PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Prov: What is bred in the bone comes out in the flesh, an rud a bheirtear sa chnámh is doiligh a bhaint as an bhfeoil.
He was bred (up) to the law, tugadh foghlaim dlíodóra dó.
He had been bred a sailor, le mairnéalacht a cuireadh é i dtús a shaoil.
Country-bred, de thógáil na tuaithe.
He was gutter-bred, sa lathach a tógadh é.