PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He looks blue, (i) tá dreach gruama air; (ii) tá dreach scáfar air.
He had a fit of the blues, tháinig tallann ghruama air.
He always looks on the dark side of things, bíonn an taobh gruama den scéal i gcónaí aige, bíonn an drochscéal i gcónaí aige.
Depressing landscape, taobh tíre gruama.
Gloomy picture, pictiúr gruama.
Heavy weather, aimsir ghruama.
Thoughts of a sombre hue, smaointe gruama.
All seems yellow to the jaundiced eye, feiceann súil ghruama saol gruama.
Melancholy news, scéala m gruama, dubhach.
To be moody, (i) bheith gruama, tugtha don ghruaim; (ii) bheith taghdach, spadhrúil.
To be moping about, bheith ag rístíocht thart go gruama.