PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thug mé a cheart den bhata dó, I took the stick to him as he deserved.
Níorbh olc an ~ dó é, he got no more than he deserved.
B’olc an ~ air é, little he deserved it.
Ba é a dhóthain de dhiúité é, he well deserved it.
Dhligh sé beannacht, he deserved a blessing.
Níl sé ~ ort, you have earned, deserved, it; nobody can grudge it to you.
Thuill sé go h~ é, he thoroughly deserved it.
Ba mhaith an airí orthu é, they well deserved it.
Thabhaigh tú an t-achasán sin, you deserved that reproach.