PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Occasional showers, ceathanna fánacha; corrchith.
To pepper the enemy with bullets, cith luaidhe a scaoileadh leis an namhaid.
Pyr: Golden rain, cith m óir.
It rained presents that day, tháinig ceathanna bronntanas an lá sin.
It never rains but it pours, nuair a thig cith tig balc.
To rain blows on s.o., duine a ghreadadh le cith buillí.
Sunny shower, cith gealáin.
F: Shower of stones, cith cloch.
Shower of sparks, cith, scaoth f, drithlí.
Sudden shower, cith gan choinne.
His blows fell thick and fast, bhuail sé cith buillí (air).