tabharfaidh mo chóta mór an geimhreadh; bainfidh mé an geimhreadh as mo chóta mór.
At the last moment, an mhóimint dheireannach.
The last-named, an té is deireanaí a dúradh.
This will not of necessity be the last, ní gá gurb é seo an ceann deiridh.
The night before last, arú aréir.
Last offices (to the dead), an friothálamh déanach.
The last but one, an ceann deireanach ach ceann; an ceann roimh an gceann deireanach.
Over the last three years, le trí bliana anuas.
It was the last resort..., nuair a chuaigh an chúis go cnámh na huillinne ...
To give the last sacraments to a dying person, an ola dhéanach a chur ar dhuine.
The last speaker, an duine deireanach a labhair.
The last straw, buille na tubaiste.
In the style of the last century, i bhfaisean na haoise seo caite.
The Last Supper, An Suipéar Déanach.
Is that the man whom we saw last week? an é siúd an fear a chonaic muid an tseachtain seo caite?
The house will last our time, tabharfaidh an teach ár sealna.
He paid to the last penny, d'íoc sé go fiú na pingine.
The last trump, the trump of doom, trumpa an aingil.
The last will and testament of . . ., uacht bháis . . .
The year before last, arú anuraidh.