PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Adhesion to a plan, aontú m le plean.
F: A plan is afoot, tá plean ar bun.
He has an alternative plan, tá a athrach, a mhalairt, sin de phlean aige.
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To bring a plan into being, scéim a chur i gcrích.
To chalk out a plan, plean a leagan amach.
To fix (up) on a certain plan, beartú ar sheift áirithe.
To flirt with a plan, bheith ag manaois le seift.
The best plan will be for you to go away for a time, ní fearr rud a dhéanfá ná an áit a fhágáil go ceann tamaill.
To hang up a plan, plean a choinneáil ar gcúl.
A mad hope, plan, dóchas m buile, seift bhuile.
To map out a plan, scéim a leagan amach.
To draw a plan, plean a leagan amach, a dhéanamh.
To draw up a plan, scéim, plean, a leagan amach.
To present a plan to a meeting, plean a chur os comhair cruinnithe.
To set a plan before s.o., plean a chur faoi bhráid duine.
F: To sit down hard on a plan, scéim a bhrú faoi chois.
Sketch of a plan to be adopted, creatlach m, éirim f, scéime.
He has a plan up his sleeve, tá cárta cúil fós aige, tá cleas folaigh éigin aige.
To think out a plan, plean a bheartú, a cheapadh.