PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-~, ‘the longest way round is the shortest way home’.
Cuireadh chun bealaigh, chun an bhealaigh mhóir, é, he was sent off, sacked.
Fágadh, cuireadh, ar dhroim an bhealaigh mhóir iad, they were left homeless, driven out on the road.
Is mór sa bhealach thú, you are in everybody’s way.
Duine a chur ar dhroim an bhóthair, an bhealaigh mhóir, to drive s.o. out of house and home.
~ bealaigh mhóir, strip of grass along side of road.
Ar fhód an bhealaigh mhóir, on the side of the road.
Ná bíodh dhá thaobh an bhealaigh mhóir leat, don’t be going from side to side of the road.
Bealach, bóthar, ~, highway.
Is mór an ~ bealaigh é, it is a long stretch of road.
Bhí siad ag déanamh ~ den bhealach mór, they were speeding along the road.