PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To call his bluff, (i) (at poker) iarraidh air a chuid cártaí a chur chun cláir; (ii) tabhairt ar dhuine cur lena chuid cainte.
Game of cards, cluiche m cártaí.
Pack of cards, paca m cártaí.
She told my fortune by cards, léigh sí na cártaí dhom.
He has given up that habit, tá an nós san caite faoi thóin cártaí aige.
House of cards, caisleán cártaí.
Cards: The low cards, na cártaí dona.
Cards: To make the cards, na cártaí a shuaitheadh.
He had the cards marked, bhí comharthaí ar na cártaí aige.
F: They went down like ninepins, leagadh iad mar a leagfaí póiríní cloiche, paca cártaí.
To pack cards, cártaí a dhathú.
To play cards, cártaí a imirt.
What do you say to a game of cards? dá mbeadh cluiche cártaí againn?
To throw sth. on the scrap-heap, rud a chaitheamh ar an gcarn aoiligh, faoi thóin cártaí.
To show one's cards, one's hand, (i) na cártaí a chur ar an mbord; (ii) do rún a nochtadh.
F: To call for a show-down, iarraidh ar dhuine a chuid cártaí a thaispeáint.
No one can touch him in cards, níl goir ag aon duine air mar fhear cártaí.
Card trick, cleas m cártaí.
What about a game of cards? céard, cad, a déarfá le cluiche cártaí?