PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An t-~ de lá, the time of day.
Ní bheannódh sé an t-am de lá duit, he wouldn’t bid you the time of day.
6. An lá, an aimsir, a chur faoi bhruth, to while away the day, the time.
~ trí huaire sa lá é, take it three times a day.
An chearc a dhíol lá na báistí, ‘to sell the hen on a rainy day’, to pick the wrong time for something.
An lá, an t-am, a dhiomailt, to waste the day, the time.
Codladh go h~, to sleep till milking-time, late into the day.
Is mór idir ~ agus inniu, times have changed since those days.
Sa lá atá ~ ann, at the present time, in the present-day world.
Tiocfaidh ár ~ feabhais, we will improve as time goes on; there are better days in store for us.
Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na ~, ‘the windy day is not the day for scollops’, take time by the forelock.
Ó thráth go a chéile, (i) from one day to the next, (ii) from time to time.
An ~ lá, huair, the thirtieth day, time.
Ar an ~ seo de lá, at this hour of the day; at this point of time.