PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ na huibhe circe, an éin ghé, na gloine, na fola, gentle treatment; coddling.
5. ~ circe, gé, gooseflesh.
Níl ~ circe aige, he is chicken-hearted.
~ circe, lachan, gé, chick, duckling, gosling.
~ na coise circe, three-tressed plaiting.
Spáráil na circe fraoigh ar an bh~, ‘the grouse sparing the heather’, unnecessary frugality.
~ circe, double cable-stitch.
Bhí mé faoi thrí ~ circe de, I was practically there.
Tá ~ na circe air, he has the fidgets.