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.
To board a room, urlár cláir a chur i seomra.
To board a book, cláir mpl a chur ar leabhar.
(Of corpse) Laid out, os cionn cláir.
Cards: To open clubs, teacht chun cláir le triuf.
(Of body) To lie in state, bheith os cionn cláir (go poiblí).
To stave a barrel, cláir bairille a chur le chéile.
Carp: Thick stuff, cláir mpl ramhra.
To block up the windows, na fuinneoga a chaochadh (le cláir, etc.).