PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Bot: Yellow balsam, balsam buí.
Prov: Beggars cannot be choosers, is buí le bocht an beagán. S.a. HORSE-BACK.
Light-brown hair, gruaig bhuí-odhar.
F: Not by a long chalk, is fada buí uaidh é.
Chrome yellow, buí cróim.
(Corn-)cob, dias f (mhine buí).
There is a great difference between them, is fada buí óna chéile iad.
Dyer's weed, (an) buí mór.
I am far from believing it, is fada buí uaim é a chreidiúint.
F: He will have a fit when he knows, titfidh an t-anam as, tiocfaidh an lí buí air, ach go mbeidh a fhios aige é.
Thank God! buíochas le Dia! a bhuí le Dia!
Thank goodness, a bhuí le Dia.
White, red, yellow, lead, luaidhe bhán, dhearg, bhuí.
Long-drawn(-out) story, scéal an ghamhna bhuí.
Yellow loosestrife, lus m na síochána buí.
African marigold, ceannbhán buí.
We must be thankful for small mercies, is buí le bocht an beagán.
The merry month of May, mí bhuí na Bealtaine.
Yellow phosphorus, fosfar buí.
U.S: To pop corn, gran buí a phléascadh le teas.
Common ragwort, buachalán buí.
Golden retriever, aimseadóir m buí.
F: She is a sit-by-the-fire, cailleach na luaithe buí í.
There is a yellow streak in him, tá an chré bhuí ann.
Thanks to your superior knowledge, a bhuí le d'eolas breise.
That's a tall story, sin scéal an ghamhna bhuí agat.
Tan leather shoes, bróga buí (leathair).
Thank God! thank heaven! thank goodness! a bhuí le Dia! buíochas le Dia! S.a. STAR1 1
F: A tale of a tub, scéal an ghamhna bhuí.
Autumn turns the leaves yellow, cuireann an Fómhar dath buí ar na duilleoga.
The leaves are beginning to turn, tá imir bhuí ag teacht sna duilleoga.
Yellow as a guinea, chomh buí le hór.
Yellow hair, gruaig bhuí.
Yellow metal, miotal buí.
Yellow fever, (an) fiabhras buí.
The yellow races, na ciníocha buí.
The Yellow Sea, An Mhuir Bhuí.