PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Dead drunk, ar stealladh meisce.
To be in drink, the worse for drink, under the influence of drink, bheith óltach, bheith ar meisce, braon sa choiricín a bheith agat.
To get drunk, dul ar meisce.
He was blind drunk, bhí sé dallta, caoch ar meisce.
Drunk and disorderly, ar meisce agus go mí-iomprach.
Hopelessly drunk, dallta ar meisce.
He talks as if he were drunk, tá sé ag caint mar a bheadh sé ar meisce.
F: Lit up, ar meisce, súgach.
He was three parts drunk, bhí dhá thrian meisce air.
Drunk or sober (he shouldn't have said it), ar meisce nó ina chiall dó (níor chóir dó a rá).