PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag ~ ar dhuine, backbiting, telling tales about, s.o.
Ag ~adh na comharsan, discussing, backbiting, one’s neighbour.
~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to backbite s.o.
Ag ~ (ar dhuine), backbiting (s.o.).
cúlghearr. 2. Backbiting, calumny.
Ag ithe na feola fuaire, backbiting, slandering, people.
Bíonn siad ag ~adh na gcomharsan, they backbite the neighbours.
Ná fág ~ cúlchainte acu ort, don’t give them the chance to backbite you.
Ag ~e na gcomharsan, reviling, backbiting, the neighbours.
2. ~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to cut s.o. down to size; to criticize, to backbite, s.o.
Ag ~adh ar na comharsana, backbiting the neighbours.