PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar meisce, ar seachrán, drunk, astray.
Ar meisce nó ar a chiall dó, whether he be drunk or sober.
Tá ~ mheisce air, he is flushed with drink.
Tá sé ~ ina, ar a, mheisce, he is troublesome when drunk.
Duine a chur ar meisce, ar buile, to make s.o. drunk, mad.
Ar stealladh, ar meisce, na ngrást, blind drunk.
Bheith ar ~, to be drunk.
Duine a chur ar ~, to make s.o. drunk.
Ar a mheisce, in his cups.
Níl ~ ná mire air, he is under no illusion as to what he is doing.
Bhí ~ chodlata orm, I was dazed from want of sleep.
Ar steallaí (dearga) meisce, mire, raging drunk, mad.
Bhí sé ar na stoic stárthacha (ar meisce), he was blind drunk.
Tá ~ meisce air, he is fuddled with drink.
Rachainn ar meisce ina dhiaidh, I’d get drunk as a result of it.
Bhí dhá d~ meisce air, he was three parts drunk.