ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ baintrí aici, she has cast off her widow’s weeds.
Tá ~ (agus a dhóthain) de mhaoin an tsaoil aige, he is very well off, has a surplus of worldly goods.
Níl tú ~te nuair atá do shláinte agat, you are not too badly off while you have your health.
Tá sé éirithe amach ón g~, he has gone off his rocker.
Is fearr dúinn a bheith ag ciorrú an bhóthair, we had better be off.
Nuair atá an tsláinte againn níl ~ orainn, while we have our health we are not too badly off.
Bhí ~ mór leis an lá a d’imigh sé, he had a great send-off on the day he left.
Tá triúr iníonacha aige le cur i gcrích, he has three daughters to marry off.
Tá sí ag cur thairsti ó mhaidin, she has been letting off steam all day.
Tá an ceann den teach acu, they have taken the roof off the house.
Bhí an ghaoth ón talamh orainn, we had an off-shore wind against us.
Bhí siad ~ uaim abhaile, they had cleared off home and left me.
Tá sé de ghlanmheabhair agam, I have it off by heart.
D’imigh an t-~ orthu, they have vanished off the face of the earth; they are gone to the deuce.
Tá an dán de mheabhair aige, he has the poem off by heart.
Tá na mílte aige, he has thousands (of pounds), is well off.
Tá na cnaipí scoite de mo bhríste, the buttons have come off my trousers.
Tá sé ar a theanga aige, he has it off by heart.
Is fearr duit dul idir iad agus an chontúirt, you had better head them off from danger.