ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is beag an chabhair a bheith ag caint air, it is no good talking about it.
Ní thig léi ~ ar bith a bhaint den ógánach sin aici, she can get no good out of that young fellow of hers.
Níl maith a bheith á cheilt, it is no good trying to keep it dark.
Ní raibh aon chúis ann, it was no good.
Tá ~ faoi, he is up to no good.
Tháinig ~ air, he came to no good.
Tá ~ faoi, he is up to no good.
Tá ~ faoi, he looks as if he will come to no good.
Níl maith ann ag ~, he is no good at repartee.
Bhí siad ag imeacht ó rath, they were doing no good, were going to ruin.
Ní dhearna sé maith leis, he did no good at it.
Níl ~ ann, it is no good.
Níl ~ a bheith leo, it is no good dealing with them; they are intractable.
Ní thiocfaidh ~ ar bith as, no good will come of it.
~ caillí, ‘an old woman’s pet’, pampered child, no-good person.
Níl aon ~ orm, liom, ag a leithéid sin, I am no good at that sort of thing.
Is olc an ~ thú, you are no good at keeping a secret.
Ní haon ~ dúinn an méid sin, that amount is no good to us.