PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An cat a d’ól an bainne, the cat which drank the milk.
Chomh ~ le cat a mbeadh póca air, as proud as Punch.
Chuir an cat a gha ann, the cat clawed him.
Cuirfidh an cat a leadáin ionat, the cat will claw you.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar mhaithe leis féin a bhíonn an ~ ag crónán, ‘a cat purrs for its own benefit’.
Is maith an ~ an cat, a cat can foretell the weather.
Is ~ don chat a phiscín, a cat feels the loss of its kitten.
Níor chríonna an cat ná an coimhéadaí, ‘the watcher was as cunning as the cat’, the trick was discovered in time.
~ cait, the purr of a cat.
Rinne sí ~ dín de, she made a cat’s-paw of him.
Bhainfeadh sé ~ as cat, it would make a cat laugh.
Níor ~ seanchat é féin riamh, ‘an old cat never scorches itself’.
Cat ag ~ ar luch, a cat running at a mouse.
Tá ~e cait aige, he has eyes like a cat, can see in the dark.