PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá mé as cleachtadh na hoibre, I have lost practice at the work.
Capall na hoibre an ~, one must eat to work.
Sin é an ~ chun na hoibre, that is the proper implement for the job.
Tá ~ na hoibre déanta, the main part of the work is done.
Sin í an ~ chun na hoibre, that is the proper implement for the job.
~ na hoibre an bia, one cannot work without food.
Cliste ~ na hoibre, clever at the work.
Chuir sé ~ na hoibre air féin, he put on a workmanlike appearance.
Cuir ~ na hoibre ort féin, give yourself a workmanlike appearance.
Chuir sé ~ na hoibre, na troda, air féin, he put on a workmanlike appearance, struck a fighting attitude.
~ na hoibre, the worst kind of work.
Tugadh ~ na hoibre dom, I was given an unfair share of the work.
~ na hoibre a chur ort féin, to bend one’s back to the work, to get down to it.
Chuir sé ~ na hoibre air féin, he gave himself a workmanlike appearance.
~ na hoibre a chur ort féin, to give oneself a workmanlike appearance.
~ na hoibre, the merit of the work.
~ de réir na huaire, na hoibre, payment by the hour, in proportion to the work.
Ag leabhrú na hoibre, marking out the work.
Luí chun na hoibre, to get down to the work.
Thit ~ na hoibre orm, I had to do the heaviest share of the work.
~ na hoibre, most of the work.
Níl siad i d~ na hoibre go fóill, they are not familiar with the work yet.
Teastaíonn foighne chun na hoibre sin, that work requires patience.
Tá ~ na hoibre déanta, the bulk of the work is done.
~ na hoibre, an tsiúil, fatigue from work, from travel.
~ maith leath na hoibre, well begun is half done.