PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
2. Bheith ~te san ucht, to be caught in the chest.
Bhuail sé ~ a uchta, he thumped his chest, beat his breast.
5. ~ (uchta), (i) bodily frame, chest, (ii) chestiness, wheeze.
1. ~ (cléibh, croí), (wall of) chest.
Rud a chur de do chroí, to get sth. off one’s chest.
~ ar a ucht, crossed over his chest.
Ucht a chur ort féin, to stick out one’s chest.
~ don chófra é, put it into the chest, put it by.
~ cléibh, constriction of chest, congestion.
Cuir don chófra é, put it (by) in the chest.
~ ar an urlár, sa chófra, cois na tine, é, leave it on the floor, in the chest, beside the fire.
Gheobhaidh tú sa chófra é, you will find it in the chest.
Coinnigh le d’ucht is le d’fhormna é, hold it against your chest and shoulder.
Ag ~ a chliabhraigh, complaining of his chest.
~ san ucht, caught in the chest.
I bhfolach sa chófra, hidden in the chest.
~ bhronn, ~ uchta, cavity of chest.
Tá na píobáin slóchta agam, I have a wheeze in my chest.
~ san ucht, wheezing sound in chest.
Bhí sé ag ~ ina phócaí, sa chófra, he was fumbling in his pockets, in the chest.
Chuir sí an ~ sin dá croí, she got that load off her chest.
~ sna píobáin, san ucht, wheeze in bronchial tubes, in chest.
~ clárach, cúng, leathan, fionnaitheach, flat, narrow, broad, hairy, chest.
Chuir sé ~ air féin, he threw out his chest.
Rud a iompar idir d’~ is d’ascaillí, to carry sth. slung across one’s chest.
Cuir de d’~ é, get it off your chest.