PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ amadáin, blethering fool.
Tá sibh ag ~amh amadáin de, you are making a fool of him.
Ní laoi go Laoi an Amadáin Mhóir, there is no lay like the Lay of the Big Fool.
Bain díot an ~ amadáin sin atá ort, take off that silly expression of yours.
Tugadh ~ amadáin air, he was treated as a fool.
Dealg láibe ~ focal amadáin, a muddy thorn or a fool’s remark (can be equally virulent).
~ amadáin, out-and-out fool.
~ amadáin, silly bearing.
Focal údair i mbéal amadáin, words of wisdom on the lips of a fool.