PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí an bhó ag cur ~ an ghamhna amach, the cow had a prolapsus (at calving).
Tá mé as cleachtadh na hoibre, I have lost practice at the work.
Tá sé ar bharra a mhéar aige, he has it at his finger-tips.
Bhí an bhó ag cur a caoláin amach, the cow had a prolapsus (at calving).
Is beag an ~ atá orainn, we have little comfort; we are not much at ease.
Bhí an bhó ag cur a coirp amach, the cow had a prolapsus (at calving).
~adh ar dhuine, to look at s.o.; to consider, to have consideration for, s.o.
2. Bheith ~ ar rud (a dhéanamh), to be adept at, to have a knack of doing, sth.
Ba dheas mo ghnó ar aonach! What business would I have at a fair?
Níl sé ar dhíslí agat, you have lost your chance of it, can’t win at this stage of the game.
Is fada an lá ar an ~ sin é, he has been at that game for a long time.
Shíl sé ~ (magaidh) a bhaint asam, he thought he could have a bit of fun at my expense.
Tá gafa fúthu, the damp has got at them.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to have a dig at s.o.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to have a dig at s.o.
Chuaigh mé ina cheann athuair, I had another go at it.
~ a bhaint as rud, to have a go at sth.
Tabhair ~ air, have a go at it.
B’éigean dom teacht ina ~ arís, I had to go at it again from the beginning.
Cérbh ~ a n-ábhar fíocha, although they had much cause to be at feud.
Níl ~ aige, he has no sense at all.
Ní raibh ~ na léithe agam, I had nothing at all.
~ a bhaint as rud, to have a smack at sth.
~aigí orthu! Have at them!
Anois ó tá mé luite chuige, now that I have got going at it.
Is ~ nár fhan sa bhaile, I wish I had stayed at home.
Bheith ar mhaithe le duine, to have s.o.’s interest at heart.
Ba dheas do mhargadh fanacht sa bhaile, it would have been much better for you to stay at home.
Tá sé ar bharra na ~ aige, he has it at his fingertips.
~ mhagaidh a chur i nduine, to prod s.o. in jest; to have a dig at s.o.
Thugamar ~ faoin obair, we had a go at the work.
~ a chur i nduine, a thabhairt do dhuine, to have a dig at s.o.
Tá sé i ~ aon mhéire aige, he has it at his finger-tips.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to have a dig at s.o.
Is fearr seanfhiacha ná ~, ‘better old debts than an old score’, it is better to have s.o. beholden to you than at enmity with you.
Bhí ~ fada orainn ag an stad bus, we had a long wait at the bus stop.
Níl ~ ná snaidhm le cur i ngeall agam, ‘I have neither a thread nor a stitch at stake’, I have nothing to lose.
Ag caitheamh ~ liom, sparring at me; having a dig at me.
Bainfidh mé ~ as, I’ll have a try at it.
Is fearr dúinn ~t faoin obair sin láithreach, we had better make a start at that work immediately.
Dá mbeadh sé ~ leis sin, if it had stopped at that.
Tá rud éigin ~ thiar de sin aige, he has something other than that at the back of his mind.
Ná ~ súile na ndaoine orainn, don’t have everybody looking at us.
An mhaoin a bhfuil ~ agam uirthi, the means I have at my disposal.
Ba cheart duit sin a rá an chéad ~, you should have said that at first.
Tá ~ mór aige go mbuafaidh sé an cás, he is going to have a good shot at winning the case.