PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Barrack-room language, caint gharbh.
Broad humour, greann garbh.
Coarse voice, glór garbh.
Crude expression, abairt gharbh.
Rough diamond, diamant garbh.
He's a rough diamond, fear breá garbh é.
Dirty weather, (i) aimsir gharbh; (ii) aimsir shalach, shramach.
Rough to the feel, garbh le breith air, le mothú.
Exp: Large grain, small grain, powder, púdar m garbh, mín.
To handle s.o. roughly, glacaíocht gharbh a thabhairt do dhuine; duine a lámhú.
Broad humour, greann garbh.
Low comedy, coiméide gharbh.
Low comedian, fuirseoir garbh.
Rough-mannered, garbh, giorraisc.
He has no palate for broad humour, níl goile ar bith aige do ghreann garbh.
Nau: We got a stormy passage, bhí aistear garbh againn.
To rasp out an insult at s.o., achasán a chaitheamh le duine de ghlór garbh.
Raw colouring, dathú garbh.
Rough to the touch, garbh faoi do mhéara.
Rough sea, farraige gharbh, stoirmeach.
Rough play, imirt gharbh.
Gram: Rough breathing, análú m garbh.
To treat s.o. roughly, bheith garbh le duine.
To play rough, imirt go garbh.
One must take the rough with the smooth, caithfidh tú an saol a ghlacadh mín agus garbh.
Rude plough, céachta garbh.
Kitchen salt, salann garbh.
Heavy sea, strong sea, farraige gharbh, mórtas m farraige.
One must take the rough with the smooth, caithfidh tú an saol a ghlacadh mín agus garbh.
Taking one thing with another, idir mhín agus gharbh.
She stuck to him through thick and thin, d'fhan sí dílis dó mín agus garbh.
Uncut diamond, diamant garbh, gan ghearradh.
Unpolished style, stíl gharbh, thútach.
He became violent, d'éirigh sé garbh.
It was a wild night, ba gharbh an oíche í.
It is very windy, tá sé an-gharbh.
