PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To stroke a cat backwards, cat a chuimilt in aghaidh stuif.
To be like a cat on hot bricks, a bheith ar bís.
There is not room in it to swing a cat, níl slí dhá chat chun rince ann.
It would make a cat laugh, dá mbeifeá taobh le haon gháire amháin chaithfeá a dhéanamh faoi.
A cat may look at a king, faigheann an cat cead amharc ar an rí is ní fhaigheann an rí cead é a chaitheamh.
F: (Of pers.) An old cat, seanchantalóir m mná.
F: She made a cat's paw of him, rinne sí cúl dín de.
He was grinning like a Cheshire cat, bhí cár go cluais air ag gáire.
He has as many lives as a cat, tá sé chomh deacair a mharú le heascann.