PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
(Harlequin's) bat, slat f draíochta (cleasaí).
Jester's bauble, slaitín m cleasaí m.
F: An artful dodger, cleasaí cluanach.
F: He's a sly old file, cleasaí glic é.
Practical joker, cleasaí m.
Political mountebank, cleasaí m polaitíochta.
Pettifogging lawyer, dlíodóir cleasach.
The little rogue! an cleasaí beag! an rógaire beag!
F: Sly dog, cleasaí m, slíomadóir m; codaí m.
He knows a trick or two, he's up to every trick, boc cleasach é; is mó lúb ina chorp siúd.