PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To be awkwardly situated, bheith san fhaopach.
F: (Of pers.) He is on his beam-ends, tá sé san fhaopach.
He is in the wrong box, tá sé san fhaopach.
To be in a difficulty, bheith i dteannta, i gcruachás, san fhaopach.
P: To be ditched, bheith i dteannta, san fhaopach.
F: (Of pers.) He has got into a mess, tá sé san abar, san fhaopach.
F: To be in a (nice, sorry) pickle, bheith san fhaopach.
To be in an awkward predicament, a bheith san fhaopach, i dteannta.
We are in a nice scrape! anois atáimid san fhaopach!
F: He is in the soup, tá sé san fhaopach.
To be in (great, the) straits, bheith i gcruachás, san fhaopach, in arán crua.